VeRoViz is a suite of tools (primarily written in Python) to easily generate, test, and visualize vehicle routing problems.
Key features of the Python tools include:
All Python source code is hosted in this repository. Documentation, examples, contact information are available from the VeRoViz project website.
VeRoViz is an open-source project from the Optimator Lab, in the University at Buffalo's Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering.
This project began in 2018 as a tool for our research lab. It is under ongoing development.
The prototypical VeRoViz user is someone who is developing models, algorithms, or heuristics for a vehicle routing problem (entities that move between locations). Sketch can also be used as a teaching tool in the classroom to introduce vehicle routing concepts.
The aim of VeRoViz is to help such a user
VeRoViz is not an optimization package. If you're interested in vehicle routing solvers, you might consider GraphHopper, Vroom, OR-Tools, VeRyPy, or VRPy.
Lan Peng is the VeRoViz Lead Developer. He is a Ph.D. Student in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University at Buffalo.
Chase Murray is the VeRoViz Project Director. He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University at Buffalo.
We hope that VeRoViz adds value to your vehicle routing research. As always, we welcome your feedback (in the form of comments about how you're using the tool, issues you're experiencing, or ideas for new functionality).
If you're using VeRoViz in your research, please consider adding a citation. Our manuscript for VeRoViz is currently under review. You may view this manuscript on SSRN. Until this paper appears in a journal, you may cite VeRoViz with the following BibTeX entry:
@Misc{veroviz2020,
title = {{VeRoViz}: A Vehicle Routing Visualization Toolkit},
author = {Lan Peng and Chase Murray},
year = {2020},
howpublished = {\url{https://ssrn.com/abstract=3746037}},
note = {Accessed: 2021-05-10}
}
We welcome contributions from the vehicle routing community. Please, help us make VeRoViz better!
Here's how you can help:
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