A novel evolutionary route planner for aircraft is proposed in this paper. In the new planner, individual candidates are evaluated with respect to the workspace, thus the computation of the configuration space is not ...A novel evolutionary route planner for aircraft is proposed in this paper. In the new planner, individual candidates are evaluated with respect to the workspace, thus the computation of the configuration space is not required. By using problem-specific chromosome structure and genetic operators, the routes are generated in real time, with different mission constraints such as minimum route leg length and flying altitude, maximum turning angle, maximum climbing/diving angle and route distance constraint taken into account.展开更多
We investigate a kind of vehicle routing problem with constraints(VRPC)in the car-sharing mobility environment,where the problem is based on user orders,and each order has a reservation time limit and two location poi...We investigate a kind of vehicle routing problem with constraints(VRPC)in the car-sharing mobility environment,where the problem is based on user orders,and each order has a reservation time limit and two location point transitions,origin and destination.It is a typical extended vehicle routing problem(VRP)with both time and space constraints.We consider the VRPC problem characteristics and establish a vehicle scheduling model to minimize operating costs and maximize user(or passenger)experience.To solve the scheduling model more accurately,a spatiotemporal distance representation function is defined based on the temporal and spatial properties of the customer,and a spatiotemporal distance embedded hybrid ant colony algorithm(HACA-ST)is proposed.The algorithm can be divided into two stages.First,through spatiotemporal clustering,the spatiotemporal distance between users is the main measure used to classify customers in categories,which helps provide heuristic information for problem solving.Second,an improved ant colony algorithm(ACO)is proposed to optimize the solution by combining a labor division strategy and the spatiotemporal distance function to obtain the final scheduling route.Computational analysis is carried out based on existing data sets and simulated urban instances.Compared with other heuristic algorithms,HACA-ST reduces the length of the shortest route by 2%–14%in benchmark instances.In VRPC testing instances,concerning the combined cost,HACA-ST has competitive cost compared to existing VRP-related algorithms.Finally,we provide two actual urban scenarios to further verify the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.展开更多
文摘A novel evolutionary route planner for aircraft is proposed in this paper. In the new planner, individual candidates are evaluated with respect to the workspace, thus the computation of the configuration space is not required. By using problem-specific chromosome structure and genetic operators, the routes are generated in real time, with different mission constraints such as minimum route leg length and flying altitude, maximum turning angle, maximum climbing/diving angle and route distance constraint taken into account.
基金Project supported by the National Science and Technology Innovation 2030 Major Project of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(No.2018AAA0101200)。
文摘We investigate a kind of vehicle routing problem with constraints(VRPC)in the car-sharing mobility environment,where the problem is based on user orders,and each order has a reservation time limit and two location point transitions,origin and destination.It is a typical extended vehicle routing problem(VRP)with both time and space constraints.We consider the VRPC problem characteristics and establish a vehicle scheduling model to minimize operating costs and maximize user(or passenger)experience.To solve the scheduling model more accurately,a spatiotemporal distance representation function is defined based on the temporal and spatial properties of the customer,and a spatiotemporal distance embedded hybrid ant colony algorithm(HACA-ST)is proposed.The algorithm can be divided into two stages.First,through spatiotemporal clustering,the spatiotemporal distance between users is the main measure used to classify customers in categories,which helps provide heuristic information for problem solving.Second,an improved ant colony algorithm(ACO)is proposed to optimize the solution by combining a labor division strategy and the spatiotemporal distance function to obtain the final scheduling route.Computational analysis is carried out based on existing data sets and simulated urban instances.Compared with other heuristic algorithms,HACA-ST reduces the length of the shortest route by 2%–14%in benchmark instances.In VRPC testing instances,concerning the combined cost,HACA-ST has competitive cost compared to existing VRP-related algorithms.Finally,we provide two actual urban scenarios to further verify the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.
