arXiv:2505.13904cs.LGcs.AI2025-05NeurIPS被引 9

用插入法构造解,提升车辆路径问题求解质量

Learning to Insert for Constructive Neural Vehicle Routing Solver

  • 不按顺序添加节点,而是灵活插入任意有效位置
  • 在TSP和CVRP上均优于现有方法,大小问题都稳定表现
  • 适合需要高质量解的路径优化场景

神经组合优化(NCO)是一种无需大量人工设计的学习型方法,用于求解车辆路径问题(VRPs)。现有构造型NCO方法多采用逐个追加未访问节点的策略,这种固定模式常导致次优解。为克服此局限,本文提出基于插入范式的新型学习方法L2C-Insert。该方法通过在当前部分解中任意合法位置插入未访问节点来构建解,显著提升灵活性与解的质量。框架包含三项关键组件:精确预测插入位置的新模型架构、高效训练方案以及充分利用插入灵活性的先进推理技术。在合成与真实世界实例的旅行商问题(TSP)和容量约束车辆路径问题(CVRP)上的大量实验表明,L2C-Insert在各种问题规模下均持续取得更优性能。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Neural Combinatorial Optimisation (NCO) is a promising learning-based approach for solving Vehicle Routing Problems (VRPs) without extensive manual design. While existing constructive NCO methods typically follow an appending-based paradigm that sequentially adds unvisited nodes to partial solutions, this rigid approach often leads to suboptimal results. To overcome this limitation, we explore the idea of insertion-based paradigm and propose Learning to Construct with Insertion-based Paradigm (L2C-Insert), a novel learning-based method for constructive NCO. Unlike traditional approaches, L2C-Insert builds solutions by strategically inserting unvisited nodes at any valid position in the current partial solution, which can significantly enhance the flexibility and solution quality. The proposed framework introduces three key components: a novel model architecture for precise insertion position prediction, an efficient training scheme for model optimization, and an advanced inference technique that fully exploits the insertion paradigm's flexibility. Extensive experiments on both synthetic and real-world instances of the Travelling Salesman Problem (TSP) and Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem (CVRP) demonstrate that L2C-Insert consistently achieves superior performance across various problem sizes.

神经组合优化车辆路径插入策略

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