Arc Routing Problems: Data Instances

    This webpage is maintained by Ángel Corberán, Isaac Plana, Miguel Reula and José María Sanchis. Last updated on May 2023. You can find data for different types of Arc Routing Problems defined on undirected, directed, mixed, and windy graphs, as well as Drone Arc Routing Problems. All the results are reported in the files linked in column Solutions values. The characteristics of the instances can be found in column Instance characteristics. For more details about the instances, read the file readme file of the corresponding problem.   

 


Problem

Instances

Instance characteristics

Solution

values

Readme

files

References

Undirected

Graphs

Graphical TSP

GTSP instances

GTSP char

GTSP solutions

readme

[1], [28]

Upgrading Graphical TSP (U-GTSP)

UGTSP_instances

 

UGTSP solutions

 

[27]

Rural Postman Problem (RPP)

RPP instances

RPP char

RPP solutions

readme

[1], [28]

General Routing Problem (GRP)

GRP instances

GRP char

GRP solutions

readme

[1], [28]

Maximum Benefit CPP (MBCPP)

MBCPP instances

MBCPP char

MBCPP solutions

 

[5]

Directed

Graphs

Directed General Routing Problem (DGRP)

DGRP instances

DGRP char

DGRP solutions

readme_DGRP

[1], [8]

Stacker Crane Problem (SCP)

SCP instances

SCP char

SCP solutions

readme_SCP

[1], [8]

 Close Enough Arc Routing Problem (CEARP) or    Generalized Directed RPP (GDRPP)

CEARP instances

CEARP char

CEARP solutions

readme_CEARP

[9]

Profitable CEARP (PCEARP)

PCEARP instances

 PCEARP char

PCEARP solutions

readme_PCEARP

[20]

Distance-Constrained CEARP (DC-CEARP)

DC-CEARP instances

DC-CEARP char

DC-CEARP solutions

readme_DC-CEARP

[14], [16], [18]

Min-Max CEARP (MM-CEARP)

MM-CEARP instances

MM-CEARP char

MM-CEARP solutions

readme_MM-CEARP

[21]

Orienteering ARP (OARP)

OARP_instances

OARP_char

OARP_solutions

readme_OARP

[11]

Team Orienteering ARP (TOARP)

TOARP_instances

TOARP_char

TOARP_solutions

readme_TOARP

[7]

Directed Profitable Rural Postman Problem with Incompatibility Constraints (DPRPP-IC)

DPRPP-IC instances

 

 

readme_DPRPP-IC

[15]

  Mixed

Graphs

Mixed Postman Problem (MCPP)

MCPP instances

MCPP char

MCPP solutions

readme

[1]

Mixed Rural Postman Problem (MRPP)

MRPP instances

MRPP char

MRPP solutions

readme

[1]

Mixed General Routing Problem (MGRP)

MGRP instances

MGRP char

MGRP solutions

readme

[1]

Hierarchical Mixed Rural Postman Problem (HMRPP)

HMRPP instances


HMRPP solutions

  

[12], [13]

The Periodic Rural Postman Problem with Irregular Services on Mixed Graphs (PRPP-IS)

PRPP-IS instances

PRPP-IS char

PRPP-IS solutions

readme

[17], [22]

Windy

Graphs

Windy Postman Problem (WPP)

WPP instances

WPP char

WPP solutions

readme

[1], [4]

Windy Rural Postman Problem (WRPP)

WRPP instances

WRPP char

WRPP solutions

readme

[1], [4]

Windy General Routing Problem (WGRP)

WGRP instances

WGRP char

WGRP solutions

readme

[1]

Min-Max K-vehicles Windy RPP

MM K-WRPP

MM K-WRPP char

MM K-WRPP

readme

[2], [3], [6]

Profitable Windy RPP (PWRPP)

PWRPP instances

PWRPP char

PWRPP solutions

readme_PWRPP

[10]

Drone

ARPs

Length-Constrained K-Drones RPP (LC K-DRPP)

LC K-DRPP instances

LC K-DRPP char

LC K-DRPP solutions

readme_ LC K-DRPP

[19], [23]

Multipurpose K-drones General Routing Problem (MP K-DGRP)

MP K-DGRP instances

 

MP K-DGRP solutions

 readme_ MP K-DGRP

[24]

Load-Dependent drone General Routing Problem (LDdGRP)

LDdGRP instances


LDdGRP solutions

readme_LDdGRP

[26]

Multi-Depot drone General Routing Problem with duration and capacity constraints (MDdGRP)

MDdGRP instances


MDdGRP solutions

readme_MDdGRP

[25]

 

[1] Corberán, Plana and Sanchis. A Branch & Cut Algorithm for the Windy General Routing Problem and special cases, Networks 49, pp. 245-257, 2007.

[2] Benavent, Corberán, Plana and Sanchis. Min-Max K-vehicles Wind Rural Postman Problem, Networks, Vol. 54(4), pp. 216-226, 2009

[3] Benavent, Corberán, Plana and Sanchis. New Facets and an enhanced Branch-and-Cut for the Min-Max K-vehicles Windy Rural Postman Problem, Networks, Vol. 58, pp. 255-272, 2011.

[4] Corberán, Oswald, Plana, Reinelt and Sanchis. New results on the Windy Postman Problem, Mathematical Programming, Vol. 132, pp. 309-332, 2012.

[5] Corberán, Plana. Rodríguez-Chía and Sanchis. A New Approach to the Maximum Benefit Chinese Postman Problem, Mathematical Programming, Vol. 141, pp. 21-48, 2013.

[6] Benavent, Corberán, Desaulniers, Lessard, Plana, and Sanchis. A branch-price-and-cut algorithm for the min-max k-vehicle windy rural postman problem, Networks, Vol. 63, pp. 34-45, 2014.

[7] Archetti, Corberán, Plana, Sanchis, and Speranza. The Team Orienteering Arc Routing Problem, Transportation Science, Vol. 48, pp. 442-457, 2014.

[8] Ávila, Corberán, Plana and Sanchis. The Stacker Crane Problem and the Directed General Routing Problem, Networks, Vol. 65, pp. 43-55, 2015.

[9] Ávila, Corberán, Plana and Sanchis. A new branch-and-cut algorithm for the Generalized Directed Rural Postman Problem, Transportation Science, 50 (2):750-761, 2016.

[10] Ávila, Corberán, Plana and Sanchis. A branch-and-cut algorithm for the Profitable Windy Rural Postman Problem, European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 249(3), pp. 1092-1101, 2016.

[11] Archetti, Corberán, Plana, Sanchis, and Speranza. A branch-and-cut algorithm for the Orienteering Arc Routing Problem, Computers and Operations Research Vol. 66, pp. 95-104, 2016.

[12] Colombi, Corberán, Mansini, Plana and Sanchis. The Hierarchical Mixed Rural Postman Problem. Transportation Science, Vol. 51(2), pp. 755-770, 2016.

[13] Colombi, Corberán, Mansini, Plana and Sanchis. The Hierarchical Mixed Rural Postman Problem: Polyhedral analysis and a branch-and-cut algorithm. EJOR, Vol. 257(1), pp. 1-12, 2017.

[14] Ávila, Corberán, Plana and Sanchis. Formulations and exact algorithms for the Distance-Constrained Generalized Directed RuralPostman Problem, EURO Journal on Computational Optimization, Vol. 5 (3), pp. 339-365, 2017.

[15] Colombi, Corberán, Mansini, Plana and Sanchis. The directed profitable rural postman problem with incompatibility constraints. EJOR, Vol. 261(2), pp. 549-562, 2017.

[16] Corberán, Plana, Reula and Sanchis. A matheuristic for the Distance-Constrained Close-Enough Arc Routing Problem. TOP, Vol. 27, pp. 312-326, 2019.

[17] BenaventCorberán, Laganŕ and VocaturoThe Periodic Rural Postman Problem with Irregular Services on Mixed Graphs, European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 276, pp. 826-839, 2019.

[18] Corberán, Plana, Reula and Sanchis. On the Distance-Constrained Close-Enough Arc Routing Problem. EJOR, Vol 291 (1), pp 32-51, 2021.

[19] Campbell, Corberán, Plana, Sanchis and Segura. Solving the length constrained K-drones rural postman problem. EJOR, Vol. 292(1), pp. 60-72, 2021.

[20] Bianchessi, Corberán, Plana, Reula and SanchisThe Profitable Close Enough Arc Routing Problem. Computers & Operations Research, 140: 105663, 2022.

[21] BianchessiCorberán, Plana, Reula and Sanchis. The Min-Max Close-Enough Arc Routing Problem. EJOR, Vol. 300, pp.837-851, 2022.

[22] BenaventCorberán, Laganŕ and VocaturoA two-phase hybrid algorithm for the periodic rural postman problem with irregular services on mixed graphs. EJOR, Vol. 307 (1), pp. 64-81, 2022.

[23] Campbell, Corberán, Plana, Sanchis and Segura. Polyhedral analysis and a new algorithm for the length constrained K-drones rural postman problem. Computational Optimization and Applications, Vol. 83(1), pp. 67-109, 2022.

[24] Campbell, Corberán, Plana, Sanchis and Segura. The multi-purpose K-drones general routing problem. Networks, pp. 1–22, https://doi.org/10.1002/net.22176, 2023.

[25] T. Corberán, Plana, Sanchis, Segura. The Multi-Depot drone General Routing Problem with duration and capacity constraints. Submitted, 2023.

[26] Plana, Sanchis, Segura. The Load-Dependent drone General Routing Problem. In preparation, 2023.

[27] Landete, Plana, Sainz-Pardo, Sanchis. Upgrading edges in the Graphical TSP. Computers & Operations Research, Vol. 159, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2023.106321, 2023.

[28] Corberán, Plana, Sanchis, Segura. Theoretical and computational analysis  of a new formulation for the Rural Postman Problem and the General Routing Problem. Submitted, 2023.


Other contributions

The optimal values for the MCPP instance MB1055, and the MGRP instance GD427, as well as the best-knownsolutions for the MGRP instance GD525, and the WGRP instances GB322, and GB422 were provided by Michael Drexl (On the generalized directed rural postman problem, JORS, Vol. 65, pp. 1143-1154, 2015).

The upper bounds for the MCPP instance MB3065, the MGRP instances GD422 and GD425, WRPPinstances D322, D421, and D422, and the WGRP instances GB321, GB322, GB421, and GB622 were provided by Keld Helsgaun (Solving the equality generalized traveling salesman problem using the Lin-Kernighan-Helsgaun algorithm, Mathematical Programming Computation, Vol. 7, pp. 269-287, 2015).