带服务优先级车辆路径问题的扫描禁忌搜索算法

提出了一种带服务优先级车辆路径问题的模型(Vehicle Routing Problem with Precedence Constraints,VRPPC),和一种扫描—禁忌搜索算法(sweep-Taboo Search Algorithm,S-TSA).然后,运用S-TSA对郑煤物资供销有限公司的带有服务优先级的危险物资配送进行优化求解,并与扫描遗传算法(sweep-Genetic Algorithm,SGA),禁忌搜索算法(Taboo Search Algorithm,TSA),人工鱼群算法(Artificial Fish Algorithm,AFA)进行比较研究,研究结果显示:扫描禁忌搜索算法能在满足服务优先级的前提下,使配送费用最少.     

一种改进的禁忌搜索算法及其在连续全局优化中的应用

禁忌搜索算法是一种元启发式的全局优化算法,是局部搜索算法的一种推广,已被成功地应用于许多组合优化问题中。本文针对有界闭区域上的连续函数全局优化问题,提出了一种改进的禁忌搜索算法,并进行了理论分析和数值实验。数值实验表明,对于连续函数全局优化问题的求解该算法是可行有效的,并且结构简单,迭代次数较少,是一种较好的全局启发式优化算法。     

一种带时间窗和车辆数目限制的车辆路线问题及其算法

本文提出了带时间窗和车辆数目限制的车辆路线问题的数学模型,针对该问题的特征构造了一种路线生成算法和禁忌搜索算法,并对Solomon提出的C1、R1、RC1类数据集给出了数值运算的结果,实验结果表明算法是有效的.     

求解带组换装时间单机调度问题的禁忌搜索算法

以包头某钢铁线材企业生产实际调度问题为背景,研究了一类带组换装时间的单机调度问题.由于该问题是NP难的,本文提出了一类适合该问题的禁忌搜索算法.此外,本文将问题性质引入了禁忌搜索算法以进一步提高算法寻优性能,降低算法运行时间.本文提出的算法在随机问题和实际问题上均进行了测试,实验结果表明,本文提出的算法能在不到10秒的时间内获得实际问题的一个近似最优解.     

带有资源转移时间的RCPSP资源流模型及算法

本文在传统资源受限项目调度问题(resource-constrained project scheduling problem, RCPSP)中引入资源转移时间,为有效获得问题的最优解,采用资源流编码方式表示可行解,建立了带有资源转移时间的RCPSP资源流优化模型,目标为最小化项目工期。根据问题特征设计了改进的资源流重构邻域算子,分别设计了改进的禁忌搜索算法和贪心随机自适应禁忌搜索算法求解模型。数据实验结果表明,相较于现有文献中的方法,所提两种算法均可针对更多的项目实例求得最优解,并且得到最优解的时间更短,求解效率更高。此外,分析了算法在求解具有不同特征的项目实例时的性能,所得结果为项目经理结合项目特征评价算法适用性提供了指导。     

考虑释放时间的单机JIT调度问题

本文主要研究二级供应链中的生产-库存-直接配送协同调度问题,其中存在一个制造商和多个零售商, 制造商根据订单进行生产, 然后将产品配送给零售商。该类问题可以抽象为考虑释放时间的单机JIT调度问题。借助于禁忌搜索算法, 本文提出了求解问题的CTA-TS算法, 并通过大量的实验数据与已有算法进行比较,说明了本文提出算法的有效性。     

基于遗传禁忌算法的双资源约束下并行生产线调度研究

并行生产线调度问题兼有并行机器和流程车间调度问题的特点,是一类新型的调度问题。在考虑遗传算法早熟收敛特性和禁忌搜索法自适应优点的基础上,将遗传算法和禁忌搜索法结合起来,提出了基于遗传算法和禁忌搜索算法的双资源并行作业车间的调度优化问题算法,即考虑到了产品的调度受到机器、工人等资源制约的影响,对算法中种群的构造,适应度计算,遗传操作等方面进行了研究,最后给出了实例仿真和结论。     

作业车间调度问题的改进混合遗传算法

作业车间调度是一类求解困难的组合优化问题,本文在考虑遗传算法早熟收敛问题和禁忌搜索法自适应优点的基础上,将遗传算法和禁忌搜索法相结合,提出了一种基于遗传和禁忌搜索的混合算法,并用实例对该算法进行了仿真研究.结果表明,该算法有很好的收敛精度,是可行的,与传统的算法相比较,有明显的优越性.     

基于前摄性调度的电动汽车路径问题研究

针对车辆调度过程中资源不均衡的问题,利用需求的不确定性,将配送周期划分为初始配送阶段和补货阶段,建立多阶段电动汽车的两级车辆路径优化模型.根据需求的动态程度对配送区域进行划分,结合前摄性调度和反应性调度策略,提出了一种混合禁忌搜索算法(HTSA)来求解该模型.在真实的案例和多个基准评估算例上的实验结果表明:模型和算法的性能优于传统的启发式算法,具有一定的实用价值.     

考虑客户满意度的同时收发车辆路径问题

当客户要求车辆一次性完成发送以及收集货物的任务时, 只需考虑车辆的路径安排即可.但若客户进一步提出在时间窗内完成的话,就必须考虑客户的等待时间--客户的满意度的衡量标准,等待时间越短满意度越高.因此问题的目标为最小化车辆路径总长度、最小化所有客户等待时间之和.本文通过加权转变为单目标函数,由最邻近法及最廉价插入法得到初始解后经过禁忌搜索算法可得到改进算法,解并通过实例对不同权参数的情况进行了比较.     

带投资约束且p不确定的推广p-中位问题

p-中位问题是设施选址中的一个经典模型,在交通、物流等领域有着广泛应用．在经典p-中位问题的基础上提出一种p不确定的推广p-中位问题,并且加上总投资约束,使得此推广模型更加实用．针对此推广模型,提出三种启发式算法：简单启发式算法、变邻域搜索算法和改进的遗传算法．数值实验结果表明变邻域搜索算法和改进的遗传算法在求解此推广模型时是有效的．     

A Tabu Search Algorithm for the Quadratic Assignment Problem

Tabu search approach based algorithms are among the widest applied to various combinatorial optimization problems. In this paper, we propose a new version of the tabu search algorithm for the well-known problem, the quadratic assignment problem (QAP). One of the most important features of our tabu search implementation is an efficient use of mutations applied to the best solutions found so far. We tested this approach on a number of instances from the library of the QAP instances—QAPLIB. The results obtained from the experiments show that the proposed algorithm belongs to the most efficient heuristics for the QAP. The high efficiency of this algorithm is also demonstrated by the fact that the new best known solutions were found for several QAP instances.     

A dynamic neighborhood based tabu search algorithm for real-world flight instructor scheduling problems

The multi-objective flight instructor scheduling problem is an optimization problem that schedules instructors to teach a set of pilot training events. The objectives of the problem are to minimize labor cost, maximize workload consistency and maximize flight instructor satisfaction of their assignments. The problem is further complicated by various hard and soft constraints. We study a multi-objective cost function and convert it to a scalar-weighted objective function using a priori weighting scheme. We then design an efficient dynamic neighborhood based tabu search meta-heuristic to solve the problem. The algorithm exploits the special properties of different types of neighborhood moves. We also address issues of solution domination, tabu short-term memory, dynamic tabu tenure and aspiration rule. The application of the algorithm in a major US airline carrier is reported and the results show that our algorithm achieves significant benefits in practice.     

An Application of a Multi-Objective Tabu Search Algorithm to a Bicriteria Flowshop Problem

This paper proposes a new tabu search algorithm for multi-objective combinatorial problems with the goal of obtaining a good approximation of the Pareto-optimal or efficient solutions. The algorithm works with several paths of solutions in parallel, each with its own tabu list, and the Pareto dominance concept is used to select solutions from the neighborhoods. In this way we obtain at each step a set of local nondominated points. The dispersion of points is achieved by a clustering procedure that groups together close points of this set and then selects the centroids of the clusters as search directions. A nice feature of this multi-objective algorithm is that it introduces only one additional parameter, namely, the number of paths. The algorithm is applied to the permutation flowshop scheduling problem in order to minimize the criteria of makespan and maximum tardiness. For instances involving two machines, the performance of the algorithm is tested against a Branch-and-Bound algorithm proposed in the literature, and for more than two machines it is compared with that of a tabu search algorithm and a genetic local search algorithm, both from the literature. Computational results show that the heuristic yields a better approximation than these algorithms.     

Scheduling ambulance crews for maximum coverage

This paper addresses the problem of scheduling ambulance crews in order to maximize the coverage throughout a planning horizon. The problem includes the subproblem of locating ambulances to maximize expected coverage with probabilistic response times, for which a tabu search algorithm is developed. The proposed tabu search algorithm is empirically shown to outperform previous approaches for this subproblem. Two integer programming models that use the output of the tabu search algorithm are constructed for the main problem. Computational experiments with real data are conducted. A comparison of the results of the models is presented.     

Tabu search and GRASP for the maximum diversity problem

In this paper, we develop new heuristic procedures for the maximum diversity problem (MDP). This NP-hard problem has a significant number of practical applications such as environmental balance, telecommunication services or genetic engineering. The proposed algorithm is based on the tabu search methodology and incorporates memory structures for both construction and improvement. Although proposed in seminal tabu search papers, memory-based constructions have often been implemented in naïve ways that disregard important elements of the fundamental tabu search proposals. We will compare our tabu search construction with a memory-less design and with previous algorithms recently developed for this problem. The constructive method can be coupled with a local search procedure or a short-term tabu search for improved outcomes. Extensive computational experiments with medium and large instances show that the proposed procedure outperforms the best heuristics reported in the literature within short computational times.     

Bayesian variable selection in generalized linear models using a combination of stochastic optimization methods

In this paper the usage of a stochastic optimization algorithm as a model search tool is proposed for the Bayesian variable selection problem in generalized linear models. Combining aspects of three well known stochastic optimization algorithms, namely, simulated annealing, genetic algorithm and tabu search, a powerful model search algorithm is produced. After choosing suitable priors, the posterior model probability is used as a criterion function for the algorithm; in cases when it is not analytically tractable Laplace approximation is used. The proposed algorithm is illustrated on normal linear and logistic regression models, for simulated and real-life examples, and it is shown that, with a very low computational cost, it achieves improved performance when compared with popular MCMC algorithms, such as the MCMC model composition, as well as with “vanilla” versions of simulated annealing, genetic algorithm and tabu search.     

A tabu search algorithm for solving economic lot scheduling problem

The economic lot scheduling problem has driven considerable amount of research. The problem is NP-hard and recent research is focused on finding heuristic solutions rather than searching for optimal solutions. This paper introduces a heuristic method using a tabu search algorithm to solve the economic lot scheduling problem. Diversification and intensification schemes are employed to improve the efficiency of the proposed Tabu search algorithm. Experimental design is conducted to determine the best operating parameters for the Tabu search. Results show that the tabu search algorithm proposed in this paper outperforms two well known benchmark algorithms.     

An Application of Tabu Search Heuristic for the Maximum Edge-Weighted Subgraph Problem

The purpose of this article is to describe an efficient search heuristic for the Maximum Edge-weighted Subgraph (MEwS) problem. This problem requires to find a subgraph such that the sum of the weights associated with the edges of the subgraph is maximized subject to a cardinality constraint. In this study a tabu search heuristic for the MEwS problem is proposed. Different algorithms to obtain an initial solution are presented. One neighborhood search strategy is also proposed. Preliminary computational results are reported for randomly generated test problems of MEwS problem with different densities and sizes. For most of test problems, the tabu search heuristic found good solutions. In addition, for large size test problems, the tabu search outperformed the local search heuristic appearing in the literature.     

Evolutionary Approaches to DNA Sequencing with Errors

In the paper, two evolutionary approaches to the general DNA sequencing problem, assuming both negative and positive errors in the spectrum, are compared. The older of them is based on the idea of genetic approach and is enhanced by a greedy algorithm. The newly proposed algorithm combines the tabu search and the scatter search methods. After conducting experiments with random and coding DNA sequences, our results suggest that the tabu and scatter search algorithm finds solutions of higher quality and more reliably than the genetic algorithm.