Nextmv version 0.8.0 is here! This release features significant performance improvements for solving complex routing problems with the addition of ALNS and brings Dash (simulation) into the code repo in GitHub. Version 0.8.0 introduces breaking changes that will need to be addressed prior to upgrading.

Note: Cloud customers are not affected by these changes at this time and we will notify you when v0.8.0 is available for use on Nextmv Cloud.

We've introduced heuristic solving with Adaptive Large Neighborhood Search (ALNS) to Hop. This brings substantial performance improvements to Hop, especially for customers with large fleets of vehicles and complex routing problems.

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Our Dispatch app on Nextmv Cloud supports a growing list of common constraints for representing the reality of your route planning and optimization problems. This blog post provides an introduction to target times, hard time windows, timeliness penalties, and unassigned penalties in Nextmv Cloud. Read more

Great news! Hop v0.7.1 has shipped! This release and all the features are available to you with your next go get.

A few highlights include new methods and functions in Hop fleet and vehicle model, support for new turnkey constraints for vehicle-location compatibility and max route length, an introduction to Nextmv apps to provide a faster way to get started with Nextmv.

Nextmv Cloud is the fastest way to get started with Nextmv decision stack. This post explores a few common routing problem constraints, such as capacity and speed.

Nextmv version 0.7.0 has arrived! This release features performance enhancements in Hop and brings all Hop and Hopm code into a single new GitHub repository.

As a result, version 0.7.0 introduces breaking changes including updated import paths, new expansion limits, and new defaults for hop.runner.output.solutions to be aware of prior to upgrading.