Assigning and scheduling service visits in a mixed urban/rural setting

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Abstract

In this paper we describe a complex optimization application arising in maintenance scheduling, developed in close collaboration with an industrial partner. We have to plan and schedule preventive and corrective maintenance activities at customer sites by a group of traveling repair technicians. A specific property of the problem considered here is a mix of customers in both urban centers and rural areas. This means that travel times between customers must be considered when balancing overall workload for each agent. We discuss a problem decomposition compatible with current management practice, describe different solvers for the individual problem steps, and show results on real-world data from the industrial partner.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2018 IEEE 30th International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence, ICTAI 2018
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages114-121
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9781538674499
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 13 Dec 2018
Event30th International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence, ICTAI 2018 - Volos, Greece
Duration: 5 Nov 20187 Nov 2018

Publication series

NameProceedings - International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence, ICTAI
Volume2018-November
ISSN (Print)1082-3409

Conference

Conference30th International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence, ICTAI 2018
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityVolos
Period5/11/187/11/18

Keywords

  • Maintenance scheduling
  • Optimization
  • Traveling repair person

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