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New Insertion and Postoptimization Procedures for the Traveling Salesman Problem

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  • Michel Gendreau

    (University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada)

  • Alain Hertz

    (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland)

  • Gilbert Laporte

    (University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada)

Abstract

This paper describes a new insertion procedure and a new postoptimization routine for the traveling salesman problem. The combination of the two methods results in an efficient algorithm ( GENIUS ) which outperforms known alternative heuristics in terms of solution quality and computing time.

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  • Michel Gendreau & Alain Hertz & Gilbert Laporte, 1992. "New Insertion and Postoptimization Procedures for the Traveling Salesman Problem," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 40(6), pages 1086-1094, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:oropre:v:40:y:1992:i:6:p:1086-1094
    DOI: 10.1287/opre.40.6.1086
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