Introduction to the Special Issue on Machine Learning Methods and Applications in Large-Scale Route Planning Problems
本文介绍了关于大规模路径规划问题中机器学习方法与应用的特刊，该特刊源于2021年亚马逊最后一英里路径规划研究挑战赛，概述了特刊论文及相关研究，并指出了未来研究方向。
In this paper, we introduce the Special Issue on Machine Learning Methods and Applications in Large-Scale Route Planning Problems, which draws its inspiration from the academic community’s positive reception of the 2021 Amazon Last Mile Routing Research Challenge. We provide a structured overview of the papers featured in this special issue, and briefly discuss other noteworthy contributions to the research challenge. Further, we point the reader to a number of peer-reviewed publications outside of this special issue that directly or indirectly emerged from the research challenge. We conclude by highlighting a number of important priorities for future research into applications of machine learning to real-world route planning problems.