David De Santis , Mercedes Landete , Xavier Cabezas , José María Sanchis , Juanjo Peiró
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Abstract
This study addresses the rural postman problem with load-dependent costs, a variant of the arc routing problem where the traversal cost of an edge depends on its length and the vehicle’s load. The objective is to find a minimum-cost tour that services all required edges, a problem of particular importance when the demand weight is significant compared to the vehicle’s curb weight. We present an integer linear programming model for the problem and propose a heuristic algorithm based on bio-inspired methodologies to efficiently obtain near-optimal solutions within short computing times. The effectiveness of the approach is demonstrated through computational experiments on benchmark instances, and the results highlight the practicality of the proposed methods.
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Knowledge-Based Systems, an international and interdisciplinary journal in artificial intelligence, publishes original, innovative, and creative research results in the field. It focuses on knowledge-based and other artificial intelligence techniques-based systems. The journal aims to support human prediction and decision-making through data science and computation techniques, provide a balanced coverage of theory and practical study, and encourage the development and implementation of knowledge-based intelligence models, methods, systems, and software tools. Applications in business, government, education, engineering, and healthcare are emphasized.
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