[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 …

Barnacles mating optimizer: a new bio-inspired algorithm for solving engineering optimization problems

MH Sulaiman, Z Mustaffa, MM Saari… - Engineering Applications of …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper presents a novel bio-inspired optimization algorithm namely the Barnacles
Mating Optimizer (BMO) algorithm to solve optimization problems. The proposed algorithm …

An improved discrete bat algorithm for symmetric and asymmetric traveling salesman problems

E Osaba, XS Yang, F Diaz, P Lopez-Garcia… - … Applications of Artificial …, 2016 - Elsevier
Bat algorithm is a population metaheuristic proposed in 2010 which is based on the
echolocation or bio-sonar characteristics of microbats. Since its first implementation, the bat …

A transformation technique for the clustered generalized traveling salesman problem with applications to logistics

P Baniasadi, M Foumani, K Smith-Miles… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The clustered generalized traveling salesman problem (CGTSP) is an extension of the
classical traveling salesman problem (TSP), where the set of nodes is divided into clusters of …

Reliable blood supply chain network design with facility disruption: A real-world application

N Haghjoo, R Tavakkoli-Moghaddam… - … Applications of Artificial …, 2020 - Elsevier
The blood supply of hospitals in disasters is a crucial issue in supply chain management. In
this paper, a dynamic robust location–allocation model is presented for designing a blood …

[HTML][HTML] Scheduling flexible job-shops with transportation times: Mathematical models and a hybrid imperialist competitive algorithm

S Karimi, Z Ardalan, B Naderi, M Mohammadi - Applied mathematical …, 2017 - Elsevier
After the completion of a job on a machine, it needs to be transported to the next machine,
actually taking some time. However, the transportation times are commonly neglected in the …

A discrete water cycle algorithm for solving the symmetric and asymmetric traveling salesman problem

E Osaba, J Del Ser, A Sadollah, MN Bilbao… - Applied Soft …, 2018 - Elsevier
The water cycle algorithm (WCA) is a nature-inspired meta-heuristic recently contributed to
the community in 2012, which finds its motivation in the natural surface runoff phase in water …

A discrete shuffled frog-lea** algorithm based on heuristic information for traveling salesman problem

Y Huang, XN Shen, X You - Applied Soft Computing, 2021 - Elsevier
A discrete shuffled frog-lea** algorithm based on heuristic information is proposed and
the traveling salesman problem is used as a test problem. First, a new individual generation …

Integrated production-inventory-routing problem for multi-perishable products under uncertainty by meta-heuristic algorithms

A Ghasemkhani, R Tavakkoli-Moghaddam… - … Journal of Production …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The present study aims to introduce an integrated production-inventory-routing problem
(PIRP) with a mixed-integer linear programming model, remarking a multi-perishable …

Colonial competitive differential evolution: an experimental study for optimal economic load dispatch

M Ghasemi, M Taghizadeh, S Ghavidel… - Applied Soft …, 2016 - Elsevier
Differential evolution (DE) algorithm is a population-based algorithm designed for global
optimization of the optimization problems. This paper proposes a different DE algorithm …