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We introduce and test a new approach for the bi-objective routing problem known as the traveling salesman problem with profits. This problem deals with the optimization of two conflicting objectives: the minimization of the tour length and the maximization of the collected profits. This problem has been studied in the form of a single objective problem, where either the two objectives have been combined or one of the objectives has been treated as a constraint. The purpose of our study is to find solutions to this problem using the notion of Pareto optimality, i.e. by searching for efficient solutions and constructing an efficient frontier. We have developed an ejection chain local search and combined it with a multi-objective evolutionary algorithm which is used to generate diversified starting solutions in the objective space. We apply our hybrid meta-heuristic to synthetic data sets and demonstrate its effectiveness by comparing our results with a procedure that employs one of the best single-objective approaches.
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Jozefowiez, N., Glover, F. & Laguna, M. Multi-objective Meta-heuristics for the Traveling Salesman Problem with Profits. J Math Model Algor 7, 177–195 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10852-008-9080-2
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