{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2890034259","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tits.2018.2867577","title":"A Dual-Colony Ant Algorithm for the Receiving and Shipping Door Assignments in Cross-Docks","display_name":"A Dual-Colony Ant Algorithm for the Receiving and Shipping Door Assignments in Cross-Docks","publication_year":2018,"publication_date":"2018-09-20","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2890034259","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tits.2018.2867577","mag":"2890034259"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/tits.2018.2867577","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tits.2018.2867577","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S144771191","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems","issn_l":"1524-9050","issn":["1524-9050","1558-0016"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100624916","display_name":"Yuhui Zhang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5769-3456"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I90610280","display_name":"South China University of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/0530pts50","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I90610280"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Yu-Hui Zhang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Computational Intelligence and Cyberspace Information, School of Computer Science and Technology, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Computational Intelligence and Cyberspace Information, School of Computer Science and Technology, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I90610280"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5063438356","display_name":"Yue\u2010Jiao Gong","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5648-1160"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I90610280","display_name":"South China University of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/0530pts50","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I90610280"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Yue-Jiao Gong","raw_affiliation_strings":["Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Computational Intelligence and Cyberspace Information, School of Computer Science and Technology, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Computational Intelligence and Cyberspace Information, School of Computer Science and Technology, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I90610280"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5050385116","display_name":"Wei\u2013Neng Chen","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0843-5802"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I90610280","display_name":"South China University of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/0530pts50","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I90610280"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Wei-Neng Chen","raw_affiliation_strings":["Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Computational Intelligence and Cyberspace Information, School of Computer Science and Technology, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Computational Intelligence and Cyberspace Information, School of Computer Science and Technology, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I90610280"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5036224495","display_name":"Tianlong Gu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1662-7110"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I5343935","display_name":"Guilin University of Electronic Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/05arjae42","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I5343935"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Tian-Long Gu","raw_affiliation_strings":["Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I5343935"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5101191958","display_name":"Huaqiang Yuan","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I2799850029","display_name":"Dongguan University of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/01m8p7q42","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2799850029"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Hua-Qiang Yuan","raw_affiliation_strings":["Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I2799850029"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100400217","display_name":"Jun Zhang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7835-9871"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I90610280","display_name":"South China University of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/0530pts50","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I90610280"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jun Zhang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Computational Intelligence and Cyberspace Information, School of Computer Science and Technology, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Computational Intelligence and Cyberspace Information, School of Computer Science and Technology, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I90610280"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":6,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5100624916"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I90610280"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":4.4342,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":31,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.95184136,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"20","issue":"7","first_page":"2523","last_page":"2539"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10567","display_name":"Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods","score":0.9995999932289124,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2209","display_name":"Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10567","display_name":"Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods","score":0.9995999932289124,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2209","display_name":"Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12288","display_name":"Optimization and Search Problems","score":0.9973999857902527,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12176","display_name":"Optimization and Packing Problems","score":0.9951000213623047,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2209","display_name":"Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/doors","display_name":"Doors","score":0.6220201849937439},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.5735300779342651},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/heuristic","display_name":"Heuristic","score":0.5422412753105164},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/operations-research","display_name":"Operations research","score":0.46690231561660767},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ant-colony-optimization-algorithms","display_name":"Ant colony optimization algorithms","score":0.4648633897304535},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematical-optimization","display_name":"Mathematical optimization","score":0.4428270757198334},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/scale","display_name":"Scale (ratio)","score":0.4195343852043152},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ant-colony","display_name":"Ant colony","score":0.41718870401382446},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/algorithm","display_name":"Algorithm","score":0.41607218980789185},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering","display_name":"Engineering","score":0.331059992313385},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.2142390012741089},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematics","display_name":"Mathematics","score":0.16372179985046387}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C125209513","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4037520","display_name":"Doors","level":2,"score":0.6220201849937439},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.5735300779342651},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C173801870","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q201413","display_name":"Heuristic","level":2,"score":0.5422412753105164},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C42475967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q194292","display_name":"Operations research","level":1,"score":0.46690231561660767},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C40128228","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q460851","display_name":"Ant colony optimization algorithms","level":2,"score":0.4648633897304535},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126255220","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141495","display_name":"Mathematical optimization","level":1,"score":0.4428270757198334},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778755073","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10858537","display_name":"Scale (ratio)","level":2,"score":0.4195343852043152},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C60891933","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q796575","display_name":"Ant colony","level":3,"score":0.41718870401382446},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C11413529","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8366","display_name":"Algorithm","level":1,"score":0.41607218980789185},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.331059992313385},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.2142390012741089},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.16372179985046387},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C62520636","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q944","display_name":"Quantum mechanics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/tits.2018.2867577","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tits.2018.2867577","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S144771191","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems","issn_l":"1524-9050","issn":["1524-9050","1558-0016"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/8","display_name":"Decent work and economic growth","score":0.5199999809265137}],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G2552413355","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"U1701267","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G3191098097","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"61332002","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G4245010700","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"61873095","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G8535653223","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"61502542","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China","ror":"https://ror.org/01h0zpd94"}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":57,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W617726866","https://openalex.org/W1428028937","https://openalex.org/W1557288165","https://openalex.org/W1567388932","https://openalex.org/W1573676079","https://openalex.org/W1801849579","https://openalex.org/W1852055750","https://openalex.org/W1965869617","https://openalex.org/W1968501683","https://openalex.org/W1969888410","https://openalex.org/W1981320637","https://openalex.org/W1983317903","https://openalex.org/W1984150325","https://openalex.org/W2002664985","https://openalex.org/W2006608603","https://openalex.org/W2009151996","https://openalex.org/W2028838080","https://openalex.org/W2032506554","https://openalex.org/W2035220129","https://openalex.org/W2050821545","https://openalex.org/W2067028650","https://openalex.org/W2069945978","https://openalex.org/W2080512099","https://openalex.org/W2089355113","https://openalex.org/W2095113878","https://openalex.org/W2097324627","https://openalex.org/W2097399475","https://openalex.org/W2099389501","https://openalex.org/W2106292145","https://openalex.org/W2107941094","https://openalex.org/W2112426731","https://openalex.org/W2114013964","https://openalex.org/W2124273756","https://openalex.org/W2131460616","https://openalex.org/W2134396859","https://openalex.org/W2146713522","https://openalex.org/W2150879067","https://openalex.org/W2154929945","https://openalex.org/W2166674700","https://openalex.org/W2232814000","https://openalex.org/W2267857379","https://openalex.org/W2269899627","https://openalex.org/W2324961642","https://openalex.org/W2329342112","https://openalex.org/W2344461756","https://openalex.org/W2345238855","https://openalex.org/W2461009042","https://openalex.org/W2801336120","https://openalex.org/W3030576075","https://openalex.org/W4211036892","https://openalex.org/W4292083457","https://openalex.org/W4302549408","https://openalex.org/W6633364091","https://openalex.org/W6633911304","https://openalex.org/W6704588173","https://openalex.org/W6718342934","https://openalex.org/W6751325682"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2347951034","https://openalex.org/W2388326823","https://openalex.org/W2366876790","https://openalex.org/W2071981049","https://openalex.org/W2381829748","https://openalex.org/W2244460820","https://openalex.org/W2109336245","https://openalex.org/W2061313076","https://openalex.org/W2070079705","https://openalex.org/W2392795382"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Cross-docks":[0],"serve":[1],"as":[2],"distribution":[3],"centers":[4],"where":[5],"shipments":[6,59],"from":[7],"different":[8,167],"vendors":[9],"are":[10],"first":[11],"consolidated":[12],"according":[13],"to":[14,20,86,92,132,151],"their":[15],"destinations,":[16],"and":[17,45,62,95,129,146,170,184],"then":[18],"delivered":[19],"the":[21,36,41,51,58,68,90,93,117,124,134,149,153,178,190],"retailers":[22],"directly,":[23],"with":[24,166],"little":[25],"or":[26,53],"no":[27],"storage":[28],"in":[29,35,115],"between.":[30],"A":[31,139],"critical":[32],"problem":[33,72,164],"encountered":[34],"operation":[37],"of":[38,43,56,120,127,137,163],"cross-docks":[39],"is":[40,74,144,181],"assignment":[42,71],"receiving":[44,128],"shipping":[46,130],"doors,":[47],"which":[48,116],"greatly":[49],"influences":[50],"labor":[52],"machinery":[54],"cost":[55],"transferring":[57,135],"between":[60],"inbound":[61],"outbound":[63],"transports.":[64],"We":[65],"show":[66,176],"that":[67,177],"cross-dock":[69,168],"door":[70],"(CDAP)":[73],"strictly":[75],"non-deterministic":[76],"polynomial-time":[77],"complete.":[78],"Although":[79],"some":[80],"deterministic":[81],"algorithms":[82],"have":[83,157],"been":[84,158],"reported":[85],"handle":[87],"small-scale":[88],"problems,":[89],"solutions":[91,188],"middle-":[94],"large-scale":[96],"CDAPs":[97],"progressed":[98],"at":[99],"a":[100,108,161],"slow":[101],"pace.":[102],"In":[103],"this":[104],"paper,":[105],"we":[106],"develop":[107],"nature-inspired":[109],"dual-colony":[110],"ant":[111],"algorithm":[112,150,180],"for":[113],"CDAP,":[114],"two":[118],"colonies":[119],"ants":[121],"cooperatively":[122],"search":[123,142,154],"optimal":[125],"assignments":[126],"doors":[131],"minimize":[133],"costs":[136],"shipments.":[138],"collaborative":[140],"local":[141],"strategy":[143],"designed":[145],"incorporated":[147],"into":[148],"enhance":[152],"efficiency.":[155],"Experiments":[156],"conducted":[159],"on":[160],"number":[162],"instances":[165],"sizes":[169],"freight":[171],"flow":[172],"patterns.":[173],"The":[174],"results":[175],"proposed":[179],"very":[182],"competitive":[183],"can":[185],"provide":[186],"better":[187],"than":[189],"state-of-the-art":[191],"heuristic":[192],"algorithms.":[193]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2025-11-06T03:46:38.306776","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}