TOURISM-KM, A variant of MMKP applied to the tourism domain

International audienceWe are interested in an original real-world problem coming from tourism field. We describe a modelling of the problem and propose a first approach that mixes knowledge management and operational research methods. Our algorithms have been implemented in order to produce tourism solutions that are not unique for a given request but that take into account the preferences of the tourist user and provide a personalized solution. We report computational results obtained on real-world instances

Fuelling the zero-emissions road freight of the future: routing of mobile fuellers

The future of zero-emissions road freight is closely tied to the sufficient availability of new and clean fuel options such as electricity and Hydrogen. In goods distribution using Electric Commercial Vehicles (ECVs) and Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles (HFCVs) a major challenge in the transition period would pertain to their limited autonomy and scarce and unevenly distributed refuelling stations. One viable solution to facilitate and speed up the adoption of ECVs/HFCVs by logistics, however, is to get the fuel to the point where it is needed (instead of diverting the route of delivery vehicles to refuelling stations) using "Mobile Fuellers (MFs)". These are mobile battery swapping/recharging vans or mobile Hydrogen fuellers that can travel to a running ECV/HFCV to provide the fuel they require to complete their delivery routes at a rendezvous time and space. In this presentation, new vehicle routing models will be presented for a third party company that provides MF services. In the proposed problem variant, the MF provider company receives routing plans of multiple customer companies and has to design routes for a fleet of capacitated MFs that have to synchronise their routes with the running vehicles to deliver the required amount of fuel on-the-fly. This presentation will discuss and compare several mathematical models based on different business models and collaborative logistics scenarios

Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Commercial Buildings IEECB 12

This book contains the proceedings of the seventh International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Commercial Buildings Frankfurt, Germany 18 - 19 April 2012JRC.F.7-Renewable Energ