A Hybrid Solution Approach for Electric Vehicle Routing Problem with Soft Time-Windows

Year 2021, , 994 - 1006, 31.05.2021

Burak Urazel , Kemal Keskin

https://doi.org/10.31202/ecjse.908159

Cited By: 3

Abstract

An electric vehicle routing problem (EVRP) with time windows is carried out using a hybrid algorithm. Through the modeling of problem, not only the energy consumptions and the charging durations of the EDVs, but also the conventional vehicle flow formulations and the soft time window constraints are taken into account. A hybrid solution method is proposed to solve EVRP. The proposed method combines genetic algorithm and simulated annealing algorithm to complement each other. In order to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach, simulations are carried out on a case study with 25 customers, 2 charging stations, a depot and 3 identical EDVs. The performance of the proposed method has been compared with the standalone genetic algorithm. It is resulted that the hybrid algorithm outperforms the genetic algorithm in terms of both solution accuracy and computational time.

Keywords

Electric Vehicle Routing Problem, Hybrid Algorithm, ,Genetic Algorithm

Supporting Institution

Eskisehir Osmangazi University Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit

Project Number

202015008

Thanks

This work has been supported by Eskisehir Osmangazi University Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit under grant number 202015008.

Yumuşak Zaman Pencereli Elektrikli Araç Rotalama Problemi için Hibrit Çözüm Yaklaşımı

Abstract

Bu çalışmada elektrikli araç rotalama problemi zaman pencereleri göz önünde bulundurularak ve hibrit bir algoritma kullanılarak ele alınmaktadır. Problemin modellenmesi aşamasında sadece elektrikli araçların enerji tüketimleri ve şarj süreleri değil aynı zamanda geleneksel araç akış formülasyonları ve yumuşak zaman pencereleri kısıtları da hesaba katılmaktadır. Elektrikli araç rotalama probleminin çözümü için bir hibrit yaklaşım önerilmektedir. Önerilen yöntem birbirlerinin eksikliklerini kapatacak şekilde Genetik Algoritma ve Benzetilmiş Tavlama Algoritmalarını birleştirmektedir. Önerilen yaklaşımın etkinliğini gösterebilmek için, 25 müşteri, 2 şarj istasyonu, bir depo ve 3 aynı özelliklere sahip elektrikli araç ile bir durum çalışması benzetimi yapılmaktadır. Performans olarak, önerilen hibrit yaklaşım, yalın Genetik Algoritma ile karşılaştırılmaktadır. Sonuçlar, hibrit algoritmanın hem çözüm hassasiyeti hem de hesaplama süresi açısından daha iyi sonuç verdiğini göstermektedir.

Keywords

Elektrikli Araç Rotalama Problemi, Hibrit Algoritma, Genetik Algoritma

Project Number

202015008

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