EVRPGen: A web-based instance generator for the electric vehicle routing problem with road junctions and road types

This paper presents a web-based instance generator for Electric Vehicle Routing Problems (EVRP) with Road Junctions and Road Types, using OpenStreetMap data. Users define an area, specify network components (depots, customers, charging stations, junctions), and customize vehicle parameters. The Reac...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Akbay, Mehmet Anıl, Blum, Christian
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/400276
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/400276
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/105009623888
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Electric vehicle routing problem (EVRP)
Instance generation
OpenStreetMap (OSM)
Road network analysis
Sustainable logistics
Web application
Descripción
Sumario:This paper presents a web-based instance generator for Electric Vehicle Routing Problems (EVRP) with Road Junctions and Road Types, using OpenStreetMap data. Users define an area, specify network components (depots, customers, charging stations, junctions), and customize vehicle parameters. The React-based frontend enables configuration, visualization, and queries, while the Flask backend processes road networks, classifies road types, and assigns demand and service times. A RESTful API ensures real-time instance generation. Generated instances can be downloaded as text-based datasets and interactive visualizations. The tool is open-source and contributes to the area of sustainable transportation by enabling scenario-based EVRP experimentation.