The Traveling Salesman Problem with Time Windows has important applications in routing and scheduling and has been extensively studied in literature. In the paper, a mathematical formulation of the temporal-Traveling Salesman Problem with Time Windows is presented and a metaheuristic based on Ant Colony System is proposed and implemented. Computational experience on a benchmark problem is reported and a case study is analyzed, where interesting results are obtained.

An ant colony system approach for variants of traveling salesman problem with time windows

FAVARETTO, Daniela;MORETTI, Elena;PELLEGRINI, Paola
2006-01-01

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The Traveling Salesman Problem with Time Windows has important applications in routing and scheduling and has been extensively studied in literature. In the paper, a mathematical formulation of the temporal-Traveling Salesman Problem with Time Windows is presented and a metaheuristic based on Ant Colony System is proposed and implemented. Computational experience on a benchmark problem is reported and a case study is analyzed, where interesting results are obtained.
2006
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