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In this paper we propose the application of Pareto ant colony optimization (PACO) in solving a bi-objective capacitated vehicle routing problem with route balancing (CVRPRB). The objectives of the problem are minimization of the tour length and balancing the routes. We propose PACO as our response to the deficiency of the Pareto-based local search (P-LS) approach, which we also developed to solve CVRPRB. The deficiency of P-LS is the lack of information flow among its pools of solutions. PACO is a natural choice in addressing this deficiency since PACO and P-LS are similar in structure. It resolves the absence of information flow through its pheromone values. Several test instances are used to demonstrate the contribution and importance of information flow among the pools of solutions. Computational results show that PACO improves P-LS in most instances with respect to different performance metrics.
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Pasia, J.M., Doerner, K.F., Hartl, R.F., Reimann, M. (2007). Solving a Bi-objective Vehicle Routing Problem by Pareto-Ant Colony Optimization. In: Stützle, T., Birattari, M., H. Hoos, H. (eds) Engineering Stochastic Local Search Algorithms. Designing, Implementing and Analyzing Effective Heuristics. SLS 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4638. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74446-7_15
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