Analysing risk orientation in a stochastic VRP

Marc Reimann

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    Abstract

    In this paper, the value of correctly addressing uncertainty and risk in operational planning is studied in the context of the Vehicle Routing Problem with Stochastic Demands (VRPSD). The main issues analysed in this paper concern (1) the evaluation of different risk attitudes in planning vehicle routes, (2) the value of considering the uncertainty for planning the vehicle routes (as opposed to dealing with the problem deterministically) in general and (3) the fit between the risk attitudes in performance measurement on the one hand and decision making on the other hand. Using an existing model of the VRPSD these issues are studied employing a heuristic solution approach based on Ant Colony Optimisation (ACO).

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)111-130
    Number of pages20
    JournalEuropean Journal of Industrial Engineering
    Volume1
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2007

    Keywords

    • operational planning
    • risk preferences
    • stochastic demands
    • vehicle routing

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