通过智能推荐取件点,减少最后一公里配送碳排放
Differentiated Pickup Point Offering for Emission Reduction in Last-Mile Delivery
- 按客户位置动态推荐唯一取件点,优化路线与出行
- 相比全宅送可降碳9%,平均比其他策略多减2%
- 适合城市密度高、取件点密集的配送场景
取件点被视为替代宅配的可持续方案,因集中配送可缩短路线并提升首次送达率。但若客户自驾车取件,反而可能抵消减排效益。本文提出差异化取件点推荐(DPO)策略,为每位到达客户仅推荐一个取件点,保留宅配选项。在动态随机环境下,推荐决策基于历史客户位置与选择,采用强化学习方法,考虑客户与取件点间空间关系对后续路线整合的影响。计算实验表明,该策略显著降低总碳排放:相较全宅送最多减排9%,平均比其他策略(如自由选择或就近分配)多减排2%。在取件点密集、点间距离短的城市环境中尤为有效。同时,显式建模客户到达与选择的动态性,在客户倾向宅配时尤为重要。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Pickup points are widely recognized as a sustainable alternative to home delivery, as consolidating orders at pickup locations can shorten delivery routes and improve first-attempt success rates. However, these benefits may be negated when customers drive to pick up their orders. This study proposes a Differentiated Pickup Point Offering (DPO) policy that aims to jointly reduce emissions from delivery truck routes and customer travel. Under DPO, each arriving customer is offered a single recommended pickup point, rather than an unrestricted choice among all locations, while retaining the option of home delivery. We study this problem in a dynamic and stochastic setting, where the pickup point offered to each customer depends on previously realized customer locations and delivery choices. To design effective DPO policies, we adopt a reinforcement learning-based approach that accounts for spatial relationships between customers and pickup points and their implications for future route consolidation. Computational experiments show that differentiated pickup point offerings can substantially reduce total carbon emissions. The proposed policies reduce total emissions by up to 9% relative to home-only delivery and by 2% on average compared with alternative policies, including unrestricted pickup point choice and nearest pickup point assignment. Differentiated offerings are particularly effective in dense urban settings with many pickup points and short inter-location distances. Moreover, explicitly accounting for the dynamic nature of customer arrivals and choices is especially important when customers are less inclined to choose pickup point delivery over home delivery.
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