Reinforced Lin–Kernighan–Helsgaun algorithms for the traveling salesman problems

J Zheng, K He, J Zhou, Y Jin, CM Li - Knowledge-Based Systems, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP) is a classical NP-hard combinatorial
optimization problem with many practical variants. The Lin–Kernighan–Helsgaun (LKH) …

Combining reinforcement learning with Lin-Kernighan-Helsgaun algorithm for the traveling salesman problem

J Zheng, K He, J Zhou, Y Jin, CM Li - … of the AAAI conference on artificial …, 2021 - ojs.aaai.org
Abstract We address the Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP), a famous NP-hard
combinatorial optimization problem. And we propose a variable strategy reinforced …

A reinforced hybrid genetic algorithm for the traveling salesman problem

J Zheng, J Zhong, M Chen, K He - Computers & Operations Research, 2023 - Elsevier
We propose a new method called the Reinforced Hybrid Genetic Algorithm (RHGA) for
solving the famous NP-hard Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP). Specifically, we combine …

Efficient recombination in the Lin-Kernighan-Helsgaun traveling salesman heuristic

R Tinós, K Helsgaun, D Whitley - … Problem Solving from Nature–PPSN XV …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract The Lin-Kernighan-Helsgaun (LKH) algorithm is one of the most successful search
algorithms for the Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP). The core of LKH is a variable depth …

Lin–Kernighan heuristic adaptations for the generalized traveling salesman problem

D Karapetyan, G Gutin - European Journal of Operational Research, 2011 - Elsevier
The Lin–Kernighan heuristic is known to be one of the most successful heuristics for the
Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP). It has also proven its efficiency in application to some …

An efficient harris hawk optimization algorithm for solving the travelling salesman problem

FS Gharehchopogh, B Abdollahzadeh - Cluster Computing, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Travelling Salesman Problem (TSP) is an Np-Hard problem, for which various
solutions have been offered so far. Using the Harris Hawk Optimization (HHO) algorithm, this …

[PDF][PDF] A novel local search algorithm for the traveling salesman problem that exploits backbones

W Zhang, M Looks - IJCAI, 2005 - ijcai.org
We present and investigate a new method for the Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP) that
incorporates backbone information into the well known and widely applied Lin-Kernighan …

Local search for the traveling salesman problem: A comparative study

Y Wu, T Weise, R Chiong - 2015 IEEE 14th International …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP) is one of the most well-studied combinatorial
optimization problems. Best heuristics for solving the TSP known today are Lin-Kernighan …

Fast EAX algorithm considering population diversity for traveling salesman problems

Y Nagata - European Conference on Evolutionary Computation in …, 2006 - Springer
This paper proposes an evolutionary algorithm (EA) that is applied to the traveling salesman
problem (TSP). Existing approximation methods to address the TSP known to be state-of-the …

Learning 3-opt heuristics for traveling salesman problem via deep reinforcement learning

J Sui, S Ding, R Liu, L Xu, D Bu - Asian Conference on …, 2021 - proceedings.mlr.press
Traveling salesman problem (TSP) is a classical combinatorial optimization problem. As it
represents a large number of important practical problems, it has received extensive studies …