Routing vehicles for minimizing carbon dioxide emissions

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dc.contributor.authorZhang, Shuai
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeHajmohammad, Sara (Supply Chain Management) Thulasiraman, Parimala(Computer Science)en_US
dc.contributor.supervisorYuvraj, Gajpal (Supply Chain Management) Appadoo, S.S. (Supply Chain Management)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-06T21:32:33Z
dc.date.available2017-09-06T21:32:33Z
dc.date.issued2017-05en_US
dc.degree.disciplineManagementen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Science (M.Sc.)en_US
dc.description.abstractIn this thesis, a new Green Vehicle Routing Problem (GVRP) as well as a novel Pollution-routing Problem (PRP) are formulated and corresponding algorithms to solve these problems are designed. The GVRP is a problem of routing green vehicles and the PRP is a problem of routing vehicles to minimize pollution. Both problems reflect the intensive need for eliminating the negative environmental effects of using conventional vehicles. On the one hand, the routing plan of green vehicles needs to take into account the refueling issue, so more new constraints need to be considered. On the other hand, the routing plan should not only seek to minimize the economic costs (e.g. travel distance, travel time, etc.), but also the environmental cost (e.g. GHG emissions). To solve these problems, two heuristics and two meta-heuristics have been designed. Meanwhile, extensive numerical experiments are conducted to illustrate the efficiency and validity of our proposed algorithms. Based on the analysis of numerical results, some managerial insights are concluded.en_US
dc.description.noteOctober 2017en_US
dc.identifier.citationZhang, S., Gajpal, Y., & Appadoo, S. S. (2017). A meta-heuristic for capacitated green vehicle routing problem. Annals of Operations Research, 1-19en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/32474
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherSpringeren_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectVehicle routingen_US
dc.subjectElectric vehicle operationsen_US
dc.subjectCapacitated vehicleen_US
dc.subjectGreenhouse gas emissionsen_US
dc.titleRouting vehicles for minimizing carbon dioxide emissionsen_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
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