[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive survey on the generalized traveling salesman problem

PC Pop, O Cosma, C Sabo, CP Sitar - European Journal of Operational …, 2024 - Elsevier
The generalized traveling salesman problem (GTSP) is an extension of the classical
traveling salesman problem (TSP) and it is among the most researched combinatorial …

A systematic study on meta-heuristic approaches for solving the graph coloring problem

T Mostafaie, FM Khiyabani, NJ Navimipour - Computers & Operations …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Typically, Graph Coloring Problem (GCP) is one of the key features for graph
stam** in graph theory. The general approach is to paint at least edges, vertices, or the …

A best-path-updating information-guided ant colony optimization algorithm

J Ning, Q Zhang, C Zhang, B Zhang - Information Sciences, 2018 - Elsevier
The ant colony optimization (ACO) algorithm is a type of classical swarm intelligence
algorithm that is especially suitable for combinatorial optimization problems. To further …

Reinforcement learning based local search for grou** problems: A case study on graph coloring

Y Zhou, JK Hao, B Duval - Expert Systems with Applications, 2016 - Elsevier
Grou** problems aim to partition a set of items into multiple mutually disjoint subsets
according to some specific criterion and constraints. Grou** problems cover a large class …

An effective genetic algorithm for solving the clustered shortest-path tree problem

O Cosma, PC Pop, I Zelina - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The clustered shortest-path tree problem (CluSPTP) is an extension of the classical single-
source shortest-path problem, in which, given a graph with the set of nodes partitioned into a …

Novel two-level hybrid genetic algorithms based on different Cayley-type encodings for solving the clustered shortest-path tree problem

A Petrovan, P Pop, C Sabo, I Zelina - Expert Systems with Applications, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the clustered shortest-path tree (CluSPT) problem, a generalized
network design problem that has several applications in various areas such as network …

Partition independent set and reduction-based approach for partition coloring problem

E Zhu, F Jiang, C Liu, J Xu - IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Given a graph whose vertex set is partitioned, the partition coloring problem (PCP) requires
the selection of one vertex from each partite set, such that the subgraph induced by the set of …

[HTML][HTML] A self-learning approach for optimal detailed scheduling of multi-product pipeline

Z Haoran, L Yongtu, L Qi, S Yun, Y **aohan - Journal of Computational and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Pipeline transportation is cost-optimal in refined product transportation. However, the
optimization of multi-product pipeline scheduling is rather complicated due to multi-batch …

Digital annealer for quadratic unconstrained binary optimization: A comparative performance analysis

O Şeker, N Tanoumand, M Bodur - Applied Soft Computing, 2022 - Elsevier
Digital Annealer (DA) is a computer architecture designed for tackling combinatorial
optimization problems formulated as quadratic unconstrained binary optimization (QUBO) …

A two-level based genetic algorithm for solving the soft-clustered vehicle routing problem

O Cosma, PC Pop, CP Sitar - Carpathian Journal of Mathematics, 2022 - JSTOR
The soft-clustered vehicle routing problem (Soft-CluVRP) is a relaxation of the clustered
vehicle routing problem (CluVRP), which in turn is a variant of the generalized vehicle …