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The Multi-Vehicle routing problem (MVRP) in real time is a graph modification problem. In order to solve this kind of problems, alternative approaches have been investigated. Evolutionary Algorithms (EAs) have presented relevant results. However, these methodologies require special encoding to achieve proper performance when large graphs are considered. We propose a representation based on NDE [Delbem et al., (2004a); Delbem et al., (2004b)] for directed graphs. An EA using the proposed encoding was developed and evaluated for the MVRP.
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Libralao, G.L., Pereira, F.C., Lima, T.W., Delbem, A.C.B. (2005). Node-Depth Encoding for Evolutionary Algorithms Applied to Multi-vehicle Routing Problem. In: Ali, M., Esposito, F. (eds) Innovations in Applied Artificial Intelligence. IEA/AIE 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 3533. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11504894_77
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