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Autonomous ride-hailing platforms must strategically position idle robotaxis to minimize the wait times of prospective riders. We formalize this as the \emph{robotaxi placement problem} ($k$-RP). Given a finite metric space and a demand…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-05-18 Ioannis Caragiannis , Kostas Kollias , Mohammad Roghani , Aaron Schild , Ali Kemal Sinop

The multi-vehicle dial-a-ride problem (mDaRP) is a fundamental vehicle routing problem with pickups and deliveries, widely applicable in ride-sharing, economics, and transportation. Given a set of $n$ locations, $h$ vehicles of identical…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-01-30 Jingyang Zhao , Mingyu Xiao

In this paper we introduce a new problem in the field of production planning which we call the Production Leveling Problem. The task is to assign orders to production periods such that the load in each period and on each production resource…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-06-17 Johannes Vass , Marie-Louise Lackner , Nysret Musliu

Efficient algorithms and solvers are required to provide optimal or near-optimal solutions quickly and enable organizations to react promptly to dynamic situations such as supply chain disruptions or changing customer demands.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-09-10 Charly Robinson La Rocca , Jean-François Cordeau , Emma Frejinger

The crew rostering problem (CRP) for pilots is a complex crew scheduling task assigning pairings, or sequences of flights starting and ending at the same airport, to pilots to create a monthly schedule. In this paper, we propose an…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-03-04 Philippe Racette , Frédéric Quesnel , Andrea Lodi , François Soumis

Many real-world vehicle routing problems involve rich sets of constraints with respect to the capacities of the vehicles, time windows for customers etc. While in recent years first machine learning models have been developed to solve basic…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-06-17 Jonas K. Falkner , Lars Schmidt-Thieme

In this paper, a novel framework is presented that achieves a combined solution based on Multi-Robot Task Allocation (MRTA) and collision avoidance with respect to homogeneous measurement tasks taking place in industrial environments. The…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-05-16 Rathin Chandra Shit , Sharmila Subudhi

We propose an optimal solution to a deterministic dynamic assignment problem by leveraging connections to the theory of discrete optimal transport to convert the combinatorial assignment problem into a tractable linear program. We seek to…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2019-10-25 Koray G. Kachar , Alex A. Gorodetsky

The request-trip-vehicle assignment problem is at the heart of a popular decomposition strategy for online vehicle routing. In this framework, assignments are done in batches in order to exploit any shareability among vehicles and incoming…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-08-03 J. Carlos Martínez Mori , Samitha Samaranayake

Meal delivery services provided by platforms with integrated delivery systems are becoming increasingly popular. This paper adopts a rolling horizon approach to solve the meal delivery routing problem (MDRP). To improve delivery efficiency…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-05-10 Lejun Zhou , Anke Ye , Simon Hu

Vehicle Routing Problems (VRP) are an extension of the Traveling Salesperson Problem and are a fundamental NP-hard challenge in combinatorial optimization. Solving VRP in real-time at large scale has become critical in numerous…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-09-23 Ido Greenberg , Piotr Sielski , Hugo Linsenmaier , Rajesh Gandham , Shie Mannor , Alex Fender , Gal Chechik , Eli Meirom

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

The number of optimization techniques in the combinatorial domain is large and diversified. Nevertheless, real-world based benchmarks for testing algorithms are few. This work creates an extensible real-world mail delivery benchmark to the…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2018-01-03 Luis A. A. Meira , Paulo S. Martins , Mauro Menzori , Guilherme A. Zeni

Warehouses are nowadays the scene of complex logistic problems integrating different decision layers. This paper addresses the Joint Order Batching, Picker Routing and Sequencing Problem with Deadlines (JOBPRSP-D) in rectangular warehouses.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-07-04 Olivier Briant , Hadrien Cambazard , Diego Cattaruzza , Nicolas Catusse , Anne-Laure Ladier , Maxime Ogier

Multi-robot task allocation is one of the most fundamental classes of problems in robotics and is crucial for various real-world robotic applications such as search, rescue and area exploration. We consider the Single-Task robots and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-03-24 Haris Aziz , Hau Chan , Ágnes Cseh , Bo Li , Fahimeh Ramezani , Chenhao Wang

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 the classic Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) a fleet of of vehicles has to visit a set of customers while minimising the operations' costs. We study a rich variant of the VRP featuring split deliveries, an heterogeneous fleet, and…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2016-12-07 Arthur Mahéo , Tommaso Urli , Philip Kilby

We present a centralized algorithmic framework for solving multi-robot path planning problems in general, two-dimensional, continuous environments while minimizing globally the task completion time. The framework obtains high levels of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2015-07-14 Jingjin Yu , Daniela Rus

We study a problem of fundamental importance to ICNs, namely, minimizing routing costs by jointly optimizing caching and routing decisions over an arbitrary network topology. We consider both source routing and hop-by-hop routing settings.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-08-22 Stratis Ioannidis , Edmund Yeh

Mobile robotic platforms are an indispensable tool for various scientific and industrial applications. Robots are used to undertake missions whose execution is constrained by various factors, such as the allocated time or their remaining…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-01-12 Nikolaos Tsiogkas , David M. Lane