Class ShipmentRoute

A vehicle's route can be decomposed, along the time axis, like this (we assume there are n visits):

  |            |            |          |       |  T[2], |        |      |
  | Transition |  Visit #0  |          |       |  V[2], |        |      |
  |     #0     |    aka     |   T[1]   |  V[1] |  ...   | V[n-1] | T[n] |
  |  aka T[0]  |    V[0]    |          |       | V[n-2],|        |      |
  |            |            |          |       | T[n-1] |        |      |
  ^            ^            ^          ^       ^        ^        ^      ^
vehicle    V[0].start   V[0].end     V[1].   V[1].    V[n].    V[n]. vehicle
 start     (arrival)   (departure)   start   end      start    end     end

Note that we make a difference between:

  • "punctual events", such as the vehicle start and end and each visit's start and end (aka arrival and departure). They happen at a given second.
  • "time intervals", such as the visits themselves, and the transition between visits. Though time intervals can sometimes have zero duration, i.e. start and end at the same second, they often have a positive duration.

Invariants:

  • If there are n visits, there are n+1 transitions.
  • A visit is always surrounded by a transition before it (same index) and a transition after it (index + 1).
  • The vehicle start is always followed by transition #0.
  • The vehicle end is always preceded by transition #n.

Zooming in, here is what happens during a Transition and a Visit:

---+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------+-->
   |           TRANSITION[i]             |           VISIT[i]          |
   |                                     |                             |
   |  * TRAVEL: the vehicle moves from   |      PERFORM the visit:     |
   |    VISIT[i-1].departure_location to |                             |
   |    VISIT[i].arrival_location, which |  * Spend some time:         |
   |    takes a given travel duration    |    the "visit duration".    |
   |    and distance                     |                             |
   |                                     |  * Load or unload           |
   |  * BREAKS: the driver may have      |    some quantities from the |
   |    breaks (e.g. lunch break).       |    vehicle: the "demand".   |
   |                                     |                             |
   |  * WAIT: the driver/vehicle does    |                             |
   |    nothing. This can happen for     |                             |
   |    many reasons, for example when   |                             |
   |    the vehicle reaches the next     |                             |
   |    event's destination before the   |                             |
   |    start of its time window         |                             |
   |                                     |                             |
   |  * DELAY: *right before* the next   |                             |
   |    arrival. E.g. the vehicle and/or |                             |
   |    driver spends time unloading.    |                             |
   |                                     |                             |
---+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------+-->
   ^                                     ^                             ^
V[i-1].end                           V[i].start                    V[i].end

Lastly, here is how the TRAVEL, BREAKS, DELAY and WAIT can be arranged during a transition.

  • They don't overlap.
  • The DELAY is unique and must be a contiguous period of time right before the next visit (or vehicle end). Thus, it suffice to know the delay duration to know its start and end time.
  • The BREAKS are contiguous, non-overlapping periods of time. The response specifies the start time and duration of each break.
  • TRAVEL and WAIT are "preemptable": they can be interrupted several times during this transition. Clients can assume that travel happens "as soon as possible" and that "wait" fills the remaining time.

A (complex) example:

                               TRANSITION[i]
--++-----+-----------------------------------------------------------++-->
  ||     |       |           |       |           |         |         ||
  ||  T  |   B   |     T     |       |     B     |         |    D    ||
  ||  r  |   r   |     r     |   W   |     r     |    W    |    e    ||
  ||  a  |   e   |     a     |   a   |     e     |    a    |    l    ||
  ||  v  |   a   |     v     |   i   |     a     |    i    |    a    ||
  ||  e  |   k   |     e     |   t   |     k     |    t    |    y    ||
  ||  l  |       |     l     |       |           |         |         ||
  ||     |       |           |       |           |         |         ||
--++-----------------------------------------------------------------++-->
Inheritance
object
ShipmentRoute
Implements
Inherited Members
Namespace: Google.Maps.RouteOptimization.V1
Assembly: Google.Maps.RouteOptimization.V1.dll
Syntax
public sealed class ShipmentRoute : IMessage<ShipmentRoute>, IEquatable<ShipmentRoute>, IDeepCloneable<ShipmentRoute>, IBufferMessage, IMessage

Constructors

ShipmentRoute()

Declaration
public ShipmentRoute()

ShipmentRoute(ShipmentRoute)

Declaration
public ShipmentRoute(ShipmentRoute other)
Parameters
Type Name Description
ShipmentRoute other

Properties

Breaks

Breaks scheduled for the vehicle performing this route. The breaks sequence represents time intervals, each starting at the corresponding start_time and lasting duration seconds.

Declaration
public RepeatedField<ShipmentRoute.Types.Break> Breaks { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
RepeatedField<ShipmentRoute.Types.Break>

HasTrafficInfeasibilities

When [OptimizeToursRequest.consider_road_traffic][google.maps.routeoptimization.v1.OptimizeToursRequest.consider_road_traffic], is set to true, this field indicates that inconsistencies in route timings are predicted using traffic-based travel duration estimates. There may be insufficient time to complete traffic-adjusted travel, delays, and breaks between visits, before the first visit, or after the last visit, while still satisfying the visit and vehicle time windows. For example,

  start_time(previous_visit) + duration(previous_visit) +
  travel_duration(previous_visit, next_visit) > start_time(next_visit)

Arrival at next_visit will likely happen later than its current time window due the increased estimate of travel time travel_duration(previous_visit, next_visit) due to traffic. Also, a break may be forced to overlap with a visit due to an increase in travel time estimates and visit or break time window restrictions.

Declaration
public bool HasTrafficInfeasibilities { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
bool

Metrics

Duration, distance and load metrics for this route. The fields of [AggregatedMetrics][google.maps.routeoptimization.v1.AggregatedMetrics] are summed over all [ShipmentRoute.transitions][google.maps.routeoptimization.v1.ShipmentRoute.transitions] or [ShipmentRoute.visits][google.maps.routeoptimization.v1.ShipmentRoute.visits], depending on the context.

Declaration
public AggregatedMetrics Metrics { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
AggregatedMetrics

RouteCosts

Cost of the route, broken down by cost-related request fields. The keys are proto paths, relative to the input OptimizeToursRequest, e.g. "model.shipments.pickups.cost", and the values are the total cost generated by the corresponding cost field, aggregated over the whole route. In other words, costs["model.shipments.pickups.cost"] is the sum of all pickup costs over the route. All costs defined in the model are reported in detail here with the exception of costs related to TransitionAttributes that are only reported in an aggregated way as of 2022/01.

Declaration
public MapField<string, double> RouteCosts { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
MapField<string, double>

RoutePolyline

The encoded polyline representation of the route. This field is only populated if [OptimizeToursRequest.populate_polylines][google.maps.routeoptimization.v1.OptimizeToursRequest.populate_polylines] is set to true.

Declaration
public ShipmentRoute.Types.EncodedPolyline RoutePolyline { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
ShipmentRoute.Types.EncodedPolyline

RouteTotalCost

Total cost of the route. The sum of all costs in the cost map.

Declaration
public double RouteTotalCost { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
double

Transitions

Ordered list of transitions for the route.

Declaration
public RepeatedField<ShipmentRoute.Types.Transition> Transitions { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
RepeatedField<ShipmentRoute.Types.Transition>

VehicleEndTime

Time at which the vehicle finishes its route.

Declaration
public Timestamp VehicleEndTime { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
Timestamp

VehicleIndex

Vehicle performing the route, identified by its index in the source ShipmentModel.

Declaration
public int VehicleIndex { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
int

VehicleLabel

Label of the vehicle performing this route, equal to ShipmentModel.vehicles(vehicle_index).label, if specified.

Declaration
public string VehicleLabel { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
string

VehicleStartTime

Time at which the vehicle starts its route.

Declaration
public Timestamp VehicleStartTime { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
Timestamp

Visits

Ordered sequence of visits representing a route. visits[i] is the i-th visit in the route. If this field is empty, the vehicle is considered as unused.

Declaration
public RepeatedField<ShipmentRoute.Types.Visit> Visits { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
RepeatedField<ShipmentRoute.Types.Visit>