Search-space smoothing for combinatorial optimization problems

Schneider, Johannes and Dankesreiter, Markus and Fettes, Werner and Morgenstern, Ingo and Schmid, Martin and Singer, Johannes Maria (1997) Search-space smoothing for combinatorial optimization problems. PHYSICA A-STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS, 243 (1-2). pp. 77-112. ISSN 0378-4371, 1873-2119

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Abstract

Commonly there are two types of local search approaches known to treat combinatorial optimization problems with very complex search-space structure: One is to introduce very complicated types of local move classes, allowing a bypass of high energetic barriers separating different minima. The second is introducing a control-parameter (i.e. temperature in physics terminology) dependent state space walker, which is - depending on this control parameter - more or less easily able to climb over barriers. A third, less well-known, but very obvious approach is to smooth the search space, i.e. to eliminate barriers between low-energy configurations and therefore to allow a fast and easy approach to the global optimum. This procedure will be discussed in depth in the following work.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: TRAVELING SALESMAN PROBLEMS; ALGORITHM; optimization; Monte Carlo; traveling salesman; great deluge; smoothing; local search
Subjects: 500 Science > 530 Physics
Divisions: Physics > Institute of Theroretical Physics > Professor Morgenstern > Group Ingo Morgenstern
Depositing User: Dr. Gernot Deinzer
Date Deposited: 30 Mar 2023 07:44
Last Modified: 30 Mar 2023 07:44
URI: https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/50628

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