The Bat meta-algorithm is used to solve the vehicle routing issue.
General goal: Reduce the amount of time spent traveling in the city.
Specific goals:
- Meet all consumer requests at the lowest possible cost.
- Reduce the distribution distance traversed.
- Reduce the number of trips made within the city.
- Municipal transportation expenditures should be reduced.
Theories:
- The distance traveled for medicine delivery in the city is minimized.
- Routing reduces the cost of medicine delivery.
- The meta-heuristic approach is used to minimize routing time.