Heuristics for vehicle routing problem: A survey and recent advances

F Liu, C Lu, L Gui, Q Zhang, X Tong, M Yuan - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Vehicle routing is a well-known optimization research topic with significant practical
importance. Among different approaches to solving vehicle routing, heuristics can produce a …

[HTML][HTML] A Recent Review of Solution Approaches for Green Vehicle Routing Problem and its variants

AK Garside, R Ahmad, MNB Muhtazaruddin - Operations Research …, 2024 - Elsevier
The green vehicle routing problem (GVRP) has been a prominent topic in the literature on
logistics and transportation, leading to extensive research and previous review studies …

Large language model for multi-objective evolutionary optimization

F Liu, X Lin, Z Wang, S Yao, X Tong, M Yuan… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Multiobjective evolutionary algorithms (MOEAs) are major methods for solving multiobjective
optimization problems (MOPs). Many MOEAs have been proposed in the past decades, of …

Reinforcement learning-assisted evolutionary algorithm: A survey and research opportunities

Y Song, Y Wu, Y Guo, R Yan, PN Suganthan… - Swarm and Evolutionary …, 2024 - Elsevier
Evolutionary algorithms (EA), a class of stochastic search methods based on the principles
of natural evolution, have received widespread acclaim for their exceptional performance in …

Solving combinatorial optimization problems over graphs with BERT-Based Deep Reinforcement Learning

Q Wang, KH Lai, C Tang - Information Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
Combinatorial optimization, such as vehicle routing and traveling salesman problems for
graphs, is NP-hard and has been studied for decades. Many methods have been proposed …

Q-learning based multi-objective immune algorithm for fuzzy flexible job shop scheduling problem considering dynamic disruptions

X Chen, J Li, Y Xu - Swarm and Evolutionary Computation, 2023 - Elsevier
Confronted with complex industrial environments, dynamic disruptions like new job arrival
and machine breakdown bring significant challenges to the robustness and stability of the …

A Q-learning-based multi-objective evolutionary algorithm for integrated green production and distribution scheduling problems

Y Hou, H Wang, X Huang - Engineering Applications of Artificial …, 2024 - Elsevier
In recent years, integrated production and distribution scheduling (IPDS) has received
growing attention from academia and industry. With increasingly global economic activities …

The time-dependent electric vehicle routing problem with drone and synchronized mobile battery swapping

XX Ren, HM Fan, MX Bao, H Fan - Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2023 - Elsevier
Logistics enterprises are moving towards high efficiency and green. As an emerging
technology, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV, also known as drone) is very useful to cope with …

Machine learning to solve vehicle routing problems: A survey

A Bogyrbayeva, M Meraliyev… - IEEE Transactions …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper provides a systematic overview of machine learning methods applied to solve NP-
hard Vehicle Routing Problems (VRPs). Recently, there has been great interest from both …

Evolutionary multitasking for bidirectional adaptive codec: A case study on vehicle routing problem with time windows

Y Wu, Y Cai, C Fang - Applied Soft Computing, 2023 - Elsevier
The vehicle routing problem (VRP), an NP-hard problem of considerable complexity,
pertains to the determination of optimal sequences of customer visits in an effort to minimize …