Xu Huan, Wen Jie-chang. Application of Differential Evolution Algorithm in Optimizing the Logistics Distribution Vehicle Routing Problem[J]. 2013, 30(4): 61-64.
It researches the unidirectional logistics distribution vehicle routing problem with no time windows
which constrains the vehicle capacity
the longest distance and the full load vehicle. The solution must ensure the non-full load is the least
and the total distance is the shortest. A mathematical model for multi-objective optimization of the logistics distribution vehicle routing was proposed
and a differential evolution algorithm was presented for this problem. In the algorithm
an appropriate encoding method was presented. The advantage of the proposed algorithm was proved by simulation
based on Matlab language. The computational results demonstrate that the differential evolution algorithm is effective.