Jumping particle swarm optimisation method for solving minimum weight vertex cover problem

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 143
Author(s):  
S. Balaji ◽  
S.T. Vikram ◽  
G. Kanagasabapathy
2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 559-575
Author(s):  
Mojgan Pourhassan ◽  
Feng Shi ◽  
Frank Neumann

Evolutionary multiobjective optimization for the classical vertex cover problem has been analysed in Kratsch and Neumann ( 2013 ) in the context of parameterized complexity analysis. This article extends the analysis to the weighted vertex cover problem in which integer weights are assigned to the vertices and the goal is to find a vertex cover of minimum weight. Using an alternative mutation operator introduced in Kratsch and Neumann ( 2013 ), we provide a fixed parameter evolutionary algorithm with respect to [Formula: see text], the cost of an optimal solution for the problem. Moreover, we present a multiobjective evolutionary algorithm with standard mutation operator that keeps the population size in a polynomial order by means of a proper diversity mechanism, and therefore, manages to find a 2-approximation in expected polynomial time. We also introduce a population-based evolutionary algorithm which finds a [Formula: see text]-approximation in expected time [Formula: see text].


2006 ◽  
Vol 23 (02) ◽  
pp. 273-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALOK SINGH ◽  
ASHOK KUMAR GUPTA

Given an undirected graph with weights associated with its vertices, the minimum weight vertex cover problem seeks a subset of vertices with minimum sum of weights such that each edge of the graph has at least one endpoint belonging to the subset. In this paper, we propose a hybrid approach, combining a steady-state genetic algorithm and a greedy heuristic, for the minimum weight vertex cover problem. The genetic algorithm generates vertex cover, which is then reduced to minimal weight vertex cover by the heuristic. We have evaluated the performance of our algorithm on several test problems of varying sizes. Computational results show the effectiveness of our approach in solving the minimum weight vertex cover problem.


2015 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 368-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taoqing Zhou ◽  
Zhipeng Lü ◽  
Yang Wang ◽  
Junwen Ding ◽  
Bo Peng

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