7th International Conference on Hybrid Intelligent Systems (HIS 2007)
Computing Sharp Lower and Upper Bounds for the Minimum Latency Problem
Kaiserslautern, Germany
September 17-September 19
ISBN: 0-7695-2946-1
The Minimum Latency Problem, also known as Traveling Repairman Problem, the Deliveryman Problem and the Traveling Salesman Problem with Cumulative Costs is a variant of the Traveling Salesman Problem in which a repairman is required to visit customers located on each node of a graph in such a way that the overall waiting times of these customers is minimized. In the present work, an algorithm based on tight different linear programming lowerbounds and a specialized GRASP procedure are presented. The linear programming based lower-bounds are based on the Quadratic Assignment Problem with the aid of side constraints. Instances from 10 up to 60 nodes are solved very close to optimality in reasonable time.
Citation:
Joao Sarubbi, Henrique Pacca Luna, Gilberto de Miranda, Ricardo Saraiva de Camargo, "Computing Sharp Lower and Upper Bounds for the Minimum Latency Problem," his, pp.71-77, 7th International Conference on Hybrid Intelligent Systems (HIS 2007), 2007