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+package algorithms;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+
+import algorithms.HardConstraints.HardActivityLevelConstraint;
+import algorithms.acceptors.AcceptNewIfBetterThanWorst;
+import algorithms.selectors.SelectBest;
+import basics.VehicleRoutingAlgorithm;
+import basics.VehicleRoutingProblem;
+import basics.VehicleRoutingProblemSolution;
+import basics.algo.IterationStartsListener;
+import basics.algo.SearchStrategy;
+import basics.algo.SearchStrategyManager;
+import basics.io.VrpXMLReader;
+import basics.route.TourActivity;
+
+public class BuildPDVRPAlgoFromScratchTest {
+	
+	VehicleRoutingProblem vrp;
+	
+	VehicleRoutingAlgorithm vra;
+
+	
+	@Before
+	public void setup(){
+		
+			VehicleRoutingProblem.Builder builder = VehicleRoutingProblem.Builder.newInstance();
+			new VrpXMLReader(builder).read("src/test/resources/vrpnc1-jsprit.xml");
+			vrp = builder.build();
+			
+			final StateManagerImpl stateManager = new StateManagerImpl();
+			HardActivityLevelConstraint hardActLevelConstraint = new HardActivityLevelConstraint() {
+				
+				@Override
+				public boolean fulfilled(InsertionContext iFacts, TourActivity act, double arrTime) {
+					return true;
+				}
+			};
+			MarginalsCalculus marginalCalculus = new MarginalsCalculusTriangleInequality(vrp.getTransportCosts(), vrp.getActivityCosts(), hardActLevelConstraint);
+			CalculatesServiceInsertion serviceInsertion = new CalculatesServiceInsertion(vrp.getTransportCosts(), marginalCalculus, new HardConstraints.HardLoadConstraint(stateManager));
+			
+			VehicleFleetManager fleetManager = new InfiniteVehicles(vrp.getVehicles());
+			JobInsertionCalculator finalServiceInsertion = new CalculatesVehTypeDepServiceInsertion(fleetManager, serviceInsertion);
+			
+			BestInsertion bestInsertion = new BestInsertion(finalServiceInsertion);
+			
+			RuinRadial radial = new RuinRadial(vrp, 0.15, new JobDistanceAvgCosts(vrp.getTransportCosts()));
+			RuinRandom random = new RuinRandom(vrp, 0.25);
+			
+			SearchStrategy randomStrategy = new SearchStrategy(new SelectBest(), new AcceptNewIfBetterThanWorst(1));
+			RuinAndRecreateModule randomModule = new RuinAndRecreateModule("randomRuin_bestInsertion", bestInsertion, random);
+			randomStrategy.addModule(randomModule);
+			
+			SearchStrategy radialStrategy = new SearchStrategy(new SelectBest(), new AcceptNewIfBetterThanWorst(1));
+			RuinAndRecreateModule radialModule = new RuinAndRecreateModule("radialRuin_bestInsertion", bestInsertion, radial);
+			radialStrategy.addModule(radialModule);
+			
+			SearchStrategyManager strategyManager = new SearchStrategyManager();
+			strategyManager.addStrategy(radialStrategy, 0.5);
+			strategyManager.addStrategy(randomStrategy, 0.5);
+			
+			vra = new VehicleRoutingAlgorithm(vrp, strategyManager);
+			
+			//listeners
+			IterationStartsListener clearStateManager = new IterationStartsListener() {
+				
+				@Override
+				public void informIterationStarts(int i, VehicleRoutingProblem problem, Collection<VehicleRoutingProblemSolution> solutions) {
+					stateManager.clear();
+				}
+			};
+			vra.getAlgorithmListeners().addListener(clearStateManager);
+			vra.getSearchStrategyManager().addSearchStrategyModuleListener(new RemoveEmptyVehicles(fleetManager));
+			
+			vra.getSearchStrategyManager().addSearchStrategyModuleListener(new UdateCostsAtRouteLevel(stateManager, vrp.getTransportCosts(), vrp.getActivityCosts()));
+			vra.getSearchStrategyManager().addSearchStrategyModuleListener(new UpdateLoadAtRouteLevel(stateManager));
+			
+			VehicleRoutingProblemSolution iniSolution = new CreateInitialSolution(bestInsertion).createInitialSolution(vrp);
+//			System.out.println("ini: costs="+iniSolution.getCost()+";#routes="+iniSolution.getRoutes().size());
+			vra.addInitialSolution(iniSolution);
+			
+			vra.setNuOfIterations(2000);
+//			vra.setPrematureBreak(200);
+			
+	}
+
+}