The use of drones for routing and monitoring tasks has grown significantly, with applications such as traffic surveillance and road inspections gaining prominence . These real-world scenarios often involve unpredictable factors like fluctuating service times, which add complexity to traditional routing problems. This paper introduces a simulation-optimisation framework for routing drones under realistic conditions . To efficiently solve this problem, we propose a simheuristic approach that integrates a biased-randomised iterated local search metaheuristic with Monte Carlo simulation. Our computational experiments validate the efficiency, robustness, and speed of the proposed method, providing high-quality solutions to routing challenges in uncertain environments.

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A Simulation-Optimisation Tool for Routing Drones in Realistic Conditions

  • Xabier A. Martin,
  • Peter Keenan,
  • Javier Panadero,
  • Sean McGarraghy,
  • Angel A. Juan

摘要

The use of drones for routing and monitoring tasks has grown significantly, with applications such as traffic surveillance and road inspections gaining prominence . These real-world scenarios often involve unpredictable factors like fluctuating service times, which add complexity to traditional routing problems. This paper introduces a simulation-optimisation framework for routing drones under realistic conditions . To efficiently solve this problem, we propose a simheuristic approach that integrates a biased-randomised iterated local search metaheuristic with Monte Carlo simulation. Our computational experiments validate the efficiency, robustness, and speed of the proposed method, providing high-quality solutions to routing challenges in uncertain environments.