This website serves as a repository for the problem instances used to study methods for coping with temporal uncertainty in pick-up and delivery problems with time windows. The website is organized around the four main variations of instances studied -- the various deviations between stated and realized pick-up time windows, the various lead times (the time between confirmation and pick up times), the various time window lengths, and the different geographies of the instances. There is also a page containing the off-line, optimal values for these instances.
Our use of these instances is documented in the following article; please cite appropriately!
Srour, F. J., N. Agatz, & J. Oppen (2016). Strategies for Handling Temporal Uncertainty in Pickup and Delivery Problems with Time Windows. Transportation Science. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/trsc.2015.0658
All instances are in an XML format that is documented here.
Need ATSP instances? Please visit https://sites.google.com/site/atspinstances/.
Please direct all inquiries about these PDPTW instances to Dr. Jordan Srour, jordan.srour@lau.edu.lb or Dr. Niels Agatz, nagatz@rsm.nl.