An overview of metaheuristics: accurate and efficient methods for optimisation

S Nesmachnow - International Journal of Metaheuristics, 2014 - inderscienceonline.com
This article presents an overview of metaheuristics as high-level soft computing strategies
for solving optimisation problems. A general view of the field is presented, and a review of …

Mendelian evolutionary theory optimization algorithm

N Gupta, M Khosravy, N Patel, N Dey, OP Mahela - Soft Computing, 2020 - Springer
This study presented a new multi-species binary coded algorithm, Mendelian evolutionary
theory optimization (METO), inspired by the plant genetics. This framework mainly consists …

[PDF][PDF] A novel memetic genetic algorithm for solving traveling salesman problem based on multi-parent crossover technique

A Roy, A Manna, S Maity - Decision Making: Applications in …, 2019 - researchgate.net
Original scientific paper Abstract: In the present study, a Novel Memetic Genetic Algorithm
(NMGA) is developed to solve the Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP). The proposed NMGA …

Heuristics for the strong generalized minimum label spanning tree problem

C Cerrone, C D'Ambrosio, A Raiconi - Networks, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In this work we introduce and study the strong generalized minimum label spanning tree
(GMLST), a novel optimization problem defined on edge‐labeled graphs. Given a label set …

The k-labeled spanning forest problem

R Cerulli, A Fink, M Gentili, A Raiconi - Procedia-Social and Behavioral …, 2014 - Elsevier
In the k-labeled Spanning Forest Problem (kLSF), given a graph G with a label (color)
assigned to each edge, and an integer positive value k max we look for the minimum …

Effective three-phase evolutionary algorithm to handle the large-scale colorful traveling salesman problem

H Ismkhan - Expert Systems with Applications, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a novel evolutionary algorithm to handle the colorful traveling
salesman problem. The proposed evolutionary algorithm is a three-phase algorithm and …

A modified genetic algorithm-based approach to solve constrained solid TSP with time window using interval valued parameter

C Changdar, GS Mahapatra… - International Journal of …, 2016 - inderscienceonline.com
In this paper, we have presented a solid travelling salesman problem (STSP) with
introduction of time-window and constraints. In STSP, a traveller can avail different …

The rainbow cycle cover problem

S Silvestri, G Laporte, R Cerulli - Networks, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
We model and solve the Rainbow Cycle Cover Problem (RCCP). Given a connected and
undirected graph and a coloring function that assigns a color to each edge of from the finite …

A modified ant colony optimisation based approach to solve sub-tour constant travelling salesman problem

C Changdar, GS Mahapatra… - International Journal of …, 2017 - inderscienceonline.com
This paper presents an advanced ant colony optimisation approach to solve sub-tour
constant travelling salesman problem (SCTSP) with time limit in fuzzy environment. In …

Comparison of metaheuristics for the k‐labeled spanning forest problem

S Consoli, JA Moreno Pérez… - International …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper, we study the k‐labeled spanning forest (kLSF) problem in which an undirected
graph whose edges are labeled and an integer‐positive value are given; the aim is to find a …