THE MOLECULAR TRAVELING SALESMAN

被引:104
作者
BANZHAF, W
机构
[1] Central Research Laboratory, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Hyogo, 661, 1-1, Tsukaguchi Honmachi 8-chome, Amagasaki
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D O I
10.1007/BF00203625
中图分类号
TP3 [计算技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号
0812 ;
摘要
We consider a method for optimization of NP-problems motivated by natural evolution. The basic entity is a population of individuals searching in state space defined by the problem. A message exchange mechanism between individuals enables the system to proceed fast and to avoid local optima. We introduce the concept of isolated evolution to maintain a certain degree of variance in the population. The global optimum can be approached to an arbitrary degree. The method is applied to the TSP and its behavior is shown in a couple of simulations. © 1990 Springer-Verlag.
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