arXiv Machine Learning

Smart routes: a system for development and comparison of algorithms for solving vehicle routing problems with realistic constraints

arXiv:2608. 14140v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The problem of route optimization with realistic constraints is becoming extremely relevant in the face of global urban population growth.

arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 4

Learning Constraints-Based Adaptive Hypergraph Neural Networks for Solving Vehicle Routing Problems

The paper presents an end‑to‑end framework that uses constraint‑oriented hypergraphs and reinforcement learning to solve vehicle routing problems. It introduces a dynamic hyperedge reconstruction strategy for better hypergraph representation and a double‑pointer attention decoder for iterative solution generation. Experiments on benchmark datasets show that the method removes the need for complex heuristic operators while improving solution quality.

By Zhenwei Wang, Tiehua Zhang, Jing Liu, Heng Yu, Kaizhu Huang, Ruibin Bai
arXiv AI
Aug 25

Memory-Enhanced Neural Solvers for Routing Problems

The paper introduces MEMENTO, a memory‑enhanced neural solver that improves routing problem solutions by using online data from repeated attempts to adjust action distributions during inference. It targets NP‑hard routing tasks such as the Traveling Salesman and Capacitated Vehicle Routing problems, outperforming existing tree‑search and policy‑gradient fine‑tuning methods. MEMENTO demonstrates strong scalability and data efficiency, achieving state‑of‑the‑art results on 11 of 12 evaluated tasks and enabling zero‑shot integration with diversity‑based solvers.

By Felix Chalumeau, Refiloe Shabe, Noah De Nicola, Arnu Pretorius, Thomas D. Barrett, Nathan Grinsztajn
arXiv AI
Sep 2

Reinforcement Learning Enhanced LLM Agents for Complex Vehicle Routing Problems

The paper introduces Reinforcement Learning Enhanced LLM Agents (RLEA), a multi‑agent framework that automates the modeling of complex Vehicle Routing Problems (VRPs). RLEA employs a lightweight neural Planner trained with Soft Q‑learning to coordinate LLM‑based agents, and incorporates an evolutionary memory module and retrieval‑augmented generation to leverage experience and external solver knowledge. Experiments on 48 VRP variants show that RLEA outperforms the prior state‑of‑the‑art method, achieving a 16.67% higher success rate and significantly reducing runtime errors.

By Yi Chen, Zikang Yu, Jiahai Wang, Jinbiao Chen, Jianpeng Zhou, Zizhen Zhang
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 30

Optimizing Nursing Care Taxi Dispatch Leveraging Integer Linear Programming Solvers and Machine Learning

arXiv:2606. 29725v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: In this paper, we formulate a new vehicle dispatch optimization problem, called Nursing Care Taxi Dispatch, as a variant of the Vehicle Routing Problem, considering constraints related to wheelchair use, user compatibility, pick-up and drop-off times, and vehicle limitations.

By Riku Nakao, Akihito Hiromori, Hamada Rizk, Hirozumi Yamaguchi