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This paper introduces a new set of large-scale benchmark instances for the Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem (CVRP). The proposed XL set extends existing benchmarks by covering instances with 1,000 to 10,000 customers and a wide range of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-19 Eduardo Queiroga , Rafael Martinelli , Anand Subramanian , Eduardo Uchoa , Thibaut Vidal

Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) has emerged as a promising approach to enhancing motion control and decision-making through a wide range of robotic applications. While prior research has demonstrated the efficacy of DRL algorithms in…

This paper presents a regulation-aware motion planning framework for autonomous racing scenarios. Each agent solves a Regulation-Compliant Model Predictive Control problem, where racing rules - such as right-of-way and collision avoidance…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-29 Francesco Prignoli , Francesco Borrelli , Paolo Falcone , Mark Pustilnik

VRP (Vehicle Routing Problem) is an NP hard problem, and it has attracted a lot of research interest. In contexts where vehicles have limited carrying capacity, such as volume and weight but needed to deliver items at various locations.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-10-22 Muhammad Wildan Abdul Hakim , Syarifah Rosita Dewi , Yurio Windiatmoko , Umar Abdul Aziz

Large Neighborhood Search (LNS) is a universal approach that is broadly applicable and has proven to be highly efficient in practice for solving optimization problems. We propose to integrate machine learning (ML) into LNS to assist in…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-03-15 Willem Feijen , Guido Schäfer , Koen Dekker , Seppo Pieterse

Most neural methods for Vehicle Routing Problems (VRPs) are limited to Euclidean settings or simple graphs. In this work, we instead consider multigraphs, where parallel edges represent distinct travel options with varying trade-offs (e.g.,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-08 Filip Rydin , Morteza Haghir Chehreghani , Balázs Kulcsár

Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) has experienced significant advancements in recent years and has been widely used in many fields. In DRL-based robotic policy learning, however, current de facto policy parameterization is still…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-13 Diyuan Shi , Yiqi Tang , Zifeng Zhuang , Donglin Wang

Generalist robot manipulation policies (GMPs) have the potential to generalize across a wide range of tasks, devices, and environments. However, existing policies continue to struggle with out-of-distribution scenarios due to the inherent…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-03 Wenbo Zhang , Yang Li , Yanyuan Qiao , Siyuan Huang , Jiajun Liu , Feras Dayoub , Xiao Ma , Lingqiao Liu

Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models are advancing autonomous driving by replacing modular pipelines with unified end-to-end architectures. However, current VLAs face two expensive requirements: (1) massive dataset collection, and (2) dense…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-02-27 Ishaan Rawal , Shubh Gupta , Yihan Hu , Wei Zhan

In recent years new deep learning approaches to solve combinatorial optimization problems, in particular NP-hard Vehicle Routing Problems (VRP), have been proposed. The most impactful of these methods are sequential neural construction…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-10-02 Jonas K. Falkner , Lars Schmidt-Thieme

In this study, we propose a reinforcement learning-based adaptive variable neighborhood search (RL-AVNS) method designed for effectively solving the Vehicle Routing Problem with Multiple Time Windows (VRPMTW). Unlike traditional adaptive…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-05-30 Kuan Xu , Zhiguang Cao , Chenlong Zheng , Linong Liu

In order to increase the prediction accuracy of the online vehicle velocity prediction (VVP) strategy, a self-adaptive velocity prediction algorithm fused with traffic information was presented for the multiple scenarios. Initially, traffic…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-10 Ziyan Zhang , Junhao Shen , Dongwei Yao , Feng Wu

The dynamic vehicle routing problem with time windows (DVRPTW) is a generalization of the classical VRPTW to an online setting, where customer data arrives in batches and real-time routing solutions are required. In this paper we adapt the…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-07-27 Mohammed Ghannam , Ambros Gleixner

Residual policy learning (RPL), in which a learned policy refines a static base policy using deep reinforcement learning (DRL), has shown strong performance across various robotic applications. Its effectiveness is particularly evident in…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-16 Raphael Trumpp , Denis Hoornaert , Mirco Theile , Marco Caccamo

Group Relative Policy Optimization (GRPO) has shown promise in discrete action spaces by eliminating value function dependencies through group-based advantage estimation. However, its application to continuous control remains unexplored,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-07-29 Rajat Khanda , Mohammad Baqar , Sambuddha Chakrabarti , Satyasaran Changdar

In practice, e.g. in delivery and service scenarios, Vehicle-Routing-Problems (VRPs) often imply repeated decision making on dynamic customer requests. As in classical VRPs, tours have to be planned short while the number of serviced…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-05-29 Jakob Bossek , Christian Grimme , Heike Trautmann

We introduce the Vehicle Routing Problem with Resource-Constrained Pickup and Delivery (VRP-RPD), where vehicles transport finite identical resources to customer locations for autonomous processing before retrieval and redeployment. Unlike…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-27 Manbir Sodhi , Romesh Prasad , Harishjitu Saseendran

This paper introduces and formalizes the Dynamic and Stochastic Vehicle Routing Problem with Emission Quota (DS-QVRP-RR), a novel routing problems that integrates dynamic demand acceptance and routing with a global emission constraint. A…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-17 Farid Najar , Dominique Barth , Yann Strozecki

As a telecom provider, our company has a critical mission to maintain telecom services even during power outages. To accomplish the mission, it is essential to maintain the power of the telecom base stations. Here we consider a solution…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-04-09 Daisuke Kikuta , Hiroki Ikeuchi , Kengo Tajiri , Yuta Toyama , Masaki Nakamura , Yuusuke Nakano

Neural models produce promising results when solving Vehicle Routing Problems (VRPs), but often fall short in generalization. Recent attempts to enhance model generalization often incur unnecessarily large training cost or cannot be…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-03-19 Yubin Xiao , Di Wang , Xuan Wu , Yuesong Wu , Boyang Li , Wei Du , Liupu Wang , You Zhou