Attività di routing comuni

Le seguenti sezioni spiegano come eseguire alcune attività comuni relative alla risoluzione dei problemi di percorso dei veicoli.

Limiti di ricerca

La risoluzione dei problemi di percorso dei veicoli con molte sedi può richiedere molto tempo. Per questi problemi, è opportuno impostare un limite di ricerca, che termina la ricerca dopo un certo periodo di tempo o dopo un determinato numero di soluzioni restituite.

Limiti di tempo

Gli esempi riportati di seguito mostrano come impostare un limite di tempo di 30 secondi per una ricerca.

Python

search_parameters = pywrapcp.DefaultRoutingSearchParameters()
search_parameters.time_limit.seconds = 30

C++

RoutingSearchParameters searchParameters = DefaultRoutingSearchParameters();
searchParameters.mutable_time_limit()->set_seconds(30);

Java

Aggiungi quanto segue all'inizio del programma:
import com.google.protobuf.Duration;
Poi imposta i parametri di ricerca come segue:
RoutingSearchParameters searchParameters =
        main.defaultRoutingSearchParameters()
            .toBuilder()
            .setTimeLimit(Duration.newBuilder().setSeconds(30).build())
            .build();

C#

Aggiungi la seguente riga all'inizio del programma:

using Google.Protobuf.WellKnownTypes; // Duration
Poi imposta i parametri di ricerca come segue:
RoutingSearchParameters searchParameters =
  operations_research_constraint_solver.DefaultRoutingSearchParameters();
searchParameters.TimeLimit = new Duration { Seconds = 10 };

Consulta Modifica della strategia di ricerca per un esempio che imposta un limite di tempo.

Limiti delle soluzioni

Gli esempi riportati di seguito mostrano come impostare un limite di 100 soluzioni per una ricerca.

Python

search_parameters = pywrapcp.DefaultRoutingSearchParameters()
search_parameters.solution_limit = 100

C++

RoutingSearchParameters searchParameters = DefaultRoutingSearchParameters();
searchParameters.set_solution_limit(100);

Java

RoutingSearchParameters searchParameters =
        main.defaultRoutingSearchParameters()
            .toBuilder()
            .setSolutionLimit(100)
            .build();

C#

RoutingSearchParameters searchParameters =
  operations_research_constraint_solver.DefaultRoutingSearchParameters();
searchParameters.SolutionLimit(100);

Per alcuni problemi, potresti voler specificare un insieme di route iniziali per un VRP, anziché lasciare che il risolutore trovi una soluzione iniziale; ad esempio, se hai già trovato una buona soluzione per un problema e vuoi utilizzarla come punto di partenza per risolvere un problema modificato.

Per creare i percorsi iniziali, procedi nel seguente modo:

  1. Definisci una matrice contenente le route iniziali.
  2. Crea la soluzione iniziale utilizzando il metodo ReadAssignmentFromRoutes.

Il codice seguente definisce le route iniziali nei dati.

Python

    data["initial_routes"] = [
        # fmt: off
      [8, 16, 14, 13, 12, 11],
      [3, 4, 9, 10],
      [15, 1],
      [7, 5, 2, 6],
        # fmt: on
    ]

C++

  const std::vector<std::vector<int64_t>> initial_routes{
      {8, 16, 14, 13, 12, 11},
      {3, 4, 9, 10},
      {15, 1},
      {7, 5, 2, 6},
  };

Java

    public final long[][] initialRoutes = {
        {8, 16, 14, 13, 12, 11},
        {3, 4, 9, 10},
        {15, 1},
        {7, 5, 2, 6},
    };

C#

        public long[][] InitialRoutes = {
            new long[] { 8, 16, 14, 13, 12, 11 },
            new long[] { 3, 4, 9, 10 },
            new long[] { 15, 1 },
            new long[] { 7, 5, 2, 6 },
        };

Il codice seguente crea la soluzione iniziale dalle route, quindi esegue una ricerca a partire dalla soluzione iniziale.

Il programma mostra sia la soluzione iniziale sia la soluzione trovata dalla ricerca.

Python

    initial_solution = routing.ReadAssignmentFromRoutes(data["initial_routes"], True)
    print("Initial solution:")
    print_solution(data, manager, routing, initial_solution)

C++

  const Assignment* initial_solution =
      routing.ReadAssignmentFromRoutes(data.initial_routes, true);
  // Print initial solution on console.
  LOG(INFO) << "Initial solution: ";
  PrintSolution(data, manager, routing, *initial_solution);

Java

    Assignment initialSolution = routing.readAssignmentFromRoutes(data.initialRoutes, true);
    logger.info("Initial solution:");
    printSolution(data, routing, manager, initialSolution);

C#

        Assignment initialSolution = routing.ReadAssignmentFromRoutes(data.InitialRoutes, true);
        // Print initial solution on console.
        Console.WriteLine("Initial solution:");
        PrintSolution(data, routing, manager, initialSolution);

Quando aggiungi questo codice al programma VRP precedente ed esegui il programma, viene visualizzato il seguente output:

Initial solution:
Route for vehicle 0:
 0 ->  8 ->  16 ->  14 ->  13 ->  12 ->  11 -> 0
Distance of the route: 2168m

Route for vehicle 1:
 0 ->  3 ->  4 ->  9 ->  10 -> 0
Distance of the route: 2464m

Route for vehicle 2:
 0 ->  15 ->  1 -> 0
Distance of the route: 2192m

Route for vehicle 3:
 0 ->  7 ->  5 ->  2 ->  6 -> 0
Distance of the route: 1780m

Maximum of the route distances: 2464m

Solution after search:

Route for vehicle 0:
 0 ->  9 ->  10 ->  16 ->  14 -> 0
Distance of the route: 1552m

Route for vehicle 1:
 0 ->  12 ->  11 ->  15 ->  13 -> 0
Distance of the route: 1552

Route for vehicle 2:
 0 ->  3 ->  4 ->  1 ->  7 -> 0
Distance of the route: 1552

Route for vehicle 3:
 0 ->  5 ->  2 ->  6 ->  8 -> 0
Distance of the route: 1552

Maximum of the route distances: 1552

Ecco i programmi completi che impostano i percorsi iniziali.

Python

"""Vehicles Routing Problem (VRP)."""

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["initial_routes"] = [
        # fmt: off
      [8, 16, 14, 13, 12, 11],
      [3, 4, 9, 10],
      [15, 1],
      [7, 5, 2, 6],
        # fmt: on
    ]
    data["num_vehicles"] = 4
    data["depot"] = 0
    return data


def print_solution(data, manager, routing, solution):
    """Prints solution on console."""
    print(f"Objective: {solution.ObjectiveValue()}")
    max_route_distance = 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
        while not routing.IsEnd(index):
            plan_output += f" {manager.IndexToNode(index)} -> "
            previous_index = index
            index = solution.Value(routing.NextVar(index))
            route_distance += routing.GetArcCostForVehicle(
                previous_index, index, vehicle_id
            )
        plan_output += f"{manager.IndexToNode(index)}\n"
        plan_output += f"Distance of the route: {route_distance}m\n"
        print(plan_output)
        max_route_distance = max(route_distance, max_route_distance)
    print(f"Maximum of the route distances: {max_route_distance}m")



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 Distance constraint.
    dimension_name = "Distance"
    routing.AddDimension(
        transit_callback_index,
        0,  # no slack
        3000,  # vehicle maximum travel distance
        True,  # start cumul to zero
        dimension_name,
    )
    distance_dimension = routing.GetDimensionOrDie(dimension_name)
    distance_dimension.SetGlobalSpanCostCoefficient(100)

    # Close model with the custom search parameters.
    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(5)
    # When an initial solution is given for search, the model will be closed with
    # the default search parameters unless it is explicitly closed with the custom
    # search parameters.
    routing.CloseModelWithParameters(search_parameters)

    # Get initial solution from routes after closing the model.
    initial_solution = routing.ReadAssignmentFromRoutes(data["initial_routes"], True)
    print("Initial solution:")
    print_solution(data, manager, routing, initial_solution)

    # Solve the problem.
    solution = routing.SolveFromAssignmentWithParameters(
        initial_solution, search_parameters
    )

    # Print solution on console.
    if solution:
        print("Solution after search:")
        print_solution(data, manager, routing, solution)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

C++

#include <algorithm>
#include <cstdint>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <sstream>
#include <vector>

#include "google/protobuf/duration.pb.h"
#include "ortools/base/logging.h"
#include "ortools/constraint_solver/constraint_solver.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<std::vector<int64_t>> initial_routes{
      {8, 16, 14, 13, 12, 11},
      {3, 4, 9, 10},
      {15, 1},
      {7, 5, 2, 6},
  };
  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) {
  int64_t max_route_distance{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};
    std::stringstream route;
    while (!routing.IsEnd(index)) {
      route << manager.IndexToNode(index).value() << " -> ";
      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";
    max_route_distance = std::max(route_distance, max_route_distance);
  }
  LOG(INFO) << "Maximum of the route distances: " << max_route_distance << "m";
  LOG(INFO) << "";
  LOG(INFO) << "Problem solved in " << routing.solver()->wall_time() << "ms";
}

void VrpInitialRoutes() {
  // 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 Distance constraint.
  routing.AddDimension(transit_callback_index, 0, 3000,
                       true,  // start cumul to zero
                       "Distance");
  routing.GetMutableDimension("Distance")->SetGlobalSpanCostCoefficient(100);

  // Close model with the custom search parameters
  RoutingSearchParameters searchParameters = DefaultRoutingSearchParameters();
  searchParameters.set_first_solution_strategy(
      FirstSolutionStrategy::PATH_CHEAPEST_ARC);
  searchParameters.set_local_search_metaheuristic(
      LocalSearchMetaheuristic::GUIDED_LOCAL_SEARCH);
  searchParameters.mutable_time_limit()->set_seconds(5);
  // When an initial solution is given for search, the model will be closed with
  // the default search parameters unless it is explicitly closed with the
  // custom search parameters.
  routing.CloseModelWithParameters(searchParameters);

  // Get initial solution from routes after closing the model.
  const Assignment* initial_solution =
      routing.ReadAssignmentFromRoutes(data.initial_routes, true);
  // Print initial solution on console.
  LOG(INFO) << "Initial solution: ";
  PrintSolution(data, manager, routing, *initial_solution);

  // Solve from initial solution.
  const Assignment* solution = routing.SolveFromAssignmentWithParameters(
      initial_solution, searchParameters);

  // Print solution on console.
  LOG(INFO) << "";
  LOG(INFO) << "Solution from search: ";
  PrintSolution(data, manager, routing, *solution);
}
}  // namespace operations_research

int main(int /*argc*/, char* /*argv*/[]) {
  operations_research::VrpInitialRoutes();
  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.RoutingDimension;
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 java.util.logging.Logger;

/** Minimal VRP. */
public class VrpInitialRoutes {
  private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(VrpInitialRoutes.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[][] initialRoutes = {
        {8, 16, 14, 13, 12, 11},
        {3, 4, 9, 10},
        {15, 1},
        {7, 5, 2, 6},
    };
    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.
    long maxRouteDistance = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < data.vehicleNumber; ++i) {
      long index = routing.start(i);
      logger.info("Route for Vehicle " + i + ":");
      long routeDistance = 0;
      String route = "";
      while (!routing.isEnd(index)) {
        route += manager.indexToNode(index) + " -> ";
        long previousIndex = index;
        index = solution.value(routing.nextVar(index));
        routeDistance += routing.getArcCostForVehicle(previousIndex, index, i);
      }
      logger.info(route + manager.indexToNode(index));
      logger.info("Distance of the route: " + routeDistance + "m");
      maxRouteDistance = Math.max(routeDistance, maxRouteDistance);
    }
    logger.info("Maximum of the route distances: " + maxRouteDistance + "m");
  }

  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 Distance constraint.
    routing.addDimension(transitCallbackIndex, 0, 3000,
        true, // start cumul to zero
        "Distance");
    RoutingDimension distanceDimension = routing.getMutableDimension("Distance");
    distanceDimension.setGlobalSpanCostCoefficient(100);

    Assignment initialSolution = routing.readAssignmentFromRoutes(data.initialRoutes, true);
    logger.info("Initial solution:");
    printSolution(data, routing, manager, initialSolution);

    // Setting first solution heuristic.
    RoutingSearchParameters searchParameters = main.defaultRoutingSearchParameters();

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

    // Print solution on console.
    logger.info("Solution after search:");
    printSolution(data, routing, manager, solution);
  }
}

C#

// Copyright 2010-2022 Google LLC
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//
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// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
// limitations under the License.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Google.OrTools.ConstraintSolver;

/// <summary>
///   VRP with initial routes.
/// </summary>
public class InitialRoutes
{
    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[][] InitialRoutes = {
            new long[] { 8, 16, 14, 13, 12, 11 },
            new long[] { 3, 4, 9, 10 },
            new long[] { 15, 1 },
            new long[] { 7, 5, 2, 6 },
        };
        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.
        long maxRouteDistance = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < data.VehicleNumber; ++i)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Route for Vehicle {0}:", i);
            long routeDistance = 0;
            var index = routing.Start(i);
            while (routing.IsEnd(index) == false)
            {
                Console.Write("{0} -> ", manager.IndexToNode((int)index));
                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}", routeDistance);
            maxRouteDistance = Math.Max(routeDistance, maxRouteDistance);
        }
        Console.WriteLine("Maximum distance of the routes: {0}", maxRouteDistance);
    }

    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 Distance constraint.
        routing.AddDimension(transitCallbackIndex, 0, 3000,
                             true, // start cumul to zero
                             "Distance");
        RoutingDimension distanceDimension = routing.GetMutableDimension("Distance");
        distanceDimension.SetGlobalSpanCostCoefficient(100);

        // Get initial solution from routes.
        Assignment initialSolution = routing.ReadAssignmentFromRoutes(data.InitialRoutes, true);
        // Print initial solution on console.
        Console.WriteLine("Initial solution:");
        PrintSolution(data, routing, manager, initialSolution);

        // Setting first solution heuristic.
        RoutingSearchParameters searchParameters =
            operations_research_constraint_solver.DefaultRoutingSearchParameters();

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

        // Print solution on console.
        Console.WriteLine("Solution after search:");
        PrintSolution(data, routing, manager, solution);
    }
}

Impostazione delle posizioni di partenza e di arrivo per i percorsi

Finora abbiamo ipotizzato che tutti i veicoli inizino e finiscano da un'unica posizione: il deposito. Puoi anche impostare diverse località di partenza e di arrivo per ogni veicolo che presenta il problema. Per farlo, passa due vettori, contenenti gli indici delle posizioni di inizio e fine, come input per il metodo RoutingModel nella funzione principale. Ecco come creare i vettori di inizio e fine nella sezione dati del programma:

Python

    data["starts"] = [1, 2, 15, 16]
    data["ends"] = [0, 0, 0, 0]

C++

  const std::vector<RoutingIndexManager::NodeIndex> starts{
      RoutingIndexManager::NodeIndex{1},
      RoutingIndexManager::NodeIndex{2},
      RoutingIndexManager::NodeIndex{15},
      RoutingIndexManager::NodeIndex{16},
  };
  const std::vector<RoutingIndexManager::NodeIndex> ends{
      RoutingIndexManager::NodeIndex{0},
      RoutingIndexManager::NodeIndex{0},
      RoutingIndexManager::NodeIndex{0},
      RoutingIndexManager::NodeIndex{0},
  };

Java

    public final int[] starts = {1, 2, 15, 16};
    public final int[] ends = {0, 0, 0, 0};

C#

        public int[] Starts = { 1, 2, 15, 16 };
        public int[] Ends = { 0, 0, 0, 0 };

Di seguito sono riportati i programmi completi che impostano le posizioni di inizio e fine in questo modo.

Python

"""Simple Vehicles Routing Problem."""

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["num_vehicles"] = 4
    data["starts"] = [1, 2, 15, 16]
    data["ends"] = [0, 0, 0, 0]
    return data


def print_solution(data, manager, routing, solution):
    """Prints solution on console."""
    print(f"Objective: {solution.ObjectiveValue()}")
    max_route_distance = 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
        while not routing.IsEnd(index):
            plan_output += f" {manager.IndexToNode(index)} -> "
            previous_index = index
            index = solution.Value(routing.NextVar(index))
            route_distance += routing.GetArcCostForVehicle(
                previous_index, index, vehicle_id
            )
        plan_output += f"{manager.IndexToNode(index)}\n"
        plan_output += f"Distance of the route: {route_distance}m\n"
        print(plan_output)
        max_route_distance = max(route_distance, max_route_distance)
    print(f"Maximum of the route distances: {max_route_distance}m")


def main():
    """Entry point of the program."""
    # Instantiate the data problem.
    data = create_data_model()

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

    # 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 Distance constraint.
    dimension_name = "Distance"
    routing.AddDimension(
        transit_callback_index,
        0,  # no slack
        2000,  # vehicle maximum travel distance
        True,  # start cumul to zero
        dimension_name,
    )
    distance_dimension = routing.GetDimensionOrDie(dimension_name)
    distance_dimension.SetGlobalSpanCostCoefficient(100)

    # Setting first solution heuristic.
    search_parameters = pywrapcp.DefaultRoutingSearchParameters()
    search_parameters.first_solution_strategy = (
        routing_enums_pb2.FirstSolutionStrategy.PATH_CHEAPEST_ARC
    )

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

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


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

C++

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

#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 int num_vehicles = 4;
  const std::vector<RoutingIndexManager::NodeIndex> starts{
      RoutingIndexManager::NodeIndex{1},
      RoutingIndexManager::NodeIndex{2},
      RoutingIndexManager::NodeIndex{15},
      RoutingIndexManager::NodeIndex{16},
  };
  const std::vector<RoutingIndexManager::NodeIndex> ends{
      RoutingIndexManager::NodeIndex{0},
      RoutingIndexManager::NodeIndex{0},
      RoutingIndexManager::NodeIndex{0},
      RoutingIndexManager::NodeIndex{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) {
  int64_t max_route_distance{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};
    std::stringstream route;
    while (!routing.IsEnd(index)) {
      route << manager.IndexToNode(index).value() << " -> ";
      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";
    max_route_distance = std::max(route_distance, max_route_distance);
  }
  LOG(INFO) << "Maximum of the route distances: " << max_route_distance << "m";
  LOG(INFO) << "";
  LOG(INFO) << "Problem solved in " << routing.solver()->wall_time() << "ms";
}

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

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

  // 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 Distance constraint.
  routing.AddDimension(transit_callback_index, 0, 2000,
                       /*fix_start_cumul_to_zero=*/true, "Distance");
  routing.GetMutableDimension("Distance")->SetGlobalSpanCostCoefficient(100);

  // Setting first solution heuristic.
  RoutingSearchParameters searchParameters = DefaultRoutingSearchParameters();
  searchParameters.set_first_solution_strategy(
      FirstSolutionStrategy::PATH_CHEAPEST_ARC);

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

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

int main(int /*argc*/, char* /*argv*/[]) {
  operations_research::VrpStartsEnds();
  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.RoutingDimension;
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 java.util.logging.Logger;

/** Minimal VRP.*/
public class VrpStartsEnds {
  private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(VrpStartsEnds.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 int vehicleNumber = 4;
    public final int[] starts = {1, 2, 15, 16};
    public final int[] ends = {0, 0, 0, 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.
    long maxRouteDistance = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < data.vehicleNumber; ++i) {
      long index = routing.start(i);
      logger.info("Route for Vehicle " + i + ":");
      long routeDistance = 0;
      String route = "";
      while (!routing.isEnd(index)) {
        route += manager.indexToNode(index) + " -> ";
        long previousIndex = index;
        index = solution.value(routing.nextVar(index));
        routeDistance += routing.getArcCostForVehicle(previousIndex, index, i);
      }
      logger.info(route + manager.indexToNode(index));
      logger.info("Distance of the route: " + routeDistance + "m");
      maxRouteDistance = Math.max(routeDistance, maxRouteDistance);
    }
    logger.info("Maximum of the route distances: " + maxRouteDistance + "m");
  }

  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.starts, data.ends);

    // 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 Distance constraint.
    routing.addDimension(transitCallbackIndex, 0, 2000,
        true, // start cumul to zero
        "Distance");
    RoutingDimension distanceDimension = routing.getMutableDimension("Distance");
    distanceDimension.setGlobalSpanCostCoefficient(100);

    // Setting first solution heuristic.
    RoutingSearchParameters searchParameters =
        main.defaultRoutingSearchParameters()
            .toBuilder()
            .setFirstSolutionStrategy(FirstSolutionStrategy.Value.PATH_CHEAPEST_ARC)
            .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;

/// <summary>
///   Minimal TSP using distance matrix.
/// </summary>
public class VrpStartsEnds
{
    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 int VehicleNumber = 4;
        public int[] Starts = { 1, 2, 15, 16 };
        public int[] Ends = { 0, 0, 0, 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.
        long maxRouteDistance = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < data.VehicleNumber; ++i)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Route for Vehicle {0}:", i);
            long routeDistance = 0;
            var index = routing.Start(i);
            while (routing.IsEnd(index) == false)
            {
                Console.Write("{0} -> ", manager.IndexToNode((int)index));
                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);
            maxRouteDistance = Math.Max(routeDistance, maxRouteDistance);
        }
        Console.WriteLine("Maximum distance of the routes: {0}m", maxRouteDistance);
    }

    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.Starts, data.Ends);

        // 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 Distance constraint.
        routing.AddDimension(transitCallbackIndex, 0, 2000,
                             true, // start cumul to zero
                             "Distance");
        RoutingDimension distanceDimension = routing.GetMutableDimension("Distance");
        distanceDimension.SetGlobalSpanCostCoefficient(100);

        // Setting first solution heuristic.
        RoutingSearchParameters searchParameters =
            operations_research_constraint_solver.DefaultRoutingSearchParameters();
        searchParameters.FirstSolutionStrategy = FirstSolutionStrategy.Types.Value.PathCheapestArc;

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

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

Quando esegui il programma, ottieni il seguente output, in cui le route iniziano e finiscono nelle località specificate:

Route for vehicle 0:
 1 -> 4 -> 3 -> 7 -> 0
Distance of the route: 1004m

Route for vehicle 1:
 2 -> 6 -> 8 -> 5 -> 0
Distance of the route: 936m

Route for vehicle 2:
 15 -> 11 -> 12 -> 13 -> 0
Distance of the route: 936m

Route for vehicle 3:
 16 -> 14 -> 10 -> 9 -> 0
Distance of the route: 1118m

Total distance of all routes: 3994m

La distanza totale è più breve rispetto all'esempio precedente perché i veicoli non devono avviarsi o finire al deposito.

Consentire posizioni di partenza e di arrivo arbitrarie

In altre versioni del problema di percorso, i veicoli possono iniziare e finire in posizioni arbitrarie. Per impostare il problema in questo modo, è sufficiente modificare la matrice della distanza in modo che la distanza dal deposito a qualsiasi altra posizione sia 0, impostando la prima riga e la colonna della matrice in modo che abbia tutti zeri. Questo trasforma il deposito in una posizione fittizia che non ha effetto sui percorsi ottimali.

Ecco un esempio in cui la matrice di distanza dall'esempio VRP è stata modificata per rendere la distanza dal deposito a tutti gli altri nodi 0.

data['distance_matrix'] = [
        [
            0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
        ],
        [
            0, 0, 684, 308, 194, 502, 730, 354, 696, 742, 1084, 594, 480, 674,
            1016, 868, 1210
        ],
        [
            0, 684, 0, 992, 878, 502, 274, 810, 468, 742, 400, 1278, 1164,
            1130, 788, 1552, 754
        ],
        [
            0, 308, 992, 0, 114, 650, 878, 502, 844, 890, 1232, 514, 628, 822,
            1164, 560, 1358
        ],
        [
            0, 194, 878, 114, 0, 536, 764, 388, 730, 776, 1118, 400, 514, 708,
            1050, 674, 1244
        ],
        [
            0, 502, 502, 650, 536, 0, 228, 308, 194, 240, 582, 776, 662, 628,
            514, 1050, 708
        ],
        [
            0, 730, 274, 878, 764, 228, 0, 536, 194, 468, 354, 1004, 890, 856,
            514, 1278, 480
        ],
        [
            0, 354, 810, 502, 388, 308, 536, 0, 342, 388, 730, 468, 354, 320,
            662, 742, 856
        ],
        [
            0, 696, 468, 844, 730, 194, 194, 342, 0, 274, 388, 810, 696, 662,
            0, 1084, 514
        ],
        [
            0, 742, 742, 890, 776, 240, 468, 388, 274, 0, 342, 536, 422, 388,
            0, 810, 468
        ],
        [
            0, 1084, 400, 1232, 1118, 582, 354, 730, 388, 342, 0, 878, 764,
            730, 388, 1152, 354
        ],
        [
            0, 594, 1278, 514, 400, 776, 1004, 468, 810, 536, 878, 0, 114,
            308, 650, 274, 844
        ],
        [
            0, 480, 1164, 628, 514, 662, 890, 354, 696, 422, 764, 114, 0, 194,
            536, 388, 730
        ],
        [
            0, 674, 1130, 822, 708, 628, 856, 320, 662, 388, 730, 308, 194, 0,
            342, 422, 536
        ],
        [
            0, 1016, 788, 1164, 1050, 514, 514, 662, 320, 274, 388, 650, 536,
            342, 0, 764, 194
        ],
        [
            0, 868, 1552, 560, 674, 1050, 1278, 742, 1084, 810, 1152, 274,
            388, 422, 764, 0, 798
        ],
        [
            0, 1210, 754, 1358, 1244, 708, 480, 856, 514, 468, 354, 844, 730,
            536, 194, 798, 0
        ],
    ]

Quando esegui il programma VRP con la matrice di distanza modificata (e modifichi la stampante della soluzione per omettere il deposito), il programma visualizza le seguenti route:

Route for vehicle 0:
 5  -> 8 -> 6 -> 2
Distance of the route: 662m

Route for vehicle 1:
 7  -> 1 -> 4 -> 3
Distance of the route: 662m

Route for vehicle 2:
 16  -> 14 -> 13 -> 15
Distance of the route: 958m

Route for vehicle 3:
 10  -> 9 -> 12 -> 11
Distance of the route: 878m
Maximum of the route distances: 958m