Table 2 Parameter and variable definitions.

From: Multi-objective route optimization for electric vehicle hazardous materials transportation in uncertain environments

Symbol type

Symbol

Meaning

Set

\(V_{0,N + 1}\)

Vertex set,\(V_{0,N + 1} = V \cup \{ o\} \cup \{ N + 1\}\)

\(V\)

Customer set,\(V = \{ 1,2,...,N\}\)

\(F\)

Charging station cluster,\(F = \{ 1,2,...,n\}\)

\(K\)

Vehicle Assembly,\(K = \{ 1,2,...,k\}\)

\(A\)

Graph Arc Set,\(A = \{ (i,j)|i \in V_{0,N + 1} \cup F,j \in V_{0,N + 1} \cup F,i \ne j\}\)

Parameter

\(R\)

Hazard area radius of impact

\(S_{ij}\)

Area of the hazard area

\(d_{ij}\)

Distance between demand points \((i,j)\)

\(N_{ij}\)

The number of people at risk

\(P_{ij}\)

Probability of dangerous accidents

\(w_{ij}\)

The vehicle load from node \(i\) to node \(j\)

\(R_{th}\)

Risk threshold

\(P_{th}\)

Accident probability threshold

\(W\)

Vehicle capacity

\(h_{i}\)

The demand of node \(i\)

\(t_{i}^{k}\)

The time when vehicle k arrives at customer node \(i\), \(i \in V\),\(k \in K\)

\(t_{i,wait}^{k}\)

The possible waiting time for the vehicle at node \(i\),\(i \in V\)

\(C_{veh}\)

Unit vehicle use cost (YUAN)

\(C_{pelec}\)

Average unit charging cost (YUAN/kW•h)

\(T_{i}^{1}\)

Earliest time window for customer \(i\),\(i \in V\)

\(T_{i}^{2}\)

Latest time window for customer \(i\),\(i \in V\)

\(b_{ij}\)

Unit distance power consumption coefficient (kW•h/km)

\(C_{wait}\)

Waiting cost per unit time (YUAN/hour)

\(C_{penal}\)

Punishment cost per unit time (YUAN/hour)

\(C_{buy}\)

Vehicle purchase cost (YUAN)

\(B\)

Electric vehicle power battery capacity (kW•h)

\(B_{j}^{k}\)

Vehicle k’s battery level when leaving node \(j\),\(j \in V\)

Decision variable

\(x_{ij}^{k}\)

\(x_{ij}^{k} = 1\) indicates that vehicle k is in use, otherwise \(x_{ij}^{k} = 0,k \in K,j \in V \cup F\)

\(y_{ij}^{k}\)

\(y_{ij}^{k} = 1\) Indicates that vehicle \(k\) goes to charging station \(j\) for charging after visiting node \(i\), otherwise \(y_{ij}^{k} = 0,k \in K,i \in V_{0} ,N + 1,j \in F\)

\(u_{j}^{k}\)

Represents the amount of electricity that vehicle k replenishes at charging station \(j\)

Intermediate variable

\(r_{ij}\)

The risk of vehicle k from node \(i\) to node \(j\)

\(R_{total}\)

Total Transportation Risk

\(C_{fixed}\)

Vehicle fixed costs

\(C_{ch\arg e}\)

Charging cost

\(C_{time}\)

Time window penalty cost

\(\rho\)

Population density