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This paper addresses an Electric Vehicle Relocation Problem (E-VReP), in one-way carsharing systems, based on operators who move through folding bicycles between a delivery request and one of pickup. In order to deal with its economical…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-04-10 Maurizio Bruglieri , Ferdinando Pezzella , Ornella Pisacane

In this paper, we consider a large-scale instance of the classical Pickup-and-Delivery Vehicle Routing Problem (PDVRP) that must be solved by a network of mobile cooperating robots. Robots must self-coordinate and self-allocate a set of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-11-22 Andrea Camisa , Andrea Testa , Giuseppe Notarstefano

In this paper, we investigate the problem of a last-mile delivery service that selects up to $N$ available vehicles to deliver $M$ packages from a centralized depot to $M$ delivery locations. The objective of the last-mile delivery service…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2023-01-05 Meera Ratnagiri , Clare O'Dwyer , Logan E. Beaver , Heeseung Bang , Behdad Chalaki , Andreas A. Malikopoulos

This study explores the potential of using ride-hailing vehicles (RVs) for integrated passenger and freight transport based on shared mobility. In this crowd-sourced mode, ride-hailing platforms can profit from parcel delivery services, and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-03-19 Wen Ji , Shenglin Liu , Ke Han , Tao Liu

This paper develops a computationally efficient algorithm for the Multiple Vehicle Pickup and Delivery Problem (MVPDP) with the objective of minimizing the tour cost incurred while completing the task of pickup and delivery of customers. To…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-05-15 Jinsun Liu , Hyongju Park , Matthew Johnson-Roberson , Ram Vasudevan

With the rapid development of smart mobile devices, the car-hailing platforms (e.g., Uber or Lyft) have attracted much attention from both the academia and the industry. In this paper, we consider an important dynamic car-hailing problem,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-08-12 Peng Cheng , Jiabao Jin , Lei Chen , Xuemin Lin , Libin Zheng

Despite the extensive research efforts and the remarkable results obtained on Vehicle Routing Problems (VRP) by using algorithms proposed by the Machine Learning community that are partially or entirely based on data-driven analysis, most…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-09-30 Luca Accorsi , Andrea Lodi , Daniele Vigo

We present an algorithm that, given a representation of a road network in lane-level detail, computes a route that minimizes the expected cost to reach a given destination. In doing so, our algorithm allows us to solve for the complex…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-07-14 Mitchell Jones , Maximilian Haas-Heger , Jur van den Berg

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

With growing interest in sustainable logistics, electric vehicle (EV)-based deliveries offer a promising alternative for urban distribution. However, EVs face challenges due to their limited battery capacity, requiring careful planning for…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-08-05 Arindam Khanda , Anurag Satpathy , Amit Jha , Sajal K. Das

Many transit agencies operating paratransit and microtransit services have to respond to trip requests that arrive in real-time, which entails solving hard combinatorial and sequential decision-making problems under uncertainty. To avoid…

In this paper, we consider the Maximum-Profit Routing Problem (MPRP), introduced in \cite{Armaselu-PETRA}. In MPRP, the goal is to route the given fleet of vehicles to pickup goods from specified sites in such a way as to maximize the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-05-16 Bogdan Armaselu

Companies are eager to have a smart supply chain especially when they have a dynamic system. Industry 4.0 is a concept which concentrates on mobility and real-time integration. Thus, it can be considered as a necessary component that has to…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-03-08 Maryam Abdirad , Krishna Krishnan , Deepak Gupta

This paper outlines the ideas behind developing a graph-based heuristic-driven routing algorithm designed for a particular instance of a goods transportation problem with a single good type. The proposed algorithm solves the optimization…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-02-16 Mikhail Shchukin , Aymen Ben Said , Andre Lobo Teixeira

This paper addresses the problem of planning time-optimal trajectories for multiple cooperative agents along specified paths through a static road network. Vehicle interactions at intersections create non-trivial decisions, with complex…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-10-08 Philip Gun , Andrew Hill , Robin Vujanic

We consider the Maximum-Profit Routing Problem (MPRP), a variant of pick-up routing problem introduced in \cite{Armaselu-arXiv-2016, Armaselu-PETRA}, in which the goal is to maximize total profit. The original MPRP restricts vehicles to…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-09-14 Bogdan Armaselu

We study the classic Vehicle Routing Problem in the setting of stochastic optimization with recourse. StochVRP is a two-stage optimization problem, where demand is satisfied using two routes: fixed and recourse. The fixed route is computed…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2012-03-02 Inge Li Goertz , Viswanath Nagarajan , Rishi Saket

This paper considers an unmanned vehicle-robot pickup and delivery system, in which a self-driving vehicle carrying multiple unmanned robots in the form of the mother ship travels from a depot to a number of stations distributed in a…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-02-10 Yongjian Li , Yan Chen , Gaicong Guo , Huiwen Wu , Zhao Yuan

In last-mile delivery logistics, peer-to-peer logistic platforms play an important role in connecting senders, customers, and independent carriers to fulfill delivery requests. Since the carriers are not under the platform's control, the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-06-11 Martina Cerulli , Claudia Archetti , Elena Fernandez , Ivana Ljubic

The Ride-Pool Matching Problem (RMP) is central to on-demand ride-pooling services, where vehicles must be matched with multiple requests while adhering to service constraints such as pickup delays, detour limits, and vehicle capacity. Most…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-03-12 Hao Jiang , Yixing Xu , Pradeep Varakantham