Yang Hao-xiong
Capital Circulation Industry Research Base, Beijing, 100048, China
Liu Tong
School of Business, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing, 100048, China
ABSTRACT
Nowadays, the quantity of express packages is very large and the requirement of timeliness is also increasing in commercial district, so to optimize the vehicle routing for express's delivery in commercial district is the key point to improve the express enterprises' service level and competitiveness and it is the purpose of the study. Service node, the last operation in express network, is mainly to collect and deliver the express packages. In this study, the mode of mobile warehouse milk-run delivery is put forward by considering the key factors that impact the express companys competitiveness and the optimal path is found with ant colony algorithm. This paper's innovation is that a new and unique mode of network nodes operation for express enterprises in downtown delivery is put forward and provides a method of path planning, then the proposed delivery model and algorithm are proven by simulating and analyzing at the SFs network node (E-World node) of Zhongguancun branch with the result that the cost of express delivery reduced and the efficiency of delivery improved, thereby the service level and competitive ability of express enterprise get improved greatly.
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Yang Hao-xiong and Liu Tong, 2013. Optimization and Simulation of Express`s Vehicle Routing in Commercial District Based on Ant Colony Algorithm. Information Technology Journal, 12: 8462-8468.
DOI: 10.3923/itj.2013.8462.8468
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=itj.2013.8462.8468
DOI: 10.3923/itj.2013.8462.8468
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=itj.2013.8462.8468
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