A hybrid estimation of distribution algorithm with decomposition for solving the multiobjective multiple traveling salesman problem

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics Part C: Applications and Reviews

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 682-691

  Shim, V A ^a   Tan, K C ^a   Cheong, C Y ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Estimation of distribution algorithms (EDAs); evolutionary gradient search (EGS); evolutionary multiobjective optimization; hill climbing (HC); multiple traveling salesman problem (mTSP); simulated annealing (SA); univariate modeling (UM)

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION OF DISTRIBUTION ALGORITHMS; EVOLUTIONARY MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; GRADIENT SEARCH; HILL CLIMBING; MULTIPLE TRAVELING SALESMAN PROBLEMS; UNIVARIATE;

HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; SIMULATED ANNEALING; TRAVELING SALESMAN PROBLEM;

EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84865403100     PISSN: 10946977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCC.2012.2188285     Document Type: Article

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