Autor/es de la URV: Faulin, Javier Juan, Angel A. Ferone, Daniele Reyes-Rubiano, Lorena

Palabras clave: Vehicle routing problem, electric vehicles, green transport and logistics, smart cities, simheuristics, biased-randomized heuristics

Resumen: Green transportation is becoming relevant in the context of smart cities, where the use of electric vehicles represents a promising strategy to support sustainability policies. However the use of electric vehicles shows some drawbacks as well, such as their limited driving-range capacity. This paper analyses a realistic vehicle routing problem in which both driving-range constraints and stochastic travel times are considered. Thus, the main goal is to minimize the expected time-based cost required to complete the freight distribution plan. In order to design reliable Routing plans, a simheuristic algorithm is proposed. It combines Monte Carlo simulation with a multi-start metaheuristic, which also employs biased-randomization techniques. By including simulation, simheuristics extend the capabilities of metaheuristics to deal with stochastic problems. A series of computational experiments are performed to test our solving approach as well as to analyse the effect of uncertainty on the routing plans.

Año de publicación de la revista: 2019

Tipo de publicación: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion info:eu-repo/semantics/article