Reference number : GC-2017-Q2-00069, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Bhattacharya, Binay (Simon Fraser University), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : British Columbia|Colombie-Britannique, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Engage Grants for Universities, program name french : Subventions d'engagement partenarial pour les universités, program purpose english : Littlefleets Solutions Inc. operates in the sector of urban route planning and fleet scheduling. The company_x000D_
maintains the dynamic routing and scheduling system with the mobile app as the front-end. This system, in real_x000D_
time, has to meet particular service requirements of the customers, based on their request information. Planning_x000D_
the routes to satisfy users time, compatibility and location restrictions, as well as to minimize the total travel_x000D_
distance usage, can be challenging, especially with the scale of heavily urbanized city networks. Indeed,_x000D_
underlying problems that are required to be algorithmically solved are studied heavily in both academic and_x000D_
industrial communities. Developing the state of the art approach depends on the effective mathematical_x000D_
modeling as well as general proficiency with devising scalable and robust computational algorithms. The group_x000D_
will evaluate the recent progress in the area and provide the company with the most suitable computational_x000D_
framework to address their needs in described optimization. Coming up with efficient solutions to these_x000D_
challenges will benefit the growth of the customer base of the company and improve the immediate quality of_x000D_
services they provide. Needless to say, that reducing the traffic load (and as a result the carbon emission of the_x000D_
city transportation system) is one of the requirements for sustainable development of the country., program purpose french : Littlefleets Solutions Inc. operates in the sector of urban route planning and fleet scheduling. The company_x000D_
maintains the dynamic routing and scheduling system with the mobile app as the front-end. This system, in real_x000D_
time, has to meet particular service requirements of the customers, based on their request information. Planning_x000D_
the routes to satisfy users time, compatibility and location restrictions, as well as to minimize the total travel_x000D_
distance usage, can be challenging, especially with the scale of heavily urbanized city networks. Indeed,_x000D_
underlying problems that are required to be algorithmically solved are studied heavily in both academic and_x000D_
industrial communities. Developing the state of the art approach depends on the effective mathematical_x000D_
modeling as well as general proficiency with devising scalable and robust computational algorithms. The group_x000D_
will evaluate the recent progress in the area and provide the company with the most suitable computational_x000D_
framework to address their needs in described optimization. Coming up with efficient solutions to these_x000D_
challenges will benefit the growth of the customer base of the company and improve the immediate quality of_x000D_
services they provide. Needless to say, that reducing the traffic load (and as a result the carbon emission of the_x000D_
city transportation system) is one of the requirements for sustainable development of the country., agreement title english : Synchronizing routing and scheduling of resources of fleet and mobile workforce, agreement title french : Synchronizing routing and scheduling of resources of fleet and mobile workforce, agreement number : EGP, agreement value : 25000.0, agreement start date : 2017-07-12, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2018-2019)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada