Finding robust and consistent space-time delivery paths for multi-day vehicle routing problem

Lijuan Zhuge, Lu Carol Tong, Hailong Wu, Yiheng Chen, Xuesong Zhou

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Abstract

Facing uncertain and dynamic demands over different days, logistics companies need to adopt adaptive solutions for the last-mile delivery. Meanwhile, one of the major barriers for implementing vehicle routing problem (VRP) algorithms in real world dispatching systems is the stability of delivery driver's routes and schedules. To establish a theoretically sound and practically useful solution framework, this paper aims to optimize robust and consistent space-time paths for the multi-day VRP by providing daily schedules with limited variations from the master schedule. A multi-commodity network flow-based optimization model is proposed to minimize generalized transportation costs and the daily deviation of day-dependent space-time paths among demand analysis zones. Lagrange relaxation (LR) methods and alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) are used to handle complex side constraints. Experiments on illustrative networks and Beijing delivery network are developed to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2019 IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference, ITSC 2019
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1355-1360
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781538670248
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2019
Event2019 IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference, ITSC 2019 - Auckland, New Zealand
Duration: Oct 27 2019Oct 30 2019

Publication series

Name2019 IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference, ITSC 2019

Conference

Conference2019 IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference, ITSC 2019
Country/TerritoryNew Zealand
CityAuckland
Period10/27/1910/30/19

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Management Science and Operations Research
  • Instrumentation
  • Transportation

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