Ant colony optimization for the arc routing problem with intermediate facilities under capacity and length restrictions

The aim of this paper is to introduce a new ant colony optimization procedure for the Arc Routing Problem with Intermediate Facilities under Capacity and Length Restrictions (CLARPIF), a variant of the Capacitated Arc Routing Problem (CARP) and of the Capacitated Arc Routing Problem with Intermediate Facilities (CARPIF). Computational results show that this algorithm is capable of providing substantial improvements over other known heuristics.

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