Research Article

A Two-Stage Simulated Annealing Algorithm for the Many-to-Many Milk-Run Routing Problem with Pipeline Inventory Cost

Table 13

Results for the three transportation plans.

Transportation modesObjective functionTotal distancePipeline inventory costNumber of vehicles

Mode 13036.2 2182.6 853.6 34
Mode 23285.6 2481.7 803.9 37
Mode 34082.7 5056.4 973.7 44