Optimized Vehicle Routing

October 2022

https://courses.nvidia.com/courses/course-v1:DLI+T-FX-05+V1/

https://developer.nvidia.com/cuopt-logistics-optimization

NVIDIA cuOpt™ is a GPU-accelerated logistics solver that uses heuristics and optimizations to calculate complex vehicle routing problem variants with a wide range of constraints.

https://github.com/NVIDIA/cuOpt-Resources

https://developer.nvidia.com/cuopt-logistics-optimization

Manufacturing - optimum circuits

Transportation - multi-constrainst optimization

Last mile delivery (41% of costs) - Dynamic route planning

Smart factory - warehouse pricing

Simulation

Supply chain

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_routing_problem

inclement weather, driver out sick, vehicle maintenance can make the problem harder.

https://www.sintef.no/projectweb/top/vrptw/1000-customers/ - routing benchmark.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travelling_salesman_problem (TSP)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_routing_problem (VRP)

Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem (CVRP): Vehicles have a limited carrying capacity of the goods that must be delivered

Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows (VRPTW): A fleet of vehicles must visit each location within a specified time window.

Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows (CVRPTW): Vehicles have a limited carrying capacity of the goods that must be delivered within specified time windows.

Customize solver - number of parallel agents (climbers) examining the solution search space