Title
Improving Combinatorial Optimization Algorithms through Record Keeping in Constructive Multistart Search
Abstract
AbstractConstructive multistart search algorithms are commonly used to address combinatorial optimization problems; however, constructive multistart search algorithm performance is fundamentally affected by two factors: i The choice of construction algorithm utilized and ii the rate of state space search redundancy. Construction algorithms are typically specific to a particular combinatorial optimization problem; therefore, we first investigate construction algorithms for iterative hill climbing applied to the traveling salesman problem and experimentally determine the best performing algorithms. We then investigate the more general problem of utilizing record-keeping mechanisms to mitigate state space search redundancy. Our research shows that a good choice of construction algorithm paired with effective record keeping significantly improves the quality of traveling salesmen problem solutions in a constant number of state explorations. Particularly, we show that Bloom filters considerably improve time performance and solution quality for iterative hill climbing approaches to the traveling salesman problem.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1002/int.21667
Periodicals
Field
DocType
Volume
Bottleneck traveling salesman problem,Hill climbing,Mathematical optimization,Search algorithm,Algorithm,Combinatorial optimization,State space search,Travelling salesman problem,2-opt,Combinatorial search,Mathematics
Journal
29
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
9
0884-8173
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
4
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Charles R. King100.68
Dan E. Tamir27913.26
Mark Mckenney341.43