Multi Depot Vehicle Routing Using Ant Colony Optimization-Trip Assignment of Freight Flow Using Modified Gravity Model

Husnain Saeed*, Shahid Ikramullah, Mushtaq Khan, Fahd Amjad, Liaqat Ali, Zhang Faping

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Abstract

Various optimization techniques have been used to solve Traffic Assignment problem, similarly different variants of Gravity Model have been used to generate the trips across the network. This paper presents a unique methodology of combining both techniques and presents a holistic framework of managing Transportation Corridors that emerged due to combining these two proven techniques with slight modifications. Modified Gravity Model (MGM) successfully predicted and generated the trips across a corridor, and Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) helped assign Trips. The data used has been obtained from a real-life Corridor and the results have been verified using statistics from the national authorities managing the corridor. Specific case of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has been considered and modeled in Simio, Matlab and QGIS.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationICIEA 2021 Europe - 2021 8th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Applications (Europe)
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages121-125
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781450389921
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 8 Jan 2021
Event8th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Applications, ICIEA 2021-Europe - Virtual, Online, Spain
Duration: 8 Jan 202111 Jan 2021

Publication series

NameACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Conference

Conference8th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Applications, ICIEA 2021-Europe
Country/TerritorySpain
CityVirtual, Online
Period8/01/2111/01/21

Keywords

  • CPEC
  • QGIS
  • components: ant colony optimization
  • gravity model
  • matlab
  • multi deport vehicle routing
  • simio

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