Hybrid method for a postal delivery route generation

To overcome the difficulties in the successful expertise of postal delivery and to make postal delivery more efficient and safe, a hybrid method for postal delivery route generation, integrating expertise with general algorithms, was proposed. Owing to this method, our system is able to automatically generate efficient delivery routes, which are also safe, considerate of the residents and their environment, and/or respect precedents or previous routes. Thus, this system can be used in various areas, from over-populated super-cities to conventional countryside areas. Furthermore, in the proposed method, the knowledge processing part and the general algorithm part are connected only by data called a "conceptual map", and the latter part is independent of domain knowledge that differs depending on experts, areas and time. Therefore, only the AI part needs modification in order to use this system in the various areas of offices or companies, and to use it for a long time.