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Instance generation tool for on-demand transportation problems

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  • Queiroz, Michell
  • Lucas, Flavien
  • Sörensen, Kenneth

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We present REQreate, a tool to generate instances for on-demand transportation problems. Such problems consist of optimizing vehicle routes according to passengers’ demand for transportation under space and time restrictions (called requests). REQreate is flexible and can be configured to generate instances for a variety of problems types in this problem class. In this paper, we exemplify this with the Dial-a-Ride Problem (DARP) and On-demand Bus Routing Problem (ODBRP). In most of the literature, researchers either test their solution algorithms with instances based on artificial networks or they perform real-life case studies on instances derived from a specific city or region. Furthermore, locations of requests for on-demand transportation problems are mostly randomly chosen according to a uniform distribution, rather than being derived from actual data.

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  • Queiroz, Michell & Lucas, Flavien & Sörensen, Kenneth, 2024. "Instance generation tool for on-demand transportation problems," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 317(3), pages 696-717.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ejores:v:317:y:2024:i:3:p:696-717
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2024.03.006
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