Data-driven vehicle rental and routing optimization: An application in online retailing

IF 6.7 1区 工程技术 Q1 COMPUTER SCIENCE, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS Computers & Industrial Engineering Pub Date : 2024-10-09 DOI:10.1016/j.cie.2024.110588
Jie Wei, Xianhao Xu, Bingnan Yang
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Due to limited self-owned vehicles, online retailers often struggle to meet high demands for deliveries, especially during large promotions. This study employs machine learning to tackle this challenge by shipping products and renting vehicles in advance. We explore a large amount of historical demand data, enabling accurate forecasting of demand information. It is then combined with an improved meta-heuristic algorithm named the Improved Discrete Whale Optimization Algorithm (IDWOA) to help online retailers make optimal decisions. The algorithm involves a discretization method and an effective perturbation strategy, along with information sharing, Cauchy mutation, and an elimination strategy. Experimental results demonstrate that our method can reduce costs by 14.78% compared to temporary vehicle rentals, and it significantly outperforms other comparative algorithms. Therefore, our study effectively integrates machine learning algorithms with an improved meta-heuristic approach, allowing for increased utilization of data-driven advantages to enhance the precision and efficiency of vehicle rental and routing optimization.
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数据驱动的车辆租赁和路线优化:在线零售业的应用
由于自备车辆有限,在线零售商往往难以满足大量的送货需求,尤其是在大型促销活动期间。本研究利用机器学习来应对这一挑战,提前运送产品并租用车辆。我们探索了大量历史需求数据,从而能够准确预测需求信息。然后将其与一种名为 "改进离散鲸鱼优化算法"(IDWOA)的改进元启发式算法相结合,帮助在线零售商做出最优决策。该算法包括离散化方法和有效的扰动策略,以及信息共享、考奇突变和消除策略。实验结果表明,与临时车辆租赁相比,我们的方法可以降低 14.78% 的成本,而且明显优于其他比较算法。因此,我们的研究有效地将机器学习算法与改进的元启发式方法结合起来,从而更多地利用数据驱动的优势,提高车辆租赁和路由优化的精度和效率。
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Computers & Industrial Engineering
Computers & Industrial Engineering 工程技术-工程:工业
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12.70
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12.70%
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794
审稿时长
10.6 months
期刊介绍: Computers & Industrial Engineering (CAIE) is dedicated to researchers, educators, and practitioners in industrial engineering and related fields. Pioneering the integration of computers in research, education, and practice, industrial engineering has evolved to make computers and electronic communication integral to its domain. CAIE publishes original contributions focusing on the development of novel computerized methodologies to address industrial engineering problems. It also highlights the applications of these methodologies to issues within the broader industrial engineering and associated communities. The journal actively encourages submissions that push the boundaries of fundamental theories and concepts in industrial engineering techniques.
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