A Simheuristic for the Stochastic Multi-Depot Traveling Facility Location Problem with Electric Vehicles

[EN] This paper addresses the traveling salesman problem with multiple depots, facility location and stochastic travel times, considering electric vehicles with limited battery capacity. Due to stochastic variations in travel times, vehicles may risk running out of battery during their routes, leadi...

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Autores: Juan, Angel A.|||0000-0003-1392-1776, Escoto-Gomar, Marc, Medina-Rodriguez, Veronica, Guerrero, Antoni
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:dnet:riunet______::9c52e8f563ee1009a0692a009200ca97
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/235199
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Simheuristic
Bias randomization
Simulation
Electric vehicles
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Sumario:[EN] This paper addresses the traveling salesman problem with multiple depots, facility location and stochastic travel times, considering electric vehicles with limited battery capacity. Due to stochastic variations in travel times, vehicles may risk running out of battery during their routes, leading to penalty costs for route failures. Given the NP-hard nature of this problem, we propose a simheuristic approach that integrates Monte Carlo simulation with a metaheuristic algorithm. This approach handles both the stochastic aspects and the optimization requirements. Results show that our simheuristic outperforms the optimal or near-optimal solutions designed for traditional deterministic scenarios when applied in stochastic settings.