IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/jomega/v81y2018icp234-245.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Optimizing relocation operations in electric car-sharing

Author

Listed:
  • Gambella, Claudio
  • Malaguti, Enrico
  • Masini, Filippo
  • Vigo, Daniele

Abstract

In this paper, we consider a station-based electric car-sharing system which allows one-way trips, and uses relocation to re-balance the vehicle distribution. We adopt the point-of-view of a service provider, whose objective is to maximize the profit associated with the trips performed by users. We introduce an exact relocation model for operating hours, and we explicitly consider the consumption and recharge process of electric vehicles batteries. In addition, the model is extended to the relocation operations to be performed at night, namely when the system is not operating. We also describe two model-based heuristics developed to solve the relocation model for operating hours on large-scale systems. The paper is concluded by a set of computational experiments on realistic data derived from an existing car-sharing system. The experiments investigate the scalability of the proposed model and highlight the circumstances under which the relocation operations can improve the system performance.

Suggested Citation

  • Gambella, Claudio & Malaguti, Enrico & Masini, Filippo & Vigo, Daniele, 2018. "Optimizing relocation operations in electric car-sharing," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 81(C), pages 234-245.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jomega:v:81:y:2018:i:c:p:234-245
    DOI: 10.1016/j.omega.2017.11.007
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305048317302803
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.omega.2017.11.007?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Herbert Dawid & Karl F. Doerner & Gustav Feichtinger & Peter M. Kort & Andrea Seidl (ed.), 2016. "Dynamic Perspectives on Managerial Decision Making," Dynamic Modeling and Econometrics in Economics and Finance, Springer, number 978-3-319-39120-5, July-Dece.
    2. Kim, Jerim & Son, Sung-Yong & Lee, Jung-Min & Ha, Hyung-Tae, 2017. "Scheduling and performance analysis under a stochastic model for electric vehicle charging stations," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 66(PB), pages 278-289.
    3. Malaguti, Enrico & Martello, Silvano & Santini, Alberto, 2018. "The traveling salesman problem with pickups, deliveries, and draft limits," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 74(C), pages 50-58.
    4. Boyacı, Burak & Zografos, Konstantinos G. & Geroliminis, Nikolas, 2015. "An optimization framework for the development of efficient one-way car-sharing systems," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 240(3), pages 718-733.
    5. Kek, Alvina G.H. & Cheu, Ruey Long & Meng, Qiang & Fung, Chau Ha, 2009. "A decision support system for vehicle relocation operations in carsharing systems," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 45(1), pages 149-158, January.
    6. Umetani, Shunji & Fukushima, Yuta & Morita, Hiroshi, 2017. "A linear programming based heuristic algorithm for charge and discharge scheduling of electric vehicles in a building energy management system," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 67(C), pages 115-122.
    7. Georg Brandstätter & Claudio Gambella & Markus Leitner & Enrico Malaguti & Filippo Masini & Jakob Puchinger & Mario Ruthmair & Daniele Vigo, 2016. "Overview of Optimization Problems in Electric Car-Sharing System Design and Management," Dynamic Modeling and Econometrics in Economics and Finance, in: Herbert Dawid & Karl F. Doerner & Gustav Feichtinger & Peter M. Kort & Andrea Seidl (ed.), Dynamic Perspectives on Managerial Decision Making, pages 441-471, Springer.
    8. Rahul Nair & Elise Miller-Hooks, 2011. "Fleet Management for Vehicle Sharing Operations," Transportation Science, INFORMS, vol. 45(4), pages 524-540, November.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Golalikhani, Masoud & Oliveira, Beatriz Brito & Carravilla, Maria Antónia & Oliveira, José Fernando & Antunes, António Pais, 2021. "Carsharing: A review of academic literature and business practices toward an integrated decision-support framework," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 149(C).
    2. Huang, Kai & An, Kun & Rich, Jeppe & Ma, Wanjing, 2020. "Vehicle relocation in one-way station-based electric carsharing systems: A comparative study of operator-based and user-based methods," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 142(C).
    3. Bekli, Seyma & Boyacı, Burak & Zografos, Konstantinos G., 2021. "Enhancing the performance of one-way electric carsharing systems through the optimum deployment of fast chargers," Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Elsevier, vol. 152(C), pages 118-139.
    4. Philipp Ströhle & Christoph M. Flath & Johannes Gärttner, 2019. "Leveraging Customer Flexibility for Car-Sharing Fleet Optimization," Service Science, INFORMS, vol. 53(1), pages 42-61, February.
    5. Stokkink, Patrick & Geroliminis, Nikolas, 2021. "Predictive user-based relocation through incentives in one-way car-sharing systems," Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Elsevier, vol. 149(C), pages 230-249.
    6. Kaspi, Mor & Raviv, Tal & Tzur, Michal & Galili, Hila, 2016. "Regulating vehicle sharing systems through parking reservation policies: Analysis and performance bounds," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 251(3), pages 969-987.
    7. Nourinejad, Mehdi & Zhu, Sirui & Bahrami, Sina & Roorda, Matthew J., 2015. "Vehicle relocation and staff rebalancing in one-way carsharing systems," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 81(C), pages 98-113.
    8. Maurizio Bruglieri & Ferdinando Pezzella & Ornella Pisacane, 2018. "A two-phase optimization method for a multiobjective vehicle relocation problem in electric carsharing systems," Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, Springer, vol. 36(1), pages 162-193, July.
    9. Jorge, Diana & Molnar, Goran & de Almeida Correia, Gonçalo Homem, 2015. "Trip pricing of one-way station-based carsharing networks with zone and time of day price variations," Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Elsevier, vol. 81(P2), pages 461-482.
    10. Joy Chang & Miao Yu & Siqian Shen & Ming Xu, 2017. "Location Design and Relocation of a Mixed Car-Sharing Fleet with a CO 2 Emission Constraint," Service Science, INFORMS, vol. 9(3), pages 205-218, September.
    11. Repoux, Martin & Kaspi, Mor & Boyacı, Burak & Geroliminis, Nikolas, 2019. "Dynamic prediction-based relocation policies in one-way station-based carsharing systems with complete journey reservations," Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Elsevier, vol. 130(C), pages 82-104.
    12. Yang, Jie & Hu, Lu & Jiang, Yangsheng, 2022. "An overnight relocation problem for one-way carsharing systems considering employment planning, return restrictions, and ride sharing of temporary workers," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 168(C).
    13. Çalık, Hatice & Fortz, Bernard, 2019. "A Benders decomposition method for locating stations in a one-way electric car sharing system under demand uncertainty," Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Elsevier, vol. 125(C), pages 121-150.
    14. Brandstätter, Georg & Kahr, Michael & Leitner, Markus, 2017. "Determining optimal locations for charging stations of electric car-sharing systems under stochastic demand," Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Elsevier, vol. 104(C), pages 17-35.
    15. Boyacı, Burak & Zografos, Konstantinos G. & Geroliminis, Nikolas, 2017. "An integrated optimization-simulation framework for vehicle and personnel relocations of electric carsharing systems with reservations," Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Elsevier, vol. 95(C), pages 214-237.
    16. Zhao, Meng & Li, Xiaopeng & Yin, Jiateng & Cui, Jianxun & Yang, Lixing & An, Shi, 2018. "An integrated framework for electric vehicle rebalancing and staff relocation in one-way carsharing systems: Model formulation and Lagrangian relaxation-based solution approach," Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Elsevier, vol. 117(PA), pages 542-572.
    17. Qin, Hu & Su, E. & Wang, Yilun & Li, Jiliu, 2022. "Branch-and-price-and-cut for the electric vehicle relocation problem in one-way carsharing systems," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 109(C).
    18. Georg Brandstätter & Markus Leitner & Ivana Ljubić, 2020. "Location of Charging Stations in Electric Car Sharing Systems," Transportation Science, INFORMS, vol. 54(5), pages 1408-1438, September.
    19. Mengshi Lu & Zhihao Chen & Siqian Shen, 2018. "Optimizing the Profitability and Quality of Service in Carshare Systems Under Demand Uncertainty," Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, INFORMS, vol. 20(2), pages 162-180, May.
    20. Hu, Lu & Liu, Yang, 2016. "Joint design of parking capacities and fleet size for one-way station-based carsharing systems with road congestion constraints," Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Elsevier, vol. 93(PA), pages 268-299.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:jomega:v:81:y:2018:i:c:p:234-245. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/375/description#description .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.