An improved discrete bat algorithm for symmetric and asymmetric Traveling Salesman Problems

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 algorithm has been used in a wide range of fields. In this paper, we present a discrete version of the bat algorithm to s...

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Vydané v:Engineering applications of artificial intelligence Ročník 48; s. 59 - 71
Hlavní autori: Osaba, Eneko, Yang, Xin-She, Diaz, Fernando, Lopez-Garcia, Pedro, Carballedo, Roberto
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:English
Vydavateľské údaje: Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2016
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Bat algorithm
Combinatorial optimization
Genetic algorithms
Routing problems
Traveling Salesman Problem
Routing problems
Bat algorithm
Combinatorial optimization
Traveling Salesman Problem
Genetic algorithms
ISSN:0952-1976, 1873-6769
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Shrnutí: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 algorithm has been used in a wide range of fields. In this paper, we present a discrete version of the bat algorithm to solve the well-known symmetric and asymmetric Traveling Salesman Problems. In addition, we propose an improvement in the basic structure of the classic bat algorithm. To prove that our proposal is a promising approximation method, we have compared its performance in 37 instances with the results obtained by five different techniques: evolutionary simulated annealing, genetic algorithm, an island based distributed genetic algorithm, a discrete firefly algorithm and an imperialist competitive algorithm. In order to obtain fair and rigorous comparisons, we have conducted three different statistical tests along the paper: the Student׳s t-test, the Holm׳s test, and the Friedman test. We have also compared the convergence behavior shown by our proposal with the ones shown by the evolutionary simulated annealing, and the discrete firefly algorithm. The experimentation carried out in this study has shown that the presented improved bat algorithm outperforms significantly all the other alternatives in most of the cases.
ISSN:0952-1976
1873-6769
DOI:10.1016/j.engappai.2015.10.006