A Reliable Solver of Regular-Grid Travelling Salesman Problems: Double Threshold Accepting for Schedule Planning Optimisation with Unified Pattern of Normalised Threshold Values

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 985-994

  Deng, J ^a   Chen, L ^a   Chen, H S ^a   Chen, M H ^a  

^a DA YEH UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cap; Natural cubic spline; Normalised threshold; Regular grid TSPs; Simulated annealing; Truncated computer time

Indexed keywords

HEURISTIC METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PLANNING; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

THRESHOLD ACCEPTING (TA) METHOD;

TRAVELING SALESMAN PROBLEM;

EID: 0142007050     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-002-1421-0     Document Type: Article

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