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    • Operations Research
    • Combinatorial Optimization
    • Logistics and Transportation

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    • The Periodic Capacitated Arc Routing Problem (PCARP) is a complex, multi-period extension of the Capacitated Arc Routing Problem (CARP).
    • PCARP is frequently applied in real-world scenarios like waste collection, presenting significant optimization challenges.
    • A key difficulty in PCARP is the hierarchical objective, prioritizing vehicle minimization over cost minimization, with the primary objective being particularly resistant to improvement.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop an advanced meta-heuristic algorithm for effectively solving the Periodic Capacitated Arc Routing Problem (PCARP).
    • To address the challenge of optimizing the primary objective (minimizing vehicles) in PCARP, which is often insensitive to standard operators.
    • To enhance the efficiency and solution quality for PCARP instances, including those from real-world applications.

    Main Methods:

    • A novel Memetic Algorithm (MA) was designed, incorporating a new solution representation and crossover operator.
    • A specialized Route-Merging (RM) procedure was developed and integrated into the MA to specifically target the difficult primary objective.
    • The enhanced algorithm, termed MA with RM (MARM), was rigorously tested against existing meta-heuristic approaches.

    Main Results:

    • MARM demonstrated superior performance, achieving better solutions compared to existing algorithms on benchmark and real-world datasets.
    • The algorithm achieved significant time savings, solving PCARP instances much faster than previous methods.
    • MARM successfully updated the best-known solutions for all tested benchmark instances, indicating a substantial advancement in solving PCARP.

    Conclusions:

    • The proposed Memetic Algorithm with Route-Merging (MARM) is highly effective for solving the Periodic Capacitated Arc Routing Problem (PCARP).
    • The Route-Merging procedure is crucial for the algorithm's success, particularly in addressing the challenging primary objective of minimizing vehicles.
    • MARM offers a significant improvement in both solution quality and computational efficiency for PCARP, outperforming current state-of-the-art methods.