return_heuristic: Return Heuristic for the Picker’s Route Designation

In warehouseTools: Heuristics for Solving the Traveling Salesman Problem in Warehouse Layouts

Return Heuristic for the Picker’s Route Designation

Description

This heuristic generates a return route solution for the Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP) in a warehouse by removing arcs at the top row of the warehouse and duplicating the remaining arcs to form a round trip.

Usage

return_heuristic(arcs)

Arguments

arcs	A data frame or matrix representing the arcs (edges) in the warehouse.

Details

The heuristic first removes the arcs corresponding to the top row of the warehouse. Then, the remaining arcs are duplicated to simulate a return trip, and I/O points are added.

Value

A matrix of arcs after applying the return heuristic, where edges at the top row are removed and remaining arcs are duplicated to form a return route. I/O points are added at the end.

Author(s)

Krzysztof Dmytrów [e-mail] [aut] ORCID: 0000-0001-7657-6063

Andrzej Dudek [e-mail] [aut, cre] ORCID: 0000-0002-4943-8703

References

Dmytrów, K. (2022). Analytical and simulation determination of order picking time in a low storage warehouse for shared storage systems. Operations Research and Decisions, 32(2), 34–51. \Sexpr[results=rd]{tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.37190/ord220203")}

Le-Duc, T. (2005). Design and Control of Efficient Order. Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM).

Tarczyński, G. (2012). Analysis of the Impact of Storage Parameters and the Size of Orders on the Choice of the Method for Routing Order Picking. Operations Research and Decisions, 22(4), 105–120. \Sexpr[results=rd]{tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.5277/ord120406")}

See Also

midpoint_heuristic, sshape_heuristic

Examples

coordinates <- matrix(c(1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5,
                       0, 4, 11, 0, 10, 11, 0, 1, 5, 11, 0, 4, 11, 0, 4,
                       11), ncol = 2, byrow = FALSE,
                       dimnames = list(NULL, c("x", "y")))
return_heuristic(create_arcs(coordinates))

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