Scheduling Deliveries with Backhauls in Thailand's Cement Industry

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dc.contributor.advisorMiller-Hooks, Eliseen_US
dc.contributor.authorParaphantakul, Chutipongen_US
dc.contributor.departmentCivil Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-10-08T06:27:14Z
dc.date.available2011-10-08T06:27:14Z
dc.date.issued2011en_US
dc.description.abstractIn this study, the Truckload Delivery with Backhaul Scheduling Problem (TDBSP) is formulated and an Ant Colony Optimization methodology developed for a related problem, the Vehicle Routing Problem with Backhaul and Time Windows (VRPBTW), is adapted for its solution. The TDBSP differs from the VRPBTW in that shipments are in units of truckloads, multiple time windows in multiple days are available for delivery to customers, limited space for servicing customers is available and multiple visits to each customer may be required. The problem is motivated by a real-world application arising at a leading cement producer in Thailand. Experts at the cement production plant assign vehicles to cement customers and lignite mines based on manual computations and experience. This study provides mathematical and computational frameworks for modeling and solving this real-world application.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/12050
dc.subject.pqcontrolledTransportation planningen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledCivil engineeringen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEngineeringen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledAnt Colony Optimizationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledBackhaulen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledCement Industryen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledLogisticsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSchedulingen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledVehicle Routing Problemen_US
dc.titleScheduling Deliveries with Backhauls in Thailand's Cement Industryen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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