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Using an evolutionary algorithm to discover low CO2 tours within a Travelling Salesman Problem

Conference Proceeding
Urquhart, N. B., Scott, C., & Hart, E. (2010)
Using an evolutionary algorithm to discover low CO2 tours within a Travelling Salesman Problem. In C. Chio, A. Brabazon, G. A. Di Caro, M. Ebner, M. Farooq, A. Fink, …N. Urquhart (Eds.), Applications of evolutionary computation : EvoApplications 2010: EvoCOMNET, EvoENVIRONMENT, EvoFIN, EvoMUSART, and EvoTRANSLOG, Istanbul, Turkey, April 7-9, 2010, Proceedings, Part II (421-430). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12242-2_43
This paper examines the issues surrounding the effects of using vehicle emissions as the fitness criteria when solving routing problems using evolutionary techniques. The case...

CO2Y the intelligent green solution: minimising carbon emissions by maximising shared travel opportunity.

Presentation / Conference
Urquhart, N. B., McEwan, T., Holden, R., & Vogogias, T. (2009, May)
CO2Y the intelligent green solution: minimising carbon emissions by maximising shared travel opportunity. Paper presented at Scottish Transport Applications Research Conference, Glasgow
It is in the interests of everybody that the environment is protected. In view of the recent leaps in environmental awareness it would seem timely and sensible, therefore, for...

Carbon-friendly travel plan construction using an evolutionary algorithm

Conference Proceeding
Urquhart, N. B., & Urquhart, N. B. (2007)
Carbon-friendly travel plan construction using an evolutionary algorithm. In H. Lipson (Ed.), GECCO '07: Proceedings of the 9th annual conference on Genetic and evolutionary computation (2269). https://doi.org/10.1145/1276958.1277404
This paper discusses the use of an evolutionary algorithm to design workplace travel plans, to promote car sharing and reduce carbon emissions from single-occupancy motor veh...