Vehicle routing and scheduling under hours of service regulations: A review

IF 6.8 1区工程技术 Q1 ECONOMICS

Transportation Research Part A-Policy and Practice Pub Date : 2025-09-23 DOI:10.1016/j.tra.2025.104665

André Felipe Zanella , Rafael Henrique Palma Lima , Mauro Henrique Mulati , Edwin Vladimir Cardoza Galdamez , Gislaine Camila Lapasini Leal

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Abstract

Hours of Service (HOS) regulations establish maximum limits on truck drivers’ working and driving hours, and demand compulsory break and rest periods. Many countries adopt such regulations as a means to enhance road safety and improve working conditions. In this work, we present a systematic literature review of vehicle routing and scheduling problems that consider HOS regulatory constraints in their models and algorithms. We examine how these driver restrictions are addressed and solved in the transportation science literature by analyzing and discussing 41 papers published between 2000 and 2024. In our review, we identified five different regulations from distinct countries that are addressed in the literature. The papers were analyzed and discussed from multiple perspectives, including modeling, solution methods, and problems variants, as well as specific aspects of the regulations considered in each work, such as the different sets of legal rules considered. Finally, we identify opportunities for further research concerning HOS regulations in routing and scheduling problems.

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服务时间规定下的车辆路线和调度：回顾

服务时间（居屋计划）规例订明货车司机的工作及驾驶时数上限，并规定必须有休息时间。许多国家采用这类条例作为加强道路安全和改善工作条件的手段。在这项工作中，我们提出了一个系统的文献综述的车辆路线和调度问题，考虑HOS监管约束在他们的模型和算法。通过分析和讨论2000年至2024年间发表的41篇论文，我们研究了这些驾驶员限制是如何在交通科学文献中解决的。在我们的回顾中，我们确定了来自不同国家的五种不同的法规，这些法规在文献中得到了解决。论文从多个角度进行分析和讨论，包括建模、解决方法、问题变体，以及每篇作品中所考虑的法规的具体方面，例如所考虑的不同法律规则集。最后，我们确定了在路由和调度问题上对HOS规则进行进一步研究的机会。

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Transportation Research Part A-Policy and Practice 工程技术-运输科技

CiteScore

13.20

自引率

7.80%

发文量

257

审稿时长

9.8 months

期刊介绍： Transportation Research: Part A contains papers of general interest in all passenger and freight transportation modes: policy analysis, formulation and evaluation; planning; interaction with the political, socioeconomic and physical environment; design, management and evaluation of transportation systems. Topics are approached from any discipline or perspective: economics, engineering, sociology, psychology, etc. Case studies, survey and expository papers are included, as are articles which contribute to unification of the field, or to an understanding of the comparative aspects of different systems. Papers which assess the scope for technological innovation within a social or political framework are also published. The journal is international, and places equal emphasis on the problems of industrialized and non-industrialized regions. Part A''s aims and scope are complementary to Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Part C: Emerging Technologies and Part D: Transport and Environment. Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review. Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour. The complete set forms the most cohesive and comprehensive reference of current research in transportation science.