Cross-docking with vehicle routing for the retailer network problem.

• Grant number: 17/15029-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• Start date: December 01, 2017
• End date: March 27, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Mathematics - Applied Mathematics
• Principal Investigator: Franklina Maria Bragion de Toledo
• Grantee: Eduardo Delcides Bernardes
• Supervisor: Alysson Machado Costa
• Host Institution: Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação (ICMC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: University of Melbourne, Australia
• Associated to the scholarship: 16/20504-1 - Operational planning integrating cross docking and vehicle routing for a distribution system., BP.DR

Abstract

This project is part of a Ph.D. research that mixes cross-docking decisions with the vehicle routing problem for retailer networks. Two mathematical formulations have already been developed to model this problem. Computational tests showed that only instances with a few customers can be solved in reasonable time. Therefore, the objectives of this stage of the research are to develop a strategy to improve dual bounds and a solution method to solve large instances. We intend to develop this project with the collaboration of Professor Costa, who has considerable expertise in integer programming models and in solution approaches.