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Improvements to the Or-opt heuristic for the symmetric travelling salesman problem

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  • G Babin

    (HEC Montréal)

  • S Deneault

    (HEC Montréal)

  • G Laporte

    (HEC Montréal)

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Several variants and generalizations of the Or-opt heuristic for the Symmetric Travelling Salesman Problem are developed and compared on random and planar instances. Some of the proposed algorithms are shown to significantly improve upon the standard 2-opt and Or-opt heuristics.

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  • G Babin & S Deneault & G Laporte, 2007. "Improvements to the Or-opt heuristic for the symmetric travelling salesman problem," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 58(3), pages 402-407, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:jorsoc:v:58:y:2007:i:3:d:10.1057_palgrave.jors.2602160
    DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602160
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