A Discrete State Transition Algorithm for Generalized Traveling Salesman Problem

DOI10.1007/978-3-319-08377-3_15zbMATH Open1327.90269arXiv1304.7607OpenAlexW1492883942MaRDI QIDQ2942467FDOQ2942467

Weihua Gui, Xiaolin Tang, Chunhua Yang, Xiaojun Zhou

Publication date: 11 September 2015

Published in: Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Generalized traveling salesman problem (GTSP) is an extension of classical traveling salesman problem (TSP), which is a combinatorial optimization problem and an NP-hard problem. In this paper, an efficient discrete state transition algorithm (DSTA) for GTSP is proposed, where a new local search operator named extit{K-circle}, directed by neighborhood information in space, has been introduced to DSTA to shrink search space and strengthen search ability. A novel robust update mechanism, restore in probability and risk in probability (Double R-Probability), is used in our work to escape from local minima. The proposed algorithm is tested on a set of GTSP instances. Compared with other heuristics, experimental results have demonstrated the effectiveness and strong adaptability of DSTA and also show that DSTA has better search ability than its competitors.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1304.7607

zbMATH Keywords

generalized traveling salesman problemdiscrete state transition algorithmdouble R-probabilityK-circle

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial optimization (90C27)

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Uses Software

• GTSP Instances Library

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