Sumitomo Corporation (hereinafter referred to as Sumitomo Corporation) and Tohoku University Cyber Science Center and Graduate School of Information Science and Technology (hereinafter referred to as Tohoku University) are collaborating with industry and academia to optimize the dispatch process of car sharing businesses using quantum technology, and are conducting demonstration experiments. As a result, they succeeded in reducing travel distance by approximately 26% by efficiently arranging vehicles.
Quantum technology is said to be capable of parallel processing of complex conditional information at higher speeds than conventional computers, and is expected to be used as it can lead to efficient and prompt solutions to business issues and lead to social change. is increasing.Sumitomo Corporation, which promotes the social implementation of quantum computing, is also working on a variety of initiatives. We conducted a demonstration experiment to derive the optimal route for dispatching vehicles.
In the car sharing business, it is necessary to collect multiple vehicles with different charging and usage conditions, and to balance the relocation with priority given to areas with high usage while maintaining the service usage by users.Amid various factors such as vehicle status, service usage status, and worker status, the issue is how to efficiently use the vehicles to be deployed and the personnel who will perform the deployment work.Sumitomo Corporation will provide data obtained from the drop-off EV car sharing business (route information and time taken by each vehicle in a day, parking lot location, EV charger location information) to a demonstration experiment, and A mathematical model was also constructed.Analysis using quantum technology showed that it is possible to improve mileage efficiency by approximately 26%, confirming that quantum technology is useful for improving service businesses.
The results of this research suggest that by applying quantum technology, it is possible to make optimal use of resources such as time and energy in a quick and efficient manner, and further encourage the introduction of quantum technology into business. It is expected that this will lead to acceleration.
