Multi Depot Vehicle Routing Problem

  1. Go to Flavors section.
  2. Select Benchmarks / GeoMap / Route Sheet link of Multi Depot Vehicle Routing Problem or Select Multiple Depot VRP → Benchmarks / GeoMap / Route Sheet menu as shown in Figure.

Access to MDVRP Benchmarks / GeoMap / Route Sheet

  1. For this tutorial, select Benchmarks.
  2. MDVRP Benchmarks workspace will be launch as shown in Figure.

In Figure, 4 depots are shown as red circular dots while customers are shown as blue rectangular dots.

Problem View in MDVRP Benchmarks Workspace

  1. Go to Default Scheduler Library in Scheduler tab.
  2. Double-click one scheduler method, i.e. SAM scheduler method.
  3. Go to Benchmarks tab.
  4. Double-click one problem instance, i.e. p14 problem instance.
  5. Take note of the caption title: MDVRP: Instances(p14)(SAM)
  6. Click Schedule button to run SAM solution method on p14 problem instance.
  7. Routing graph will be displayed as shown in Figure.

Solution Generated by SAM Solution Method on p14 Problem Instance