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This paper addresses a new vehicle routing problem that simultaneously involves time windows, split collection and linear weight-related cost, which is a generalization of the split delivery vehicle routing problem with time windows…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-01-28 Zhixin Luo , Hu Qin , Wenbin Zhu , Andrew Lim

The capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem with structured Time Windows (cVRPsTW) is concerned with finding optimal tours for vehicles with given capacity constraints to deliver goods to customers within assigned time windows. In our problem…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-10-10 Christoph Hertrich , Philipp Hungerländer , Christian Truden

This paper investigates the multi-compartment vehicle routing problem with multiple time windows (MCVRPMTW), an extension of the classical vehicle routing problem with time windows that considers vehicles equipped with multiple compartments…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-23 El Mehdi Er Raqabi , Kevin Dalmeijer , Pascal Van Hentenryck

Nowadays, the transport goods problem occupies an important place in the economic life of modern societies. The pickup and delivery problem with time windows (PDPTW) is one of the problems which a large part of the research was interested.…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2010-10-06 Imen Harbaoui Dridi , Ryan Kammarti , Mekki Ksouri , Pierre Borne

The Vehicle Routing Problem with Time-Windows (VRPTW) is an important problem in allocating resources on networks in time and space. We present in this paper a Deterministic Annealing (DA)-based approach to solving the VRPTW with its…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-04-14 Mayank Baranwal , Pratik M. Parekh , Lavanya Marla , Srinivasa M. Salapaka , Carolyn L. Beck

The Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows (CVRPTW) is a fundamental NP-hard optimization problem in logistics. Solving large-scale instances remains computationally challenging for exact solvers. This paper introduces a…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Mustafa Mert Özyılmaz

SNCF, the French public train company, is experimenting to develop new types of transportation services by tackling vehicle routing problems. While many deep learning models have been used to tackle efficiently vehicle routing problems, it…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-01-11 Baptiste Rabecq , Rémy Chevrier

This paper proposes a quantum algorithm for the capacitated vehicle routing problem with time windows (CVRPTW) based on Grover Search framework. This problem is often faced by Postal services in the context of package delivery or other…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-19 Imran Meghazi , Éric Bourreau

In many applications of vehicle routing, a set of time windows are feasible for each visit, giving rise to the Vehicle Routing Problem with Multiple Time Windows (VRPMTW). We argue that such disjunctions are problematic for many solution…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-05-13 Rune Larsen , Dario Pacino

Truck platooning, a linking technology of trucks on the highway, has gained enormous attention in recent years due to its benefits in energy and operation cost savings. However, most existing studies on truck platooning limit their focus on…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-04-23 Yilang Hao , Zhibin Chen , Xiaotong Sun , Lu Tong

In real life, providing security for a set of large areas by covering the area with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) is a difficult problem that consist of multiple objectives. These difficulties are even greater if the area coverage must…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-03-17 Fatih Semiz , Faruk Polat

We develop a heuristic for the Consistent Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows (ConVRPTW), which is motivated by a real-world application at a food company's distribution center. Besides standard VRPTW restrictions, ConVRPTW assigns…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-12-08 Hernán Lespay , Karol Suchan

Optimization of on-demand transportation systems and ride-sharing services involves solving a class of complex vehicle routing problems with pickup and delivery with time windows (VRPPDTW). This paper first proposes a new time-discretized…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-04-12 Monirehalsadat Mahmoudi , Xuesong Zhou

The well-known Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows (VRPTW) aims to reduce the cost of moving goods between several destinations while accommodating constraints like set time windows for certain locations and vehicle capacity.…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-06-06 Gautam Siddharth Kashyap , Alexander E. I. Brownlee , Orchid Chetia Phukan , Karan Malik , Samar Wazir

Temporal dependencies between customer visits, such as synchronization constraints, pose a fundamental challenge in vehicle routing. These dependencies, which arise in applications such as home healthcare routing, aircraft scheduling, and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-20 Loek van Montfort , Markus Leitner , Rosario Paradiso

The electrification of off-road heavy equipment presents operational challenges for agencies serving remote sites with limited fixed charging infrastructure. Existing mobile fast charging vehicle (MFCV) planning approaches typically treat…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-04 Farhang Motallebi Araghi , Armin Abdolmohammadi , Navid Mojahed , Shima Nazari

The Dynamic Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows (DVRPTW) is an extension of the well-known Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP), which takes into account the dynamic nature of the problem. This aspect requires the vehicle routes to be…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2017-04-07 Raluca Necula , Mihaela Breaban , Madalina Raschip

We study the vehicle routing problem with time windows (VRPTW) and stochastic travel times, in which the decision-maker observes related contextual information, represented as feature variables, before making routing decisions. Despite the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-02-13 Breno Serrano , Alexandre M. Florio , Stefan Minner , Maximilian Schiffer , Thibaut Vidal

In This paper we present a genetic algorithm for the multi-pickup and delivery problem with time windows (m-PDPTW). The m-PDPTW is an optimization vehicles routing problem which must meet requests for transport between suppliers and…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2010-09-28 Imen Harbaoui Dridi , Ryan Kammarti , Mekki Ksouri , Pierre Borne

The Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows (CVRPTW) is a classic NP-hard combinatorial optimization problem widely applied in logistics distribution and transportation management. Its complexity stems from the constraints of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-07-22 Linjiang Cao , Maonan Wang , Xi Xiong
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