Manually overriding the start time of a tour

[ptvs-ff]

Hello everybody

We would like to know if it's possible to manually override the earliest time a tour may begin.

Our research has shown us that there are 2 possible ways: to either use startTimeEarliest on AbstractTour, or to simply lift up the vehicle's openingIntervals.

However, the first option doesn't properly work for us, since we are trying to optimize a tour, and therefore can't provide an inputPlan.

before we go ahead and try to use the (much more restricting) second option, we would like to get some feedback from you guys

Best regards, Fabian

[columbs]

Hello everyone,

is it possible to set a "preferable" starttime of a tour, when I plan it without any inputplan? Is it only possible to set as hard restiction by adjusting the availability of the vehicle? Example: Vehilce 1 is in general available from 5:00 till 22:00, but if I want to start the trip at 6:30, I have to define that the vehicle 1 is usable only from 6:30 till 22:00. Right?

Thank you in advance

[Bernd Welter]

Hi guys,

you could also use startTimeFixed without an input plan. Here are some examples with same restrictions

• 20 orders of 5minutes
• 07:00 - 17:00 operating interval
• 09:00 - 18:00 opening interval

just the startTime is different:

StartTime not set. Tour starts 08:55, first customer is visited at 09:00.

StartTime set to 11:00. Tour start at depot is 11:00. First customer to be visited: 11:00

Start time set to 07:00. Tour starts early, arrival time at customer produces waiting time because opening is at 09:00.

Best regards
Bernd

[columbs]

Hi Bernd,
thank you very much!
regards,
Sebastiano

[ptvs-ff]

Hello Bernd,

thank you for your answer! However, we need further guidance... How can we specify startTimeFixed on a Tour entity, without sending said tour inside an inputPlan?

Best regards, Fabian

[Bernd Welter]

Probably you need the Vehicle's propertie departureTimeFixed?

[ptvs-ff]

Hello Bernd,

this is amazing! it's exactly what we need. Interesting how both sebastiano and me didn't see this when we looked at the docs

thank you very much for your help!

Best Regards,
Fabian