Pénalités et visites abandonnées

Dans cette section, nous expliquons comment gérer les problèmes de routage qui n'ont pas de solution réalisable en raison de contraintes. Par exemple, si vous recevez un VRP avec des contraintes de capacité dans lequel la demande totale à tous les emplacements dépasse la capacité totale des véhicules, aucune solution n'est possible. Dans ce cas, les véhicules doivent abandonner les visites dans certains lieux. Le problème est de savoir comment identifier les visites à abandonner.

Pour résoudre le problème, nous introduisons de nouveaux coûts, appelés pénalités, dans tous les pays. Chaque fois qu'une personne se rend dans un lieu donné, la pénalité est ajoutée à la distance totale parcourue. Le résolveur trouve ensuite un itinéraire qui minimise la distance totale plus la somme des pénalités pour tous les lieux abandonnés.

À titre d'exemple, considérons le VRP simple avec les contraintes de capacité données par le graphique ci-dessous, dans lequel les nombres situés à côté des trois emplacements (autres que le dépôt) sont des exigences.

Supposons qu'il y ait un seul véhicule de 50 places. Il ne peut pas visiter les trois lieux, A, B et C, car la demande totale est de 60. Pour résoudre le problème, vous devez attribuer une pénalité importante (par exemple, 100) à chaque établissement. Après avoir détecté que le problème est impossible, le solutionneur abandonne l'emplacement B et renvoie l'itinéraire suivant: Depot -> A -> C -> Depot

Il s'agit de l'itinéraire le plus court qui visite deux des trois lieux (la distance est de 55).

Taille des pénalités

Dans l'exemple ci-dessus, nous avons choisi des pénalités supérieures à la somme de toutes les distances entre les emplacements (hors dépôt). Par conséquent, après avoir abandonné un lieu pour rendre le problème accessible, le solutionneur ne supprime aucun lieu supplémentaire, car la pénalité en cas de non-respect entraînerait un dépassement de la distance de trajet.

En supposant que vous souhaitiez effectuer autant de livraisons que possible, cela permet de résoudre le problème de manière satisfaisante.

Si vous n'avez pas besoin d'effectuer autant de livraisons que possible, vous pouvez attribuer des pénalités plus petites, auquel cas le solutionneur peut déposer plus d'emplacements que nécessaire pour rendre le problème faisable. Par exemple, vous pouvez effectuer cette opération s'il existe des frais supplémentaires, supérieurs au coût de base du voyage, pour certains sites.

Exemple

Nous présentons ensuite un plus grand exemple de VRP qui peut être résolu à l'aide de sanctions. L'exemple est semblable à l'exemple CVRP précédent, mais cette fois nous avons augmenté certaines demandes, forçant certains véhicules à abandonner les visites.

Un graphique des zones géographiques et des nouvelles demandes est présenté ci-dessous.

Résoudre l'exemple avec OR-Tools

Les sections suivantes expliquent comment résoudre l'exemple avec OR-Tools.

Créer les données

Les données de cet exemple incluent celles de l'exemple précédent, et ajoutent les exigences et les capacités suivantes:

Python

    data["demands"] = [0, 1, 1, 3, 6, 3, 6, 8, 8, 1, 2, 1, 2, 6, 6, 8, 8]
    data["vehicle_capacities"] = [15, 15, 15, 15]

C++

  const std::vector<int64_t> demands{
      0, 1, 1, 3, 6, 3, 6, 8, 8, 1, 2, 1, 2, 6, 6, 8, 8,
  };
  const std::vector<int64_t> vehicle_capacities{15, 15, 15, 15};

Java

    public final long[] demands = {0, 1, 1, 3, 6, 3, 6, 8, 8, 1, 2, 1, 2, 6, 6, 8, 8};
    public final long[] vehicleCapacities = {15, 15, 15, 15};

C#

        public long[] Demands = { 0, 1, 1, 3, 6, 3, 6, 8, 8, 1, 2, 1, 2, 6, 6, 8, 8 };
        public long[] VehicleCapacities = { 15, 15, 15, 15 };

Ajouter les contraintes de capacité et les pénalités

Le code suivant ajoute les contraintes de rappel et de capacité de la demande, et ajoute des pénalités à l'aide de la méthode AddDisjunction.

Python

    def demand_callback(from_index):
        """Returns the demand of the node."""
        # Convert from routing variable Index to demands NodeIndex.
        from_node = manager.IndexToNode(from_index)
        return data["demands"][from_node]

    demand_callback_index = routing.RegisterUnaryTransitCallback(demand_callback)
    routing.AddDimensionWithVehicleCapacity(
        demand_callback_index,
        0,  # null capacity slack
        data["vehicle_capacities"],  # vehicle maximum capacities
        True,  # start cumul to zero
        "Capacity",
    )
    # Allow to drop nodes.
    penalty = 1000
    for node in range(1, len(data["distance_matrix"])):
        routing.AddDisjunction([manager.NodeToIndex(node)], penalty)

C++

  const int demand_callback_index = routing.RegisterUnaryTransitCallback(
      [&data, &manager](const int64_t from_index) -> int64_t {
        // Convert from routing variable Index to demand NodeIndex.
        const int from_node = manager.IndexToNode(from_index).value();
        return data.demands[from_node];
      });
  routing.AddDimensionWithVehicleCapacity(
      demand_callback_index,    // transit callback index
      int64_t{0},               // null capacity slack
      data.vehicle_capacities,  // vehicle maximum capacities
      true,                     // start cumul to zero
      "Capacity");
  // Allow to drop nodes.
  int64_t penalty{1000};
  for (int i = 1; i < data.distance_matrix.size(); ++i) {
    routing.AddDisjunction(
        {manager.NodeToIndex(RoutingIndexManager::NodeIndex(i))}, penalty);
  }

Java

    final int demandCallbackIndex = routing.registerUnaryTransitCallback((long fromIndex) -> {
      // Convert from routing variable Index to user NodeIndex.
      int fromNode = manager.indexToNode(fromIndex);
      return data.demands[fromNode];
    });
    routing.addDimensionWithVehicleCapacity(demandCallbackIndex, 0, // null capacity slack
        data.vehicleCapacities, // vehicle maximum capacities
        true, // start cumul to zero
        "Capacity");
    // Allow to drop nodes.
    long penalty = 1000;
    for (int i = 1; i < data.distanceMatrix.length; ++i) {
      routing.addDisjunction(new long[] {manager.nodeToIndex(i)}, penalty);
    }

C#

        int demandCallbackIndex = routing.RegisterUnaryTransitCallback((long fromIndex) =>
                                                                       {
                                                                           // Convert from routing variable Index to
                                                                           // demand NodeIndex.
                                                                           var fromNode =
                                                                               manager.IndexToNode(fromIndex);
                                                                           return data.Demands[fromNode];
                                                                       });
        routing.AddDimensionWithVehicleCapacity(demandCallbackIndex, 0, // null capacity slack
                                                data.VehicleCapacities, // vehicle maximum capacities
                                                true,                   // start cumul to zero
                                                "Capacity");
        // Allow to drop nodes.
        long penalty = 1000;
        for (int i = 1; i < data.DistanceMatrix.GetLength(0); ++i)
        {
            routing.AddDisjunction(new long[] { manager.NodeToIndex(i) }, penalty);
        }

Dans ce contexte, une disjonction est simplement une variable que le solutionneur utilise pour décider d'inclure ou non un emplacement donné dans la solution. Dans cet exemple, la méthode ajoute la même pénalité à chaque emplacement, mais vous pouvez généralement ajouter des pénalités différentes pour chaque lieu.

Ajouter l'imprimante de la solution

L'imprimante de la solution, illustrée ci-dessous, est semblable à celle de l'exemple CVC, mais affiche également les emplacements supprimés.

Python

def print_solution(data, manager, routing, assignment):
    """Prints assignment on console."""
    print(f"Objective: {assignment.ObjectiveValue()}")
    # Display dropped nodes.
    dropped_nodes = "Dropped nodes:"
    for node in range(routing.Size()):
        if routing.IsStart(node) or routing.IsEnd(node):
            continue
        if assignment.Value(routing.NextVar(node)) == node:
            dropped_nodes += f" {manager.IndexToNode(node)}"
    print(dropped_nodes)
    # Display routes
    total_distance = 0
    total_load = 0
    for vehicle_id in range(data["num_vehicles"]):
        index = routing.Start(vehicle_id)
        plan_output = f"Route for vehicle {vehicle_id}:\n"
        route_distance = 0
        route_load = 0
        while not routing.IsEnd(index):
            node_index = manager.IndexToNode(index)
            route_load += data["demands"][node_index]
            plan_output += f" {node_index} Load({route_load}) -> "
            previous_index = index
            index = assignment.Value(routing.NextVar(index))
            route_distance += routing.GetArcCostForVehicle(
                previous_index, index, vehicle_id
            )
        plan_output += f" {manager.IndexToNode(index)} Load({route_load})\n"
        plan_output += f"Distance of the route: {route_distance}m\n"
        plan_output += f"Load of the route: {route_load}\n"
        print(plan_output)
        total_distance += route_distance
        total_load += route_load
    print(f"Total Distance of all routes: {total_distance}m")
    print(f"Total Load of all routes: {total_load}")

C++

//! @brief Print the solution.
//! @param[in] data Data of the problem.
//! @param[in] manager Index manager used.
//! @param[in] routing Routing solver used.
//! @param[in] solution Solution found by the solver.
void PrintSolution(const DataModel& data, const RoutingIndexManager& manager,
                   const RoutingModel& routing, const Assignment& solution) {
  // Display dropped nodes.
  std::ostringstream dropped_nodes;
  for (int64_t node = 0; node < routing.Size(); ++node) {
    if (routing.IsStart(node) || routing.IsEnd(node)) continue;
    if (solution.Value(routing.NextVar(node)) == node) {
      dropped_nodes << " " << manager.IndexToNode(node).value();
    }
  }
  LOG(INFO) << "Dropped nodes:" << dropped_nodes.str();
  // Display routes
  int64_t total_distance{0};
  int64_t total_load{0};
  for (int vehicle_id = 0; vehicle_id < data.num_vehicles; ++vehicle_id) {
    int64_t index = routing.Start(vehicle_id);
    LOG(INFO) << "Route for Vehicle " << vehicle_id << ":";
    int64_t route_distance{0};
    int64_t route_load{0};
    std::ostringstream route;
    while (!routing.IsEnd(index)) {
      const int node_index = manager.IndexToNode(index).value();
      route_load += data.demands[node_index];
      route << node_index << " Load(" << route_load << ") -> ";
      const int64_t previous_index = index;
      index = solution.Value(routing.NextVar(index));
      route_distance += routing.GetArcCostForVehicle(previous_index, index,
                                                     int64_t{vehicle_id});
    }
    LOG(INFO) << route.str() << manager.IndexToNode(index).value();
    LOG(INFO) << "Distance of the route: " << route_distance << "m";
    LOG(INFO) << "Load of the route: " << route_load;
    total_distance += route_distance;
    total_load += route_load;
  }
  LOG(INFO) << "Total distance of all routes: " << total_distance << "m";
  LOG(INFO) << "Total load of all routes: " << total_load;
  LOG(INFO) << "";
  LOG(INFO) << "Advanced usage:";
  LOG(INFO) << "Problem solved in " << routing.solver()->wall_time() << "ms";
}

Java

  /// @brief Print the solution.
  static void printSolution(
      DataModel data, RoutingModel routing, RoutingIndexManager manager, Assignment solution) {
    // Solution cost.
    logger.info("Objective: " + solution.objectiveValue());
    // Inspect solution.
    // Display dropped nodes.
    String droppedNodes = "Dropped nodes:";
    for (int node = 0; node < routing.size(); ++node) {
      if (routing.isStart(node) || routing.isEnd(node)) {
        continue;
      }
      if (solution.value(routing.nextVar(node)) == node) {
        droppedNodes += " " + manager.indexToNode(node);
      }
    }
    logger.info(droppedNodes);
    // Display routes
    long totalDistance = 0;
    long totalLoad = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < data.vehicleNumber; ++i) {
      long index = routing.start(i);
      logger.info("Route for Vehicle " + i + ":");
      long routeDistance = 0;
      long routeLoad = 0;
      String route = "";
      while (!routing.isEnd(index)) {
        long nodeIndex = manager.indexToNode(index);
        routeLoad += data.demands[(int) nodeIndex];
        route += nodeIndex + " Load(" + routeLoad + ") -> ";
        long previousIndex = index;
        index = solution.value(routing.nextVar(index));
        routeDistance += routing.getArcCostForVehicle(previousIndex, index, i);
      }
      route += manager.indexToNode(routing.end(i));
      logger.info(route);
      logger.info("Distance of the route: " + routeDistance + "m");
      totalDistance += routeDistance;
      totalLoad += routeLoad;
    }
    logger.info("Total Distance of all routes: " + totalDistance + "m");
    logger.info("Total Load of all routes: " + totalLoad);
  }

C#

    /// <summary>
    ///   Print the solution.
    /// </summary>
    static void PrintSolution(in DataModel data, in RoutingModel routing, in RoutingIndexManager manager,
                              in Assignment solution)
    {
        Console.WriteLine($"Objective {solution.ObjectiveValue()}:");

        // Inspect solution.
        // Display dropped nodes.
        string droppedNodes = "Dropped nodes:";
        for (int index = 0; index < routing.Size(); ++index)
        {
            if (routing.IsStart(index) || routing.IsEnd(index))
            {
                continue;
            }
            if (solution.Value(routing.NextVar(index)) == index)
            {
                droppedNodes += " " + manager.IndexToNode(index);
            }
        }
        Console.WriteLine("{0}", droppedNodes);
        // Inspect solution.
        long totalDistance = 0;
        long totalLoad = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < data.VehicleNumber; ++i)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Route for Vehicle {0}:", i);
            long routeDistance = 0;
            long routeLoad = 0;
            var index = routing.Start(i);
            while (routing.IsEnd(index) == false)
            {
                long nodeIndex = manager.IndexToNode(index);
                routeLoad += data.Demands[nodeIndex];
                Console.Write("{0} Load({1}) -> ", nodeIndex, routeLoad);
                var previousIndex = index;
                index = solution.Value(routing.NextVar(index));
                routeDistance += routing.GetArcCostForVehicle(previousIndex, index, 0);
            }
            Console.WriteLine("{0}", manager.IndexToNode((int)index));
            Console.WriteLine("Distance of the route: {0}m", routeDistance);
            totalDistance += routeDistance;
            totalLoad += routeLoad;
        }
        Console.WriteLine("Total Distance of all routes: {0}m", totalDistance);
        Console.WriteLine("Total Load of all routes: {0}m", totalLoad);
    }

Exécuter le programme

Lorsque vous exécutez le programme, le résultat suivant est affiché ci-dessous. Notez que le résolveur supprime les positions 6 et 15.

Objective: 7936
Dropped nodes: 6 15
Route for vehicle 0:
 0 Load(0) ->  9 Load(1) ->  14 Load(7) ->  16 Load(15) ->  0 Load(15)
Distance of the route: 1324m
Load of the route: 15

Route for vehicle 1:
 0 Load(0) ->  12 Load(2) ->  11 Load(3) ->  4 Load(9) ->  3 Load(12) ->  1 Load(13) ->  0 Load(13)
Distance of the route: 1872m
Load of the route: 13

Route for vehicle 2:
 0 Load(0) ->  7 Load(8) ->  13 Load(14) ->  0 Load(14)
Distance of the route: 868m
Load of the route: 14

Route for vehicle 3:
 0 Load(0) ->  8 Load(8) ->  10 Load(10) ->  2 Load(11) ->  5 Load(14) ->  0 Load(14)
Distance of the route: 1872m
Load of the route: 14

Total Distance of all routes: 5936m
Total Load of all routes: 56

Voici le schéma des itinéraires.

Programmes complets

Voici la liste complète des programmes.

Python

"""Capacited Vehicles Routing Problem (CVRP)."""

from ortools.constraint_solver import routing_enums_pb2
from ortools.constraint_solver import pywrapcp


def create_data_model():
    """Stores the data for the problem."""
    data = {}
    data["distance_matrix"] = [
        # fmt: off
      [0, 548, 776, 696, 582, 274, 502, 194, 308, 194, 536, 502, 388, 354, 468, 776, 662],
      [548, 0, 684, 308, 194, 502, 730, 354, 696, 742, 1084, 594, 480, 674, 1016, 868, 1210],
      [776, 684, 0, 992, 878, 502, 274, 810, 468, 742, 400, 1278, 1164, 1130, 788, 1552, 754],
      [696, 308, 992, 0, 114, 650, 878, 502, 844, 890, 1232, 514, 628, 822, 1164, 560, 1358],
      [582, 194, 878, 114, 0, 536, 764, 388, 730, 776, 1118, 400, 514, 708, 1050, 674, 1244],
      [274, 502, 502, 650, 536, 0, 228, 308, 194, 240, 582, 776, 662, 628, 514, 1050, 708],
      [502, 730, 274, 878, 764, 228, 0, 536, 194, 468, 354, 1004, 890, 856, 514, 1278, 480],
      [194, 354, 810, 502, 388, 308, 536, 0, 342, 388, 730, 468, 354, 320, 662, 742, 856],
      [308, 696, 468, 844, 730, 194, 194, 342, 0, 274, 388, 810, 696, 662, 320, 1084, 514],
      [194, 742, 742, 890, 776, 240, 468, 388, 274, 0, 342, 536, 422, 388, 274, 810, 468],
      [536, 1084, 400, 1232, 1118, 582, 354, 730, 388, 342, 0, 878, 764, 730, 388, 1152, 354],
      [502, 594, 1278, 514, 400, 776, 1004, 468, 810, 536, 878, 0, 114, 308, 650, 274, 844],
      [388, 480, 1164, 628, 514, 662, 890, 354, 696, 422, 764, 114, 0, 194, 536, 388, 730],
      [354, 674, 1130, 822, 708, 628, 856, 320, 662, 388, 730, 308, 194, 0, 342, 422, 536],
      [468, 1016, 788, 1164, 1050, 514, 514, 662, 320, 274, 388, 650, 536, 342, 0, 764, 194],
      [776, 868, 1552, 560, 674, 1050, 1278, 742, 1084, 810, 1152, 274, 388, 422, 764, 0, 798],
      [662, 1210, 754, 1358, 1244, 708, 480, 856, 514, 468, 354, 844, 730, 536, 194, 798, 0],
        # fmt: on
    ]
    data["demands"] = [0, 1, 1, 3, 6, 3, 6, 8, 8, 1, 2, 1, 2, 6, 6, 8, 8]
    data["vehicle_capacities"] = [15, 15, 15, 15]
    data["num_vehicles"] = 4
    data["depot"] = 0
    return data


def print_solution(data, manager, routing, assignment):
    """Prints assignment on console."""
    print(f"Objective: {assignment.ObjectiveValue()}")
    # Display dropped nodes.
    dropped_nodes = "Dropped nodes:"
    for node in range(routing.Size()):
        if routing.IsStart(node) or routing.IsEnd(node):
            continue
        if assignment.Value(routing.NextVar(node)) == node:
            dropped_nodes += f" {manager.IndexToNode(node)}"
    print(dropped_nodes)
    # Display routes
    total_distance = 0
    total_load = 0
    for vehicle_id in range(data["num_vehicles"]):
        index = routing.Start(vehicle_id)
        plan_output = f"Route for vehicle {vehicle_id}:\n"
        route_distance = 0
        route_load = 0
        while not routing.IsEnd(index):
            node_index = manager.IndexToNode(index)
            route_load += data["demands"][node_index]
            plan_output += f" {node_index} Load({route_load}) -> "
            previous_index = index
            index = assignment.Value(routing.NextVar(index))
            route_distance += routing.GetArcCostForVehicle(
                previous_index, index, vehicle_id
            )
        plan_output += f" {manager.IndexToNode(index)} Load({route_load})\n"
        plan_output += f"Distance of the route: {route_distance}m\n"
        plan_output += f"Load of the route: {route_load}\n"
        print(plan_output)
        total_distance += route_distance
        total_load += route_load
    print(f"Total Distance of all routes: {total_distance}m")
    print(f"Total Load of all routes: {total_load}")


def main():
    """Solve the CVRP problem."""
    # Instantiate the data problem.
    data = create_data_model()

    # Create the routing index manager.
    manager = pywrapcp.RoutingIndexManager(
        len(data["distance_matrix"]), data["num_vehicles"], data["depot"]
    )

    # Create Routing Model.
    routing = pywrapcp.RoutingModel(manager)

    # Create and register a transit callback.
    def distance_callback(from_index, to_index):
        """Returns the distance between the two nodes."""
        # Convert from routing variable Index to distance matrix NodeIndex.
        from_node = manager.IndexToNode(from_index)
        to_node = manager.IndexToNode(to_index)
        return data["distance_matrix"][from_node][to_node]

    transit_callback_index = routing.RegisterTransitCallback(distance_callback)

    # Define cost of each arc.
    routing.SetArcCostEvaluatorOfAllVehicles(transit_callback_index)

    # Add Capacity constraint.
    def demand_callback(from_index):
        """Returns the demand of the node."""
        # Convert from routing variable Index to demands NodeIndex.
        from_node = manager.IndexToNode(from_index)
        return data["demands"][from_node]

    demand_callback_index = routing.RegisterUnaryTransitCallback(demand_callback)
    routing.AddDimensionWithVehicleCapacity(
        demand_callback_index,
        0,  # null capacity slack
        data["vehicle_capacities"],  # vehicle maximum capacities
        True,  # start cumul to zero
        "Capacity",
    )
    # Allow to drop nodes.
    penalty = 1000
    for node in range(1, len(data["distance_matrix"])):
        routing.AddDisjunction([manager.NodeToIndex(node)], penalty)

    # Setting first solution heuristic.
    search_parameters = pywrapcp.DefaultRoutingSearchParameters()
    search_parameters.first_solution_strategy = (
        routing_enums_pb2.FirstSolutionStrategy.PATH_CHEAPEST_ARC
    )
    search_parameters.local_search_metaheuristic = (
        routing_enums_pb2.LocalSearchMetaheuristic.GUIDED_LOCAL_SEARCH
    )
    search_parameters.time_limit.FromSeconds(1)

    # Solve the problem.
    assignment = routing.SolveWithParameters(search_parameters)

    # Print solution on console.
    if assignment:
        print_solution(data, manager, routing, assignment)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

C++

#include <cstdint>
#include <sstream>
#include <vector>

#include "google/protobuf/duration.pb.h"
#include "ortools/constraint_solver/routing.h"
#include "ortools/constraint_solver/routing_enums.pb.h"
#include "ortools/constraint_solver/routing_index_manager.h"
#include "ortools/constraint_solver/routing_parameters.h"

namespace operations_research {
struct DataModel {
  const std::vector<std::vector<int64_t>> distance_matrix{
      {0, 548, 776, 696, 582, 274, 502, 194, 308, 194, 536, 502, 388, 354, 468,
       776, 662},
      {548, 0, 684, 308, 194, 502, 730, 354, 696, 742, 1084, 594, 480, 674,
       1016, 868, 1210},
      {776, 684, 0, 992, 878, 502, 274, 810, 468, 742, 400, 1278, 1164, 1130,
       788, 1552, 754},
      {696, 308, 992, 0, 114, 650, 878, 502, 844, 890, 1232, 514, 628, 822,
       1164, 560, 1358},
      {582, 194, 878, 114, 0, 536, 764, 388, 730, 776, 1118, 400, 514, 708,
       1050, 674, 1244},
      {274, 502, 502, 650, 536, 0, 228, 308, 194, 240, 582, 776, 662, 628, 514,
       1050, 708},
      {502, 730, 274, 878, 764, 228, 0, 536, 194, 468, 354, 1004, 890, 856, 514,
       1278, 480},
      {194, 354, 810, 502, 388, 308, 536, 0, 342, 388, 730, 468, 354, 320, 662,
       742, 856},
      {308, 696, 468, 844, 730, 194, 194, 342, 0, 274, 388, 810, 696, 662, 320,
       1084, 514},
      {194, 742, 742, 890, 776, 240, 468, 388, 274, 0, 342, 536, 422, 388, 274,
       810, 468},
      {536, 1084, 400, 1232, 1118, 582, 354, 730, 388, 342, 0, 878, 764, 730,
       388, 1152, 354},
      {502, 594, 1278, 514, 400, 776, 1004, 468, 810, 536, 878, 0, 114, 308,
       650, 274, 844},
      {388, 480, 1164, 628, 514, 662, 890, 354, 696, 422, 764, 114, 0, 194, 536,
       388, 730},
      {354, 674, 1130, 822, 708, 628, 856, 320, 662, 388, 730, 308, 194, 0, 342,
       422, 536},
      {468, 1016, 788, 1164, 1050, 514, 514, 662, 320, 274, 388, 650, 536, 342,
       0, 764, 194},
      {776, 868, 1552, 560, 674, 1050, 1278, 742, 1084, 810, 1152, 274, 388,
       422, 764, 0, 798},
      {662, 1210, 754, 1358, 1244, 708, 480, 856, 514, 468, 354, 844, 730, 536,
       194, 798, 0},
  };
  const std::vector<int64_t> demands{
      0, 1, 1, 3, 6, 3, 6, 8, 8, 1, 2, 1, 2, 6, 6, 8, 8,
  };
  const std::vector<int64_t> vehicle_capacities{15, 15, 15, 15};
  const int num_vehicles = 4;
  const RoutingIndexManager::NodeIndex depot{0};
};

//! @brief Print the solution.
//! @param[in] data Data of the problem.
//! @param[in] manager Index manager used.
//! @param[in] routing Routing solver used.
//! @param[in] solution Solution found by the solver.
void PrintSolution(const DataModel& data, const RoutingIndexManager& manager,
                   const RoutingModel& routing, const Assignment& solution) {
  // Display dropped nodes.
  std::ostringstream dropped_nodes;
  for (int64_t node = 0; node < routing.Size(); ++node) {
    if (routing.IsStart(node) || routing.IsEnd(node)) continue;
    if (solution.Value(routing.NextVar(node)) == node) {
      dropped_nodes << " " << manager.IndexToNode(node).value();
    }
  }
  LOG(INFO) << "Dropped nodes:" << dropped_nodes.str();
  // Display routes
  int64_t total_distance{0};
  int64_t total_load{0};
  for (int vehicle_id = 0; vehicle_id < data.num_vehicles; ++vehicle_id) {
    int64_t index = routing.Start(vehicle_id);
    LOG(INFO) << "Route for Vehicle " << vehicle_id << ":";
    int64_t route_distance{0};
    int64_t route_load{0};
    std::ostringstream route;
    while (!routing.IsEnd(index)) {
      const int node_index = manager.IndexToNode(index).value();
      route_load += data.demands[node_index];
      route << node_index << " Load(" << route_load << ") -> ";
      const int64_t previous_index = index;
      index = solution.Value(routing.NextVar(index));
      route_distance += routing.GetArcCostForVehicle(previous_index, index,
                                                     int64_t{vehicle_id});
    }
    LOG(INFO) << route.str() << manager.IndexToNode(index).value();
    LOG(INFO) << "Distance of the route: " << route_distance << "m";
    LOG(INFO) << "Load of the route: " << route_load;
    total_distance += route_distance;
    total_load += route_load;
  }
  LOG(INFO) << "Total distance of all routes: " << total_distance << "m";
  LOG(INFO) << "Total load of all routes: " << total_load;
  LOG(INFO) << "";
  LOG(INFO) << "Advanced usage:";
  LOG(INFO) << "Problem solved in " << routing.solver()->wall_time() << "ms";
}

void VrpDropNodes() {
  // Instantiate the data problem.
  DataModel data;

  // Create Routing Index Manager
  RoutingIndexManager manager(data.distance_matrix.size(), data.num_vehicles,
                              data.depot);

  // Create Routing Model.
  RoutingModel routing(manager);

  // Create and register a transit callback.
  const int transit_callback_index = routing.RegisterTransitCallback(
      [&data, &manager](const int64_t from_index,
                        const int64_t to_index) -> int64_t {
        // Convert from routing variable Index to distance matrix NodeIndex.
        const int from_node = manager.IndexToNode(from_index).value();
        const int to_node = manager.IndexToNode(to_index).value();
        return data.distance_matrix[from_node][to_node];
      });

  // Define cost of each arc.
  routing.SetArcCostEvaluatorOfAllVehicles(transit_callback_index);

  // Add Capacity constraint.
  const int demand_callback_index = routing.RegisterUnaryTransitCallback(
      [&data, &manager](const int64_t from_index) -> int64_t {
        // Convert from routing variable Index to demand NodeIndex.
        const int from_node = manager.IndexToNode(from_index).value();
        return data.demands[from_node];
      });
  routing.AddDimensionWithVehicleCapacity(
      demand_callback_index,    // transit callback index
      int64_t{0},               // null capacity slack
      data.vehicle_capacities,  // vehicle maximum capacities
      true,                     // start cumul to zero
      "Capacity");
  // Allow to drop nodes.
  int64_t penalty{1000};
  for (int i = 1; i < data.distance_matrix.size(); ++i) {
    routing.AddDisjunction(
        {manager.NodeToIndex(RoutingIndexManager::NodeIndex(i))}, penalty);
  }

  // Setting first solution heuristic.
  RoutingSearchParameters search_parameters = DefaultRoutingSearchParameters();
  search_parameters.set_first_solution_strategy(
      FirstSolutionStrategy::PATH_CHEAPEST_ARC);
  search_parameters.set_local_search_metaheuristic(
      LocalSearchMetaheuristic::GUIDED_LOCAL_SEARCH);
  search_parameters.mutable_time_limit()->set_seconds(1);

  // Solve the problem.
  const Assignment* solution = routing.SolveWithParameters(search_parameters);

  // Print solution on console.
  PrintSolution(data, manager, routing, *solution);
}
}  // namespace operations_research

int main(int /*argc*/, char* /*argv*/[]) {
  operations_research::VrpDropNodes();
  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

Java

package com.google.ortools.constraintsolver.samples;
import com.google.ortools.Loader;
import com.google.ortools.constraintsolver.Assignment;
import com.google.ortools.constraintsolver.FirstSolutionStrategy;
import com.google.ortools.constraintsolver.LocalSearchMetaheuristic;
import com.google.ortools.constraintsolver.RoutingIndexManager;
import com.google.ortools.constraintsolver.RoutingModel;
import com.google.ortools.constraintsolver.RoutingSearchParameters;
import com.google.ortools.constraintsolver.main;
import com.google.protobuf.Duration;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

/** Minimal VRP.*/
public class VrpDropNodes {
  private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(VrpDropNodes.class.getName());

  static class DataModel {
    public final long[][] distanceMatrix = {
        {0, 548, 776, 696, 582, 274, 502, 194, 308, 194, 536, 502, 388, 354, 468, 776, 662},
        {548, 0, 684, 308, 194, 502, 730, 354, 696, 742, 1084, 594, 480, 674, 1016, 868, 1210},
        {776, 684, 0, 992, 878, 502, 274, 810, 468, 742, 400, 1278, 1164, 1130, 788, 1552, 754},
        {696, 308, 992, 0, 114, 650, 878, 502, 844, 890, 1232, 514, 628, 822, 1164, 560, 1358},
        {582, 194, 878, 114, 0, 536, 764, 388, 730, 776, 1118, 400, 514, 708, 1050, 674, 1244},
        {274, 502, 502, 650, 536, 0, 228, 308, 194, 240, 582, 776, 662, 628, 514, 1050, 708},
        {502, 730, 274, 878, 764, 228, 0, 536, 194, 468, 354, 1004, 890, 856, 514, 1278, 480},
        {194, 354, 810, 502, 388, 308, 536, 0, 342, 388, 730, 468, 354, 320, 662, 742, 856},
        {308, 696, 468, 844, 730, 194, 194, 342, 0, 274, 388, 810, 696, 662, 320, 1084, 514},
        {194, 742, 742, 890, 776, 240, 468, 388, 274, 0, 342, 536, 422, 388, 274, 810, 468},
        {536, 1084, 400, 1232, 1118, 582, 354, 730, 388, 342, 0, 878, 764, 730, 388, 1152, 354},
        {502, 594, 1278, 514, 400, 776, 1004, 468, 810, 536, 878, 0, 114, 308, 650, 274, 844},
        {388, 480, 1164, 628, 514, 662, 890, 354, 696, 422, 764, 114, 0, 194, 536, 388, 730},
        {354, 674, 1130, 822, 708, 628, 856, 320, 662, 388, 730, 308, 194, 0, 342, 422, 536},
        {468, 1016, 788, 1164, 1050, 514, 514, 662, 320, 274, 388, 650, 536, 342, 0, 764, 194},
        {776, 868, 1552, 560, 674, 1050, 1278, 742, 1084, 810, 1152, 274, 388, 422, 764, 0, 798},
        {662, 1210, 754, 1358, 1244, 708, 480, 856, 514, 468, 354, 844, 730, 536, 194, 798, 0},
    };
    public final long[] demands = {0, 1, 1, 3, 6, 3, 6, 8, 8, 1, 2, 1, 2, 6, 6, 8, 8};
    public final long[] vehicleCapacities = {15, 15, 15, 15};
    public final int vehicleNumber = 4;
    public final int depot = 0;
  }

  /// @brief Print the solution.
  static void printSolution(
      DataModel data, RoutingModel routing, RoutingIndexManager manager, Assignment solution) {
    // Solution cost.
    logger.info("Objective: " + solution.objectiveValue());
    // Inspect solution.
    // Display dropped nodes.
    String droppedNodes = "Dropped nodes:";
    for (int node = 0; node < routing.size(); ++node) {
      if (routing.isStart(node) || routing.isEnd(node)) {
        continue;
      }
      if (solution.value(routing.nextVar(node)) == node) {
        droppedNodes += " " + manager.indexToNode(node);
      }
    }
    logger.info(droppedNodes);
    // Display routes
    long totalDistance = 0;
    long totalLoad = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < data.vehicleNumber; ++i) {
      long index = routing.start(i);
      logger.info("Route for Vehicle " + i + ":");
      long routeDistance = 0;
      long routeLoad = 0;
      String route = "";
      while (!routing.isEnd(index)) {
        long nodeIndex = manager.indexToNode(index);
        routeLoad += data.demands[(int) nodeIndex];
        route += nodeIndex + " Load(" + routeLoad + ") -> ";
        long previousIndex = index;
        index = solution.value(routing.nextVar(index));
        routeDistance += routing.getArcCostForVehicle(previousIndex, index, i);
      }
      route += manager.indexToNode(routing.end(i));
      logger.info(route);
      logger.info("Distance of the route: " + routeDistance + "m");
      totalDistance += routeDistance;
      totalLoad += routeLoad;
    }
    logger.info("Total Distance of all routes: " + totalDistance + "m");
    logger.info("Total Load of all routes: " + totalLoad);
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    Loader.loadNativeLibraries();
    // Instantiate the data problem.
    final DataModel data = new DataModel();

    // Create Routing Index Manager
    RoutingIndexManager manager =
        new RoutingIndexManager(data.distanceMatrix.length, data.vehicleNumber, data.depot);

    // Create Routing Model.
    RoutingModel routing = new RoutingModel(manager);

    // Create and register a transit callback.
    final int transitCallbackIndex =
        routing.registerTransitCallback((long fromIndex, long toIndex) -> {
          // Convert from routing variable Index to user NodeIndex.
          int fromNode = manager.indexToNode(fromIndex);
          int toNode = manager.indexToNode(toIndex);
          return data.distanceMatrix[fromNode][toNode];
        });

    // Define cost of each arc.
    routing.setArcCostEvaluatorOfAllVehicles(transitCallbackIndex);

    // Add Capacity constraint.
    final int demandCallbackIndex = routing.registerUnaryTransitCallback((long fromIndex) -> {
      // Convert from routing variable Index to user NodeIndex.
      int fromNode = manager.indexToNode(fromIndex);
      return data.demands[fromNode];
    });
    routing.addDimensionWithVehicleCapacity(demandCallbackIndex, 0, // null capacity slack
        data.vehicleCapacities, // vehicle maximum capacities
        true, // start cumul to zero
        "Capacity");
    // Allow to drop nodes.
    long penalty = 1000;
    for (int i = 1; i < data.distanceMatrix.length; ++i) {
      routing.addDisjunction(new long[] {manager.nodeToIndex(i)}, penalty);
    }

    // Setting first solution heuristic.
    RoutingSearchParameters searchParameters =
        main.defaultRoutingSearchParameters()
            .toBuilder()
            .setFirstSolutionStrategy(FirstSolutionStrategy.Value.PATH_CHEAPEST_ARC)
            .setLocalSearchMetaheuristic(LocalSearchMetaheuristic.Value.GUIDED_LOCAL_SEARCH)
            .setTimeLimit(Duration.newBuilder().setSeconds(1).build())
            .build();

    // Solve the problem.
    Assignment solution = routing.solveWithParameters(searchParameters);

    // Print solution on console.
    printSolution(data, routing, manager, solution);
  }
}

C#

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Google.OrTools.ConstraintSolver;
using Google.Protobuf.WellKnownTypes; // Duration

/// <summary>
///   Minimal Vrp with drop nodes.
/// </summary>
public class VrpDropNodes
{
    class DataModel
    {
        public long[,] DistanceMatrix = {
            { 0, 548, 776, 696, 582, 274, 502, 194, 308, 194, 536, 502, 388, 354, 468, 776, 662 },
            { 548, 0, 684, 308, 194, 502, 730, 354, 696, 742, 1084, 594, 480, 674, 1016, 868, 1210 },
            { 776, 684, 0, 992, 878, 502, 274, 810, 468, 742, 400, 1278, 1164, 1130, 788, 1552, 754 },
            { 696, 308, 992, 0, 114, 650, 878, 502, 844, 890, 1232, 514, 628, 822, 1164, 560, 1358 },
            { 582, 194, 878, 114, 0, 536, 764, 388, 730, 776, 1118, 400, 514, 708, 1050, 674, 1244 },
            { 274, 502, 502, 650, 536, 0, 228, 308, 194, 240, 582, 776, 662, 628, 514, 1050, 708 },
            { 502, 730, 274, 878, 764, 228, 0, 536, 194, 468, 354, 1004, 890, 856, 514, 1278, 480 },
            { 194, 354, 810, 502, 388, 308, 536, 0, 342, 388, 730, 468, 354, 320, 662, 742, 856 },
            { 308, 696, 468, 844, 730, 194, 194, 342, 0, 274, 388, 810, 696, 662, 320, 1084, 514 },
            { 194, 742, 742, 890, 776, 240, 468, 388, 274, 0, 342, 536, 422, 388, 274, 810, 468 },
            { 536, 1084, 400, 1232, 1118, 582, 354, 730, 388, 342, 0, 878, 764, 730, 388, 1152, 354 },
            { 502, 594, 1278, 514, 400, 776, 1004, 468, 810, 536, 878, 0, 114, 308, 650, 274, 844 },
            { 388, 480, 1164, 628, 514, 662, 890, 354, 696, 422, 764, 114, 0, 194, 536, 388, 730 },
            { 354, 674, 1130, 822, 708, 628, 856, 320, 662, 388, 730, 308, 194, 0, 342, 422, 536 },
            { 468, 1016, 788, 1164, 1050, 514, 514, 662, 320, 274, 388, 650, 536, 342, 0, 764, 194 },
            { 776, 868, 1552, 560, 674, 1050, 1278, 742, 1084, 810, 1152, 274, 388, 422, 764, 0, 798 },
            { 662, 1210, 754, 1358, 1244, 708, 480, 856, 514, 468, 354, 844, 730, 536, 194, 798, 0 }
        };
        public long[] Demands = { 0, 1, 1, 3, 6, 3, 6, 8, 8, 1, 2, 1, 2, 6, 6, 8, 8 };
        public long[] VehicleCapacities = { 15, 15, 15, 15 };
        public int VehicleNumber = 4;
        public int Depot = 0;
    };

    /// <summary>
    ///   Print the solution.
    /// </summary>
    static void PrintSolution(in DataModel data, in RoutingModel routing, in RoutingIndexManager manager,
                              in Assignment solution)
    {
        Console.WriteLine($"Objective {solution.ObjectiveValue()}:");

        // Inspect solution.
        // Display dropped nodes.
        string droppedNodes = "Dropped nodes:";
        for (int index = 0; index < routing.Size(); ++index)
        {
            if (routing.IsStart(index) || routing.IsEnd(index))
            {
                continue;
            }
            if (solution.Value(routing.NextVar(index)) == index)
            {
                droppedNodes += " " + manager.IndexToNode(index);
            }
        }
        Console.WriteLine("{0}", droppedNodes);
        // Inspect solution.
        long totalDistance = 0;
        long totalLoad = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < data.VehicleNumber; ++i)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Route for Vehicle {0}:", i);
            long routeDistance = 0;
            long routeLoad = 0;
            var index = routing.Start(i);
            while (routing.IsEnd(index) == false)
            {
                long nodeIndex = manager.IndexToNode(index);
                routeLoad += data.Demands[nodeIndex];
                Console.Write("{0} Load({1}) -> ", nodeIndex, routeLoad);
                var previousIndex = index;
                index = solution.Value(routing.NextVar(index));
                routeDistance += routing.GetArcCostForVehicle(previousIndex, index, 0);
            }
            Console.WriteLine("{0}", manager.IndexToNode((int)index));
            Console.WriteLine("Distance of the route: {0}m", routeDistance);
            totalDistance += routeDistance;
            totalLoad += routeLoad;
        }
        Console.WriteLine("Total Distance of all routes: {0}m", totalDistance);
        Console.WriteLine("Total Load of all routes: {0}m", totalLoad);
    }

    public static void Main(String[] args)
    {
        // Instantiate the data problem.
        DataModel data = new DataModel();

        // Create Routing Index Manager
        RoutingIndexManager manager =
            new RoutingIndexManager(data.DistanceMatrix.GetLength(0), data.VehicleNumber, data.Depot);

        // Create Routing Model.
        RoutingModel routing = new RoutingModel(manager);

        // Create and register a transit callback.
        int transitCallbackIndex = routing.RegisterTransitCallback((long fromIndex, long toIndex) =>
                                                                   {
                                                                       // Convert from routing variable Index to
                                                                       // distance matrix NodeIndex.
                                                                       var fromNode = manager.IndexToNode(fromIndex);
                                                                       var toNode = manager.IndexToNode(toIndex);
                                                                       return data.DistanceMatrix[fromNode, toNode];
                                                                   });

        // Define cost of each arc.
        routing.SetArcCostEvaluatorOfAllVehicles(transitCallbackIndex);

        // Add Capacity constraint.
        int demandCallbackIndex = routing.RegisterUnaryTransitCallback((long fromIndex) =>
                                                                       {
                                                                           // Convert from routing variable Index to
                                                                           // demand NodeIndex.
                                                                           var fromNode =
                                                                               manager.IndexToNode(fromIndex);
                                                                           return data.Demands[fromNode];
                                                                       });
        routing.AddDimensionWithVehicleCapacity(demandCallbackIndex, 0, // null capacity slack
                                                data.VehicleCapacities, // vehicle maximum capacities
                                                true,                   // start cumul to zero
                                                "Capacity");
        // Allow to drop nodes.
        long penalty = 1000;
        for (int i = 1; i < data.DistanceMatrix.GetLength(0); ++i)
        {
            routing.AddDisjunction(new long[] { manager.NodeToIndex(i) }, penalty);
        }

        // Setting first solution heuristic.
        RoutingSearchParameters searchParameters =
            operations_research_constraint_solver.DefaultRoutingSearchParameters();
        searchParameters.FirstSolutionStrategy = FirstSolutionStrategy.Types.Value.PathCheapestArc;
        searchParameters.LocalSearchMetaheuristic = LocalSearchMetaheuristic.Types.Value.GuidedLocalSearch;
        searchParameters.TimeLimit = new Duration { Seconds = 1 };

        // Solve the problem.
        Assignment solution = routing.SolveWithParameters(searchParameters);

        // Print solution on console.
        PrintSolution(data, routing, manager, solution);
    }
}