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Nature-inspired computational model for solving bi-objective traveling salesman problems

  • Xuejiao Chen
  • , Zhengpeng Chen
  • , Yingchu Xin
  • , Xianghua Li
  • , Chao Gao
  • Southwest University

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Abstract

Bi-objective Traveling Salesman Problem (BTSP) is an NP-hard problem in the combinatorial optimization, which is also important question in the field of operations research and theoretical computer science. Genetic Algorithm (GA) is one type of efficient methods for solving NP-hard problems. However, GA-based algorithms suffer high time computational complexity, low stability and the premature convergence for solving BTSP. This paper proposes an improved method of genetic algorithm based on a novel nature-inspired computational model to solve these problems. The initialization of population of proposed algorithm is first optimized by the prior knowledge of Physarum-inspired computational model (PCM) in order to enhance the computational speed and stability. Then the hill climbing method (HC) is used to increase the diversity of the individuals and avoid falling into the local optimum. A series of experiments are conducted and results show that our proposed algorithm can achieve the better performance.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPRICAI 2018
Subtitle of host publicationTrends in Artificial Intelligence - 15th Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Proceedings
EditorsXin Geng, Byeong-Ho Kang
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages219-227
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)9783319973098
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018
Externally publishedYes
Event15th Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, PRICAI 2018 - Nanjing, China
Duration: 28 Aug 201831 Aug 2018

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume11013 LNAI
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference15th Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, PRICAI 2018
Country/TerritoryChina
CityNanjing
Period28/08/1831/08/18

Keywords

  • Bi-objective traveling salesman problem
  • Hill climbing
  • NSGA_II
  • Physarum

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