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We introduce the multimodal car- and ride-sharing problem (MMCRP), in which a pool of cars is used to cover a set of ride requests while uncovered requests are assigned to other modes of transport (MOT). A car's route consists of one or…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-09-29 Miriam Enzi , Sophie N. Parragh , David Pisinger , Matthias Prandtstetter

The vehicle routing problem (VRP) is a fundamental NP-hard task in intelligent transportation systems with broad applications in logistics and distribution. Deep reinforcement learning (DRL) with Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) has shown…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-20 Le Tung Giang , Vu Hoang Viet , Nguyen Xuan Tung , Trinh Van Chien , Won-Joo Hwang

The rapid growth of online retail and e-commerce has made effective and efficient Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) solutions essential. To meet rising demand, companies are adding more depots, which changes the VRP problem to a complex…

Databases · Computer Science 2025-08-11 Saeed Nasehi , Farhana Choudhury , Egemen Tanin , Majid Sarvi

In this short paper, we study the capacity-constrained vehicle routing problem (CVRP) and its solution by randomized Monte Carlo methods. For solving CVRP we use some pseudorandom number generators commonly used in practice. We use linear,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-05-13 İbrahim Ethem Demirci , Şaziye Ece Özdemir , Oğuz Yayla

This paper deals with the Stochastic Capacitated Arc Routing Problem (SCARP), obtained by randomizing quantities on the arcs in the CARP. Optimization problems for the SCARP are characterized by decisions that are made without knowing their…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2022-11-24 Fleury Gérard , Lacomme Philippe , Christian Prins

The Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) has been widely studied throughout its history as a way of optimizing routes by minimizing distances, and the issue of risk in VRP has been received less attention, which is essential to increase transport…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-08-23 Gabriel Adam Bilato , Cleber Damião Rocco , Anibal Tavares de Azevedo

Rising labor costs and increasing logistical demands pose significant challenges to modern delivery systems. Automated Electric Vehicles (AEVs) could reduce reliance on delivery personnel and increase route flexibility, but their adoption…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-03-11 Jingyi Zhao , Jiayu Yang , Haoxiang Yang

We consider a multiple depot, multiple vehicle routing problem with fuel constraints. We are given a set of targets, a set of depots and a set of homogeneous vehicles, one for each depot. The depots are also allowed to act as refueling…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-08-26 Kaarthik Sundar , Saravanan Venkatachalam , Sivakumar Rathinam

Vehicle routing problems (VRPs) constitute a core optimization challenge in modern logistics and supply chain management. The recent neural combinatorial optimization (NCO) has demonstrated superior efficiency over some traditional…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Xiangchi Meng , Jianan Zhou , Jie Gao , Yifan Lu , Yaoxin Wu , Gonglin Yuan , Yaqing Hou

We propose a feature-based guidance mechanism to enhance metaheuristic algorithms for solving the Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem (CVRP). This mechanism leverages an Explainable AI (XAI) model to identify features that correlate with…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-12-23 Bachtiar Herdianto , Romain Billot , Flavien Lucas , Marc Sevaux

This paper introduces a novel compact mixed integer linear programming (MILP) formulation and a discretization discovery-based solution approach for the Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows (VRPTW). We aim to solve the optimization…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-03-04 Udayan Mandal , Amelia Regan , Louis Martin Rousseau , Julian Yarkony

The Vehicle Routing Problem with Drones (VRPD) seeks to optimize the routing paths for both trucks and drones, where the trucks are responsible for delivering parcels to customer locations, and the drones are dispatched from these trucks…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-04-23 Navid Mohammad Imran , Myounggyu Won

In this work we solve the Dynamic Vehicle Routing Problem (DVRP). DVRP is a modification of the Vehicle Routing Problem, in which the clients' requests (cities) number and location might not be known at the beginning of the working day…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-06-18 Michał Okulewicz , Jacek Mańdziuk

The Multiple-Depot Vehicle Scheduling Problem (MDVSP) is very important in the planning process of transport systems. It consists in assigning a set of trips to a set of vehicles in order to minimize a certain total cost. We introduce three…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-05-01 Emanuel Florentin Olariu , Cristian Frasinaru

Many real-world scenarios involve solving bi-level optimization problems in which there is an outer discrete optimization problem, and an inner problem involving expensive or black-box computation. This arises in space-time dependent…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-07-12 Isaac Rudich , Quentin Cappart , Manuel López-Ibáñez , Michael Römer , Louis-Martin Rousseau

The Multi-Traveling Salesman Problem (MTSP) is a commonly used mathematical model for multi-agent task allocation. However, as the number of agents and task targets increases, existing optimization-based methods often incur prohibitive…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-01 Xiubin Chen

Vehicle routing problems (VRPs) are central to combinatorial optimization with significant practical implications. Recent advancements in neural combinatorial optimization (NCO) have demonstrated promising results by leveraging neural…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-07-08 Han Li , Fei Liu , Zhenkun Wang , Qingfu Zhang

The Multiple-Depot Split Delivery Vehicle Routing Problem (MD-SDVRP) is a challenging problem with broad applications in logistics. The goal is to serve customers' demand using a fleet of capacitated vehicles located in multiple depots,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-01-06 Jingyang Zhao , Yonghang Su , Mingyu Xiao

Multi-depot vehicle routing problems (MDVRPs) are prevalent in a variety of practical applications. However, they are computationally challenging to solve due to their inherent complexity. This paper proposes an effective hybrid algorithm…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-05-08 Zhenyu Lei , Jin-Kao Hao

Existing neural methods for the Travelling Salesman Problem (TSP) mostly aim at finding a single optimal solution. To discover diverse yet high-quality solutions for Multi-Solution TSP (MSTSP), we propose a novel deep reinforcement learning…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-01-03 Qi Li , Zhiguang Cao , Yining Ma , Yaoxin Wu , Yue-Jiao Gong