Abstract
We present a new method of solving large scale travelling salesman problem (TSP) instances using a combination of adaptive resonance theory (ART) and self organizing feature maps (SOFM). We divide our algorithm into three phases: phase one uses ART to form clusters of cities; phase two uses a novel modification of the traditional SOFM algorithm to solve a slight variant of the TSP in each cluster of cities; and phase three uses another version of the SOFM to link all the clusters. The experimental results show that our algorithm finds approximate solutions which are about 13% longer than those reported by the chained Lin Kernighan method for problem sizes of 14,000 cities
Recommended Citation
N. Vishwanathan and D. C. Wunsch, "ART/SOFM: A Hybrid Approach to the TSP," Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, 2001. IJCNN '01, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Jan 2001.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1109/IJCNN.2001.938771
Meeting Name
International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, 2001. IJCNN '01
Department(s)
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Keywords and Phrases
ART Neural Nets; ART Neural Network; Adaptive Resonance Theory; Approximate Solutions; Approximation Theory; Mathematics Computing; Self Organizing Feature Maps; Self-Organising Feature Maps; Travelling Salesman Problems
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2001 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Jan 2001
