A branch-and-price algorithm for a team orienteering problem with fixed-wing drones

Sundar, Kaarthik; Sanjeevi, Sujeevraja; Montez, Christopher Martin

doi:10.1016/j.ejtl.2021.100070

Title: A branch-and-price algorithm for a team orienteering problem with fixed-wing drones

Journal Article · 06 January 2022 · EURO Journal on Transportation and Logistics

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejtl.2021.100070 · OSTI ID:1856144

^[1]; Sanjeevi, Sujeevraja ^[1]; Montez, Christopher Martin ^[2]

Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)

This paper formulates a team orienteering problem with multiple fixed-wing drones and develops a branch-and-price algorithm to solve the problem to optimality. Fixed-wing drones, unlike rotary drones, have kinematic constraints associated with them, thereby preventing them to make on-the-spot turns and restricting them to a minimum turn radius. This paper presents the implications of these constraints on the drone routing problem formulation and proposes a systematic technique to address them in the context of the team orienteering problem. Furthermore, a novel branch-and-price algorithm with branching techniques specific to the constraints imposed due to fixed-wing drones are proposed. Extensive computational experiments on benchmark instances corroborating the effectiveness of the algorithms are also presented.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program

Grant/Contract Number:: 89233218CNA000001; AC52-06NA25396

OSTI ID:: 1856144

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-19-32483

Journal Information:: EURO Journal on Transportation and Logistics, Journal Name: EURO Journal on Transportation and Logistics Vol. 11; ISSN 2192-4376

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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