Urban Joint Distribution Problem Optimization Model from a Low-Carbon Point of View
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Literature Review
2.1. Research Status of Low-Carbon Logistics
2.2. Research Status of Route Optimization
3. Model Formulation
3.1. Distribution Vehicle Information
3.2. Model Assumptions
3.3. Model Symbol Description
3.4. Model Representation
4. Optimization and Solution of M Company’s Urban Joint Distribution Model
4.1. Scoring Based Delayed Delivery
4.1.1. Time Series Forecasting
4.1.2. Score Response Mechanism
4.1.3. Main Steps of Delayed Delivery
4.2. Improved Ant Colony Algorithm
4.2.1. Principle of Ant Colony Algorithm
4.2.2. Ant Colony Algorithm Optimization
Elite Ant Strategy
Minimum Energy Consumption and Actual Route Distance
Cluster Point Batch Processing
4.2.3. Steps to Improve the Ant Colony Algorithm
4.3. Flow of Optimized Model
5. Results
5.1. Instance Data and Parameters
5.2. Example Solution
5.2.1. Solution Steps
5.2.2. Final Distribution Route Solution
5.3. Comparative Analysis
5.3.1. Comparison of Distribution Planning
5.3.2. Comparison of Route Optimization
5.4. Summary of Optimization Results
6. Conclusions
6.1. Summary
6.2. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
Library/Environment/Software | Version | Library/Environment/Software | Version |
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Dev-C++ | 6.3 | sympy | 1.6.2 |
pandas | 1.4.2 | SQLAlchemy | 1.3.20 |
numpy | 1.22.4 | Pillow | 8.0.1 |
python-dateutil | 2.8.1 | matplotlib | 3.5.1 |
scipy | 1.7.3 | openpyxl | 3.0.5 |
Appendix B
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Symbol | Symbolic Meaning | Symbol | Symbolic Meaning |
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Distribution vehicle energy consumption | Represents the distance from node to node | ||
Expresses a collection of time in weeks | Indicates fuel/electricity consumption per unit distance when the vehicle is unloaded. | ||
Represents the set of cluster points and distribution centers | Indicates fuel/electricity consumption per unit distance when the vehicle is fully loaded. | ||
Represents the set of cluster points | Indicates the gross vehicle weight when the vehicle is unloaded | ||
Represents the set of distribution centers | Indicates the maximum freight capacity of the vehicle | ||
Represents the set of distribution batches | Indicates the loading capacity from node i to node j in week k | ||
Represents the node, | Denotes the waiting time for the freight that should be distributed to node i in week k | ||
indicates the distribution batch. ∈ | Indicates the maximum waiting time for freight that should be distributed to node i in week k | ||
Indicates the time, | Denotes the freight weight scheduled for distribution to node i in week k | ||
Indicates the maximum volume of the distribution vehicle | 0-1 variable indicating whether node i in week k is scheduled for distribution in batch b or not | ||
denotes the volume of freight scheduled for distribution to node i in week k | Indicates the maximum mileage of the distribution vehicle in a single week | ||
Indicates range of distribution vehicles | |||
0-1 variable indicating whether the week k distribution vehicle has traveled from node i to node j in batch b |
Symbol | Symbolic Meaning | Symbol | Symbolic Meaning |
---|---|---|---|
Score of cluster i in week k | Maximum waiting time for cluster point i | ||
Score presets to prevent negative scores | Maximum waiting time for freight at cluster point i in week k | ||
Time reference value for cluster point i in week k | Weighting coefficient of freight weight reference value | ||
Freight weight reference value for cluster point i in week k | Weighting coefficient of forecast value in week j | ||
Weighting factors for time reference values | Forecasted freight weight in week j after cluster point i in week k | ||
Natural constant | Distance from cluster point i to cluster point j | ||
The associated reference value for cluster point i in week k, is influenced by other identified cluster points. | A set of cluster points identified for distribution operations | ||
Weighting coefficient of associated reference value | |||
The current weight of deliveries to be made at cluster point i in week k. |
Symbol | Symbolic Meaning | Symbol | Symbolic Meaning |
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Probability that ant n chooses to go to point j at point i | Pheromone concentration between current loop nodes i, j | ||
Pheromone concentration between nodes i, j | Pheromone concentration between the next loop nodes i, j | ||
visibility coefficient between nodes i, j, numerically equal to | The amount of change in pheromone concentration between nodes i, j | ||
Distance between nodes i, j | The total amount of pheromones carried by an ant | ||
Important factors in pheromones, visibility | Horizontal and vertical coordinates of node i | ||
The set of points that ant n can reach from its current location | Pheromone left by ant n between nodes i, j | ||
Volatile coefficient of pheromone concentration | |||
The total length of the path taken by ant n |
Point Position | Euclidean Distance | Manhattan Distance | Actual Route Distance |
---|---|---|---|
Bajia Jiayuan, Beijing Jiaotong University | 7.1 km | 7.3 km | 8.1 km |
Yuandayuan, Anzhenli community | 10.6 km | 12.6 km | 13 km |
Beijing Foreign Studies University, Guoaocun community | 8.2 km | 11.6 km | 12 km |
Serial Number | location | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Yuanda Park and surrounding areas | 10.2 | 11.9 | 11.1 | 12.8 |
2 | Bajiajiayuan and surrounding areas | 9.1 | 9.7 | 8.4 | 9.9 |
3 | Beijing Foreign Studies University and surrounding areas | 22.8 | 43.7 | 13.3 | 24.7 |
4 | China Agricultural University and surrounding areas | 12.4 | 9.0 | 5.7 | 7.9 |
5 | Anxiangli and surrounding areas | 13.9 | 13.1 | 11.3 | 9.6 |
6 | China University of Geosciences and surrounding areas | 85.1 | 74.5 | 101.1 | 98.4 |
7 | Peony Garden Xili community and surrounding areas | 11.2 | 5.1 | 7.9 | 4.1 |
8 | Yilin homeland and surrounding areas | 8.5 | 9.2 | 5.4 | 6.9 |
9 | Anzhenli community and surrounding areas | 7.1 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 11.6 |
10 | Guoao village community and surrounding areas | 0 | 17.7 | 12.6 | 11.9 |
11 | Andedongli and surrounding areas | 15.7 | 18.6 | 12.9 | 21.5 |
12 | Huizhong Beili and surrounding areas | 11.5 | 6.6 | 19.7 | 18.0 |
13 | Beijing Normal University and surrounding areas | 64.1 | 66.6 | 81.1 | 69.0 |
14 | Huixin building and surrounding areas | 8.3 | 7.1 | 4.8 | 8.3 |
15 | Beiying community and its surrounding areas | 12.0 | 14.7 | 17.5 | 24.8 |
16 | Peking University and surrounding areas | 107.9 | 81.8 | 117.8 | 70.7 |
17 | Wanquan business garden and surrounding areas | 10.2 | 11.2 | 15.8 | 11.2 |
18 | Beijing Jiaotong University and surrounding areas | 36.5 | 25.7 | 31.1 | 20.3 |
19 | Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics and surrounding areas | 55.9 | 31.6 | 20.0 | 41.2 |
20 | China University of political science and law and surrounding areas | 22.7 | 12.4 | 13.4 | 15.5 |
21 | Capital Institute of physical education and its surrounding areas | 21.3 | 17.0 | 25.6 | 19.9 |
22 | Renmin University of China and surrounding areas | 14.9 | 12.9 | 16.8 | 11.9 |
Symbol | Meaning | Assignment |
---|---|---|
Delayed delivery stage: weight coefficient of reference value of cargo volume | 0.1 | |
Delayed delivery stage: weight coefficient of time reference value | 1.0 | |
Delayed delivery stage: weight coefficient of associated reference value | 0.5 | |
Delayed delivery stage: weight coefficient of the forecast value in week j | 0.75, 0.5, 0.25 | |
Path optimization stage: Volatilization Coefficient of pheromone concentration | 0.5 | |
Path optimization stage: an important factor of pheromone | 1.0 | |
Route optimization stage: an important factor of visibility | 2.0 | |
Path optimization stage: the total amount of pheromones carried by elite ants | 100 | |
Path optimization stage: the total amount of pheromones carried by ordinary ants | 50 |
Node Serial Number | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 0 | 129 | 18 | 100 | 41 | 76 | 48 | 81 | 43 | 119 | 58 | 124 | 74 | 96 | 91 |
1 | 129 | 0 | 123 | 29 | 120 | 129 | 97 | 102 | 146 | 126 | 145 | 97 | 163 | 79 | 150 |
2 | 18 | 123 | 0 | 94 | 23 | 58 | 30 | 63 | 25 | 101 | 40 | 106 | 56 | 78 | 73 |
3 | 100 | 29 | 94 | 0 | 91 | 100 | 68 | 73 | 117 | 97 | 116 | 68 | 134 | 50 | 121 |
4 | 41 | 120 | 23 | 91 | 0 | 35 | 23 | 40 | 26 | 78 | 25 | 83 | 43 | 55 | 50 |
5 | 76 | 129 | 58 | 100 | 35 | 0 | 32 | 27 | 33 | 43 | 18 | 48 | 34 | 50 | 21 |
6 | 48 | 97 | 30 | 68 | 23 | 32 | 0 | 33 | 49 | 71 | 48 | 76 | 66 | 48 | 53 |
7 | 81 | 102 | 63 | 73 | 40 | 27 | 33 | 0 | 44 | 38 | 43 | 43 | 61 | 23 | 48 |
8 | 43 | 146 | 25 | 117 | 26 | 33 | 49 | 44 | 0 | 76 | 15 | 81 | 31 | 67 | 48 |
9 | 119 | 126 | 101 | 97 | 78 | 43 | 71 | 38 | 76 | 0 | 61 | 29 | 45 | 47 | 28 |
10 | 58 | 145 | 40 | 116 | 25 | 18 | 48 | 43 | 15 | 61 | 0 | 66 | 18 | 66 | 33 |
11 | 124 | 97 | 106 | 68 | 83 | 48 | 76 | 43 | 81 | 29 | 66 | 0 | 66 | 28 | 53 |
12 | 74 | 163 | 56 | 134 | 43 | 34 | 66 | 61 | 31 | 45 | 18 | 66 | 0 | 84 | 17 |
13 | 96 | 79 | 78 | 50 | 55 | 50 | 48 | 23 | 67 | 47 | 66 | 28 | 84 | 0 | 71 |
14 | 91 | 150 | 73 | 121 | 50 | 21 | 53 | 48 | 48 | 28 | 33 | 53 | 17 | 71 | 0 |
15 | 77 | 88 | 59 | 59 | 36 | 41 | 29 | 14 | 58 | 42 | 57 | 47 | 75 | 19 | 62 |
16 | 60 | 69 | 54 | 42 | 51 | 60 | 32 | 65 | 77 | 103 | 76 | 108 | 94 | 80 | 81 |
17 | 95 | 34 | 89 | 25 | 86 | 95 | 63 | 68 | 112 | 92 | 111 | 91 | 129 | 63 | 116 |
18 | 87 | 50 | 73 | 29 | 70 | 79 | 47 | 52 | 96 | 76 | 95 | 47 | 113 | 29 | 100 |
Time | Route | Total Road Length (km) | Energy Consumption (Ah) |
---|---|---|---|
Week 1 | [0, 4, 6, 16, 22, 18, 20, 21, 19, 7, 5, 14, 0] | 35.6 | 24.45 |
Week 2 | [0, 16, 3, 18, 19, 13, 11, 10, 0] | 35.6 | 24.87 |
Week 3 | [0, 16, 17, 1, 3, 18, 20, 21, 19, 2, 0] [0, 6, 15, 13, 9, 12, 8, 0] | 27.4 25.6 | 20.12 17.01 |
Week 4 | [0, 6, 5, 11, 13, 15, 22, 1, 16, 0] | 38.2 | 26.62 |
Week 5 | [0, 2, 19, 21, 20, 18, 3, 1, 17, 22, 16, 0] [0, 4, 6, 5, 7, 15, 13, 11, 9, 14, 12, 10, 0] | 29.4 33.2 | 20.82 21.44 |
Week 6 | [0, 2, 8, 10, 12, 14, 9, 11, 13, 20, 18, 3, 1, 17, 22, 16, 6, 19, 21, 15, 7, 5, 4, 0] | 52.4 | 39.78 |
Week 7 | [0, 2, 4, 6, 19, 21, 22, 16, 17, 1, 3, 18, 20, 13, 11, 7, 5, 14, 12, 10, 8, 0] | 49.2 | 34.44 |
Week 8 | [0, 4, 7, 15, 21, 19, 6, 16, 22, 17, 1, 3, 18, 20, 13, 11, 7, 5, 14, 12, 10, 8, 0] | 54.2 | 37.86 |
Week 9 | [0, 2, 4, 6, 19, 21, 15, 7, 13, 20, 18, 3, 1, 22, 16, 12, 8, 0] | 47 | 32.05 |
Method Name | Number of Distributions | Access to Cluster Points | Unladen Rate | Distribution Weight (kg) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Delayed delivery | 11 | 139 | 6.6% | 4111.3 |
Fully loaded distribution | 10 | 151 | 0.2% | 3992.5 |
Instant distribution | 16 | 197 | 34.9% | 4172.1 |
Time | Route | Total Road Length (km) | Energy Consumption (Ah) |
---|---|---|---|
Week 1 | [0, 4, 14, 5, 7, 19, 21, 20, 18, 22, 16, 6, 0] | 34 | 28.39 |
Week 2 | [0, 19, 16, 3, 18, 13, 11, 10, 0] | 35.2 | 25.25 |
Week 3 | [0, 16, 17, 1, 3, 18, 20, 21, 19, 2, 0] [0, 8, 12, 9, 13, 15, 6, 0] | 27.4 25.6 | 20.12 21.08 |
Week 4 | [0, 6, 5, 11, 13, 15, 22, 1, 16, 0] | 38.2 | 26.62 |
Week 5 | [0, 2, 19, 21, 20, 18, 3, 1, 17, 22, 16, 0] [0, 10, 12, 14, 9, 11, 13, 15, 7, 5, 6, 4, 0] | 29.4 33.2 | 20.82 22.63 |
Week 6 | [0, 2, 8, 10, 12, 14, 9, 11, 13, 20, 18, 3, 1, 17, 22, 16, 6, 19, 21, 15, 7, 5, 4, 0] | 52.4 | 39.78 |
Week 7 | [0, 2, 8, 10, 12, 14, 5, 7, 19, 21, 20, 13, 11, 18, 3, 1, 17, 22, 16, 6, 4, 0] | 49.2 | 39.5 |
Week 8 | [0, 8, 10, 12, 9, 11, 13, 15, 21, 18, 3, 1, 17, 22, 16, 6, 19, 7, 5, 4, 0] | 52.2 | 40.26 |
Week 9 | [0, 2, 8, 12, 4, 6, 19, 21, 15, 7, 13, 20, 18, 1, 3, 22, 16, 0] | 43.8 | 32.99 |
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Kong, L.; Cao, L.; Zhang, X.; Wu, Z. Urban Joint Distribution Problem Optimization Model from a Low-Carbon Point of View. Sustainability 2025, 17, 4602. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17104602
Kong L, Cao L, Zhang X, Wu Z. Urban Joint Distribution Problem Optimization Model from a Low-Carbon Point of View. Sustainability. 2025; 17(10):4602. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17104602
Chicago/Turabian StyleKong, Lingjia, Liting Cao, Xiaoyan Zhang, and Zhiguo Wu. 2025. "Urban Joint Distribution Problem Optimization Model from a Low-Carbon Point of View" Sustainability 17, no. 10: 4602. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17104602
APA StyleKong, L., Cao, L., Zhang, X., & Wu, Z. (2025). Urban Joint Distribution Problem Optimization Model from a Low-Carbon Point of View. Sustainability, 17(10), 4602. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17104602