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IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems
Online ISSN : 1745-1361
Print ISSN : 0916-8532
Special Section on Parallel and Distributed Computing and Networking
Automated Route Planning for Milk-Run Transport Logistics with the NuSMV Model Checker
Takashi KITAMURAKeishi OKAMOTO
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2013 Volume E96.D Issue 12 Pages 2555-2564

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In this paper, we propose and implement an automated route planning framework for milk-run transport logistics by applying model checking techniques. First, we develop a formal specification framework for milk-run transport logistics. The framework adopts LTL (Linear Temporal Logic), a language based on temporal logics, as a specification language for users to be able to flexibly and formally specify complex delivery requirements for trucks. Then by applying the bounded semantics of LTL, the framework then defines the notion of “optimal truck routes”, which mean truck routes on a given route map that satisfy given delivery requirements (specified by LTL) with the minimum cost. We implement the framework as an automated route planner using the NuSMV model checker, a state-of-the-art bounded model checker. The automated route planner, given route map and delivery requirements, automatically finds optimal trucks routes on the route map satisfying the given delivery requirements. The feasibility of the implementation design is investigated by analysing its computational complexity and by showing experimental results.

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