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DOI: 10.4230/OASIcs.ATMOS.2012.58

Multi-Dimensional Commodity Covering for Tariff Selection in Transportation

Authors: Felix G. König, Jannik Matuschke, and Alexander Richter

Published in: OASIcs, Volume 25, 12th Workshop on Algorithmic Approaches for Transportation Modelling, Optimization, and Systems (2012)

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In this paper, we study a multi-dimensional commodity covering problem, which we encountered as a subproblem in optimizing large scale transportation networks in logistics. The problem asks for a selection of containers for transporting a given set of commodities, each commodity having different extensions of properties such as weight or volume. Each container can be selected multiple times and is specified by a fixed charge and capacities in the relevant properties. The task is to find a cost minimal collection of containers and a feasible assignment of the demand to all selected containers. From theoretical point of view, by exploring similarities to the well known SetCover problem, we derive NP-hardness and see that the non-approximability result known for set cover also carries over to our problem. For practical applications we need very fast heuristics to be integrated into a meta-heuristic framework that - depending on the context - either provide feasible near optimal solutions or only estimate the cost value of an optimal solution. We develop and analyze a flexible family of greedy algorithms that meet these challenges. In order to find best-performing configurations for different requirements of the meta-heuristic framework, we provide an extensive computational study on random and real world instance sets obtained from our project partner 4flow AG. We outline a trade-off between running times and solution quality and conclude that the proposed methods achieve the accuracy and efficiency necessary for serving as a key ingredient in more complex meta-heuristics enabling the optimization of large-scale networks.

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Felix G. König, Jannik Matuschke, and Alexander Richter. Multi-Dimensional Commodity Covering for Tariff Selection in Transportation. In 12th Workshop on Algorithmic Approaches for Transportation Modelling, Optimization, and Systems. Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs), Volume 25, pp. 58-70, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2012)

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@InProceedings{konig_et_al:OASIcs.ATMOS.2012.58,
  author =	{K\"{o}nig, Felix G. and Matuschke, Jannik and Richter, Alexander},
  title =	{{Multi-Dimensional Commodity Covering for Tariff Selection in Transportation}},
  booktitle =	{12th Workshop on Algorithmic Approaches for Transportation Modelling, Optimization, and Systems},
  pages =	{58--70},
  series =	{Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-939897-45-3},
  ISSN =	{2190-6807},
  year =	{2012},
  volume =	{25},
  editor =	{Delling, Daniel and Liberti, Leo},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/OASIcs.ATMOS.2012.58},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-37034},
  doi =		{10.4230/OASIcs.ATMOS.2012.58},
  annote =	{Keywords: Covering, Heuristics, Transportation, Tariff Selection}
}

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DOI: 10.4230/DagSemProc.09261.26

Sequencing and Scheduling in Coil Coating with Shuttles

Authors: Wiebke Höhn, Felix G. König, Marco E. Lübbecke, and Rolf H. Möhring

Published in: Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings, Volume 9261, Models and Algorithms for Optimization in Logistics (2009)

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Applying combinatorial optimization in real life yields cost savings delighting the industry. Beyond that, at the core of some applications also lies a pretty (sub)problem rejoicing the mathematician. In our application coils of sheet metal are coated with k layers out of hundreds of colors. Coils are stapled together to run through k coaters, and non-productive time occurs e.g. when the color in a coater needs to be changed. Some coaters have two parallel tanks, enabling either parallel colors or cleaning of one tank during production. We present our sequencing and scheduling scheme in use at the plant today, lower bounds proving solution quality, and problems in the edge-wise union of interval graphs as a pretty mathematical subproblem.

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Wiebke Höhn, Felix G. König, Marco E. Lübbecke, and Rolf H. Möhring. Sequencing and Scheduling in Coil Coating with Shuttles. In Models and Algorithms for Optimization in Logistics. Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings, Volume 9261, pp. 1-29, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2009)

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@InProceedings{hohn_et_al:DagSemProc.09261.26,
  author =	{H\"{o}hn, Wiebke and K\"{o}nig, Felix G. and L\"{u}bbecke, Marco E. and M\"{o}hring, Rolf H.},
  title =	{{Sequencing and Scheduling in Coil Coating with Shuttles}},
  booktitle =	{Models and Algorithms for Optimization in Logistics},
  pages =	{1--29},
  series =	{Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings (DagSemProc)},
  ISSN =	{1862-4405},
  year =	{2009},
  volume =	{9261},
  editor =	{Cynthia Barnhart and Uwe Clausen and Ulrich Lauther and Rolf H. M\"{o}hring},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/DagSemProc.09261.26},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-21654},
  doi =		{10.4230/DagSemProc.09261.26},
  annote =	{Keywords: Sequencing, scheduling, coil coating, mutli-interval graphs, heuristics, branch and price}
}

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