Solving travelling salesman problem using multiagent simulated annealing algorithm with instance-based sampling

Abstract—Recently computer networks are increasingly complex. It needs to be a supporting device for network management such as a router. Router is a device that plays an important role in the routing process. In a router stored information in the form of routing paths, where the information includes data and which routers will be passed. In certain cases, a router can have more than one gateway. This is because the router needs to send data packets to several networks that have different segments. Such cases can be handled by using the appropriate routing path selection rules. The routing problem can be regarded as a traveling salesman problem (TSP), where a mechanism is needed to determine the shortest route to be traversed. The author implements the Simulated Annealing Algorithm because it can produce an optimal solution with light computing, so that the routing process can be more effective and efficient. Index Terms—Computer Network, Routing, Simulated Annealing, Travelling Salesman Problem Abstrak–-Jaringan komputer saat ini semakin kompleks. Perlu adanya suatu perangkat pendukung untuk manajemen jaringan seperti router. Router merupakan perangkat yang berperan penting dalam proses routing. Pada sebuah router tersimpan informasi berupa jalur routing, dimana informasi tersebut mencakup data dan router mana saja yang akan dilewati. Pada kasus tertentu, router dapat memiliki lebih dari satu gateway. Hal ini disebabkan karena router perlu mengirimkan paket data ke beberapa jaringan yang memiliki segmen berbeda. Kasus tersebut dapat ditangani dengan menggunakan aturan pemilihan jalur routing yang tepat. Permasalahan routing dapat dikatakan sebagai suatu permasalahan travelling salesman problem (TSP), dimana diperlukan suatu mekanisme dalam menentukan rute terpendek untuk dilalui. Penulis mengimplementasikan Algoritma Simulated Annealing karena dapat menghasilkan solusi yang optimal dengan komputasi ringan, sehingga proses routing dapat lebih efektif dan efisien. Kata Kunci—Jaringan Komputer, Penentuan Rute, Travelling Salesman Problem, Algoritma Simulated Annealing

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Novel Metaheuristic Based on Iterated Constructive Stochastic Heuristic: Dhouib-Matrix-3 (DM3)

Applied Computational Intelligence and Soft Computing ◽

10.1155/2021/7761993 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2021 ◽

pp. 1-10

Author(s):

Souhail Dhouib

Keyword(s):

Genetic Algorithm ◽

Simulated Annealing ◽

Simulated Annealing Algorithm ◽

Travelling Salesman Problem ◽

The Novel ◽

Cellular Genetic Algorithm ◽

Benchmark Instances ◽

Hybrid Simulated Annealing ◽

Annealing Algorithm ◽

Number Of Iterations

This paper presents a new metaheuristic named Dhouib-Matrix-3 (DM3) inspired by our recently developed constructive stochastic heuristic Dhouib-Matrix-TSP2 (DM-TSP2) and characterized by only one parameter: the number of iterations. The proposed metaheuristic DM3 is an iterative algorithm in which every iteration is based on two relay hybridization techniques. At first, the constructive stochastic heuristic DM-TSP2 starts by generating a different initial basic feasible solution and then each solution is intensified by the novel procedure Far-to-Near which exchanges far cities by closer ones using three perturbation techniques: insertion, exchange, and 2-opt. Experimental results carried out on the classical travelling salesman problem using the well-known TSP-LIB benchmark instances demonstrate that our approach DM3 outclasses the simulated annealing algorithm, the genetic algorithm, and the cellular genetic algorithm. Furthermore, the proposed DM3 is statistically concurrent to the hybrid simulated annealing cellular genetic algorithm. Nevertheless, DM3 is easier to implement and needs only one parameter to identify (the maximum number of iterations).

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