A multiobjective non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm (NSGA-II) for the multiple traveling salesman problem

Decision Science Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 559-568

  Bolaños, Rubén Iván ^a   Echeverry, Mauricio Granada ^a   Escobar, John Willmer ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA DE PEREIRA   (Colombia)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Local search operators; Multi objective optimization; Multi Traveling salesman; Problem population based algorithm

Indexed keywords

EID: 84936854362     PISSN: 19295804     EISSN: 19295812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5267/j.dsl.2015.5.003     Document Type: Article

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