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We consider the multiple traveling salesman problem on a weighted tree. In this problem there are $m$ salesmen located at the root initially. Each of them will visit a subset of vertices and return to the root. The goal is to assign a tour…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-02-25 Lin Chen , Daniel Marx

The Entrance Dependent Vehicle Routing Problem (EDVRP) is a variant of the Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) where the scale of cities influences routing outcomes, necessitating consideration of their entrances. This paper addresses EDVRP in…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-03-05 Yixuan Fan , Haotian Xu , Mengqiao Liu , Qing Zhuo , Tao Zhang

Learning to solve combinatorial optimization problems, such as the vehicle routing problem, offers great computational advantages over classical operations research solvers and heuristics. The recently developed deep reinforcement learning…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-01-06 Daniela Thyssens , Jonas Falkner , Lars Schmidt-Thieme

We initiate the study of the parameterized complexity of the {\sc Collective Graph Exploration} ({\sc CGE}) problem. In {\sc CGE}, the input consists of an undirected connected graph $G$ and a collection of $k$ robots, initially placed at…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-10-10 Siddharth Gupta , Guy Sa'ar , Meirav Zehavi

When vehicle routing decisions are intertwined with higher-level decisions, the resulting optimization problems pose significant challenges for computation. Examples are the multi-depot vehicle routing problem (MDVRP), where customers are…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-09-10 Abhay Sobhanan , Junyoung Park , Jinkyoo Park , Changhyun Kwon

This paper studies robust variants of an extended model of the classical Heterogeneous Vehicle Routing Problem (HVRP), where a mixed fleet of vehicles with different capacities, availabilities, fixed costs and routing costs is used to serve…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-10-19 Anirudh Subramanyam , Panagiotis P. Repoussis , Chrysanthos E. Gounaris

This paper considers an extension of the vehicle routing problem with synchronization constraints and introduces the vehicle routing problem with multiple synchronization constraints and variable service time. This important problem is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-08-29 Faisal Alkaabneh , Rabiatu Bonku

We consider the problem of finding a 1-planar drawing for a general graph, where a 1-planar drawing is a drawing in which each edge participates in at most one crossing. Since this problem is known to be NP-hard we investigate the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-12-18 Michael J. Bannister , Sergio Cabello , David Eppstein

We study the parameterized complexity of a generalization of the coordinated motion planning problem on graphs, where the goal is to route a specified subset of a given set of $k$ robots to their destinations with the aim of minimizing the…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2026-02-02 Argyrios Deligkas , Eduard Eiben , Robert Ganian , Iyad Kanj , M. S. Ramanujan

The growing need for sustainable logistics solutions has led to the evolution of vehicle routing problems (VRPs) into more complex variants that address modern challenges. Among these, the Two-Echelon Electric Vehicle Routing Problem…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2024-12-10 Mehmet Anıl Akbay , Christian Blum

In the Multiagent Path Finding problem (MAPF for short), we focus on efficiently finding non-colliding paths for a set of $k$ agents on a given graph $G$, where each agent seeks a path from its source vertex to a target. An important…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2023-12-18 Foivos Fioravantes , Dušan Knop , Jan Matyáš Křišťan , Nikolaos Melissinos , Michal Opler

Segment Routing is a recent network technology that helps optimizing network throughput by providing finer control over the routing paths. Instead of routing directly from a source to a target, packets are routed via intermediate waypoints.…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-01-08 Cristina Bazgan , Morgan Chopin , André Nichterlein , Camille Richer

The Capacitated Arc Routing Problem (CARP), introduced by Golden and Wong in 1981, is an important arc routing problem in Operations Research, which generalizes the famous Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem (CVRP). When every customer has…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-08-08 Jingyang Zhao , Mingyu Xiao

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

The Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) is a widely studied combinatorial optimization problem and has been applied to various practical problems. While the explainability for VRP is significant for improving the reliability and interactivity in…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-10 Daisuke Kikuta , Hiroki Ikeuchi , Kengo Tajiri , Yuusuke Nakano

Graph routing problems play a vital role in web-related networks, where finding optimal paths across graphs is essential for efficient data transmission and content delivery. Classic routing formulations such as the Traveling Salesman…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-13 Shiyan Liu , Bohan Tan , Zhiguang Cao , Yan Jin

In the unsplittable capacitated vehicle routing problem (UCVRP) on trees, we are given a rooted tree with edge weights and a subset of vertices of the tree called terminals. Each terminal is associated with a positive demand between 0 and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-11-09 Claire Mathieu , Hang Zhou

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 consider the parametric reachability problem (PRP) for families of networks described by vertex-replacement (VR) graph grammars, where network nodes run replicas of finite-state processes that communicate via binary handshaking. We show…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2025-05-05 Radu Iosif , Arnaud Sangnier , Neven Villani

We study the vehicle routing problem with stochastic demands (VRPSD), an important variant of the classical capacitated vehicle routing problem in which customer demands are modeled as random variables. We develop the first algorithm for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-15 Matheus J. Ota , Ricardo Fukasawa