The traveling salesman problem (TSP) were studied in the 18th century by a mathematician from Ireland named Sir William Rowam Hamilton and by the British mathematician named …
This paper proposes a hybrid genetic algorithm for solving the Multiple Traveling Salesman Problem (mTSP) to minimize the length of the longest tour. The genetic algorithm utilizes a …
L Tang, J Liu, A Rong, Z Yang - European Journal of operational research, 2001 - Elsevier
Iron and steel industry is an essential and sizable sector for industrialized economies. Since it is capital and energy extensive, companies have been putting consistent emphasis on …
AE Carter, CT Ragsdale - European journal of operational research, 2006 - Elsevier
The multiple traveling salesperson problem (MTSP) involves scheduling m> 1 salespersons to visit a set of n> m locations so that each location is visited exactly once while minimizing …
Modern steel production centers on the hot rolling mill as a key component. Scheduling for hot rolling mills is a challenging problem that has fascinated optimization researchers and …
This paper proposes a new crossover operator called two-part chromosome crossover (TCX) for solving the multiple travelling salesmen problem (MTSP) using a genetic algorithm …
C Jiang, Z Wan, Z Peng - Expert Systems with Applications, 2020 - Elsevier
Multiple traveling salesmen problem (MTSP) is not only a generalization of the traveling salesman problem (TSP), but also more suitable for modeling practical problems in the real …
I Kara, T Bektas - European Journal of Operational Research, 2006 - Elsevier
In this paper, we extend the classical multiple traveling salesman problem (mTSP) by imposing a minimal number of nodes that a traveler must visit as a side condition. We …
SKR Kanna, K Sivakumar, N Lingaraj - Knowledge-Based Systems, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP) has been seen in diverse applications, which is proven to be NP-complete in most cases. Even though there are multiple heuristic …