Research Article

Bi-Objective Optimization for Vehicle Routing Problems with a Mixed Fleet of Conventional and Electric Vehicles and Soft Time Windows

Table 2

Parameter and variable definitions of the model.

NotationDescription

Fixed cost of vehicle
Unit energy cost of vehicle
emission coefficient of energy used by vehicle
Charge cost per unit of electricity
Carbon tax
Waiting cost per unit time
Delay cost per unit time
Time window at vertex ,
Service time at vertex ,
Demand of vertex ,
Travel distance between vertices and ,
Travel time between vertices and ,
Battery capacity of EVs
Recharging rate
Vehicle capacity
Energy consumption per unit distance when the load of vehicle is
Decision variable specifying the time of arrival at vertex ,
Decision variable specifying the remaining load of vehicle when arriving at vertex ,
Decision variable specifying the remaining battery capacity of EV when arriving at vertex ,
Binary decision variable specifying whether arc is travelled by vehicle ,