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Evaluating hyperheuristics and local search operators for periodic routing problems

Chen, Yujie; Mourdjis, Philip; Polack, Fiona; Cowling, Peter; Remde, Stephen

Authors

Yujie Chen

Philip Mourdjis

Peter Cowling

Stephen Remde



Abstract

Meta-heuristics and hybrid heuristic approaches have been successfully applied to Periodic Vehicle Routing Problems (PVRPs). However, to be competitive, these methods require careful design of specific search strategies for each problem. By contrast, hyperheuristics use the performance of low level heuristics to automatically select and tailor search strategies. Hyperheuristics have been successfully applied to problem domains such as timetabling and production scheduling. In this study, we present a comprehensive analysis of hyperheuristic approaches to solving PVRPs. The performance of hyperheuristics is compared to published performance of state-of-the-art meta-heuristics.

Citation

Chen, Y., Mourdjis, P., Polack, F., Cowling, P., & Remde, S. Evaluating hyperheuristics and local search operators for periodic routing problems

Presentation Conference Type Conference Paper (published)
Publication Date Mar 30, 2016
Deposit Date Mar 17, 2023
Journal Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Print ISSN 0302-9743
Publisher Springer Verlag
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 9595
Pages 104-120
ISBN 9783319306971
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30698-8_8
Keywords Hyperheuristic; Computational analysis; PVRP
Public URL https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4241606