Dr. Maha Gmira
Polytechnique Montréal
Local AA-5520

Maha’s research project deals with the real-time management fleet vehicle routing problem from the perspective of the exploitation of big data. Currently, extraction of useful information from big data represents a major information technology challenge. The method that we want to develop aim to exploit historical and real-time data collected from multiple sources such as sensors on the roads, video cameras, GPS probe vehicle, space-based navigation system in the vehicles, etc. to build a model that can predict travel times in real-time. Historical big data will also be used to better predict the occurrence of new requests during the day of operations. These predictive models are then integrated in the optimization procedure to make real-time decisions.Real-time management of a fleet of vehicles allows greater responsiveness to contingencies that occur over time as the occurrence of new requests, road accidents, traffic congestion, etc. A Better decision making becomes possible, as is the ability to take proactive actions.

Articles

  • Gmira, M., Gendreau, M., Lodi, A. & Potvin, J. (2020) Travel speed prediction based on learning methods for home delivery. IN EURO Journal on Transportation and Logistics, .100006.
    [Bibtex]
    @article{gmira2020travel,
    title={Travel speed prediction based on learning methods for home delivery},
    author={Gmira, Maha and Gendreau, Michel and Lodi, Andrea and Potvin, Jean-Yves},
    journal={EURO Journal on Transportation and Logistics},
    pages={100006},
    year={2020},
    publisher={Elsevier}
    }
  • Gmira, M., Gendreau, M., Lodi, A. & Potvin, J. (2020) Tabu Search for the Time-Dependent Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows on a Road Network. IN European Journal of Operational Research, ..
    [Bibtex]
    @article{gmira2020tabu,
    title={Tabu Search for the Time-Dependent Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows on a Road Network},
    author={Gmira, Maha and Gendreau, Michel and Lodi, Andrea and Potvin, Jean-Yves}, journal={European Journal of Operational Research},
    year={2020},
    publisher={Elsevier}
    }

Books

  • Gmira, M., Gendreau, M., Lodi, A. & Potvin, J. (2019) Managing in Real-Time a Vehicle Routing Plan with Time-Dependent Travel Times on a Road Network CIRRELT.
    [Bibtex]
    @book{gmira2019managing,
    title={Managing in Real-Time a Vehicle Routing Plan with Time-Dependent Travel Times on a Road Network},
    author={Gmira, Maha and Gendreau, Michel and Lodi, Andrea and Potvin, Jean-Yves},
    year={2019},
    publisher={CIRRELT}
    }