Solving dynamic vehicle routing problem via evolutionary search with learning capability

L. Zhou, L. Feng, A. Gupta, Y. S. Ong, K. Liu, C. Chen, E. Sha, B. Yang, B. W. Yan

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Abstract

To date, dynamic vehicle routing problem (DVRP) has attracted great research attentions due to its wide range of real world applications. In contrast to traditional static vehicle routing problem, the whole routing information in DVRP is usually unknown and obtained dynamically during the routing execution process. To solve DVRP, many heuristic and metaheuristic methods have been proposed in the literature. In this paper, we present a novel evolutionary search paradigm with learning capability for solving DVRP. In particular, we propose to capture the structured knowledge from optimized routing solution in early time slot, which can be further reused to bias the customer-vehicle assignment when dynamic occurs. By extending our previous research work, the learning of useful knowledge, and the scheduling of dynamic customer requests are detailed here. Further, to evaluate the efficacy of the proposed search paradigm, comprehensive empirical studies on 21 commonly used DVRP instances with diverse properties are also reported.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2017 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC 2017 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages890-896
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9781509046010
DOIs
StatePublished - 5 Jul 2017
Externally publishedYes
Event2017 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC 2017 - Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain
Duration: 5 Jun 20178 Jun 2017

Publication series

Name2017 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC 2017 - Proceedings

Conference

Conference2017 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC 2017
Country/TerritorySpain
CityDonostia-San Sebastian
Period5/06/178/06/17

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