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Fixed Start/End Point Multiple Traveling Salesmen Problem - Genetic Algorithm

by Joseph Kirk

 

02 Sep 2008 (Updated 07 Nov 2011)

Finds a near-optimal solution to a variation of the M-TSP with fixed endpoints using a GA

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MTSPF_GA Fixed Multiple Traveling Salesman Problem (M-TSP) Genetic Algorithm (GA)
Finds a (near) optimal solution to a variation of the M-TSP by setting
up a GA to search for the shortest route (least distance needed for
each salesman to travel from the start location to individual cities
and back to the original starting place)

Summary:
1. Each salesman starts at the first point, and ends at the first
point, but travels to a unique set of cities in between
2. Except for the first, each city is visited by exactly one salesman

Note: The Fixed Start/End location is taken to be the first XY point

Input:
XY (float) is an Nx2 matrix of city locations, where N is the number of cities
DMAT (float) is an NxN matrix of city-to-city distances or costs
NSALESMEN (scalar integer) is the number of salesmen to visit the cities
MINTOUR (scalar integer) is the minimum tour length for any of the
salesmen, NOT including the start/end point
POPSIZE (scalar integer) is the size of the population (should be divisible by 8)
NUMITER (scalar integer) is the number of desired iterations for the algorithm to run
SHOWPROG (scalar logical) shows the GA progress if true
SHOWRESULT (scalar logical) shows the GA results if true

Output:
OPTRTE (integer array) is the best route found by the algorithm
OPTBRK (integer array) is the list of route break points (these specify the indices
into the route used to obtain the individual salesman routes)
MINDIST (scalar float) is the total distance traveled by the salesmen

Route/Breakpoint Details:
If there are 10 cities and 3 salesmen, a possible route/break
combination might be: rte = [5 6 9 4 2 8 10 3 7], brks = [3 7]
Taken together, these represent the solution [1 5 6 9 1][1 4 2 8 1][1 10 3 7 1],
which designates the routes for the 3 salesmen as follows:
. Salesman 1 travels from city 1 to 5 to 6 to 9 and back to 1
. Salesman 2 travels from city 1 to 4 to 2 to 8 and back to 1
. Salesman 3 travels from city 1 to 10 to 3 to 7 and back to 1

Example:
n = 35;
xy = 10*rand(n,2);
nSalesmen = 5;
minTour = 3;
popSize = 80;
numIter = 5e3;
a = meshgrid(1:n);
dmat = reshape(sqrt(sum((xy(a,:)-xy(a',:)).^2,2)),n,n);
[optRoute,optBreak,minDist] = mtspf_ga(xy,dmat,nSalesmen,minTour,popSize,numIter,1,1);

Example:
n = 50;
phi = (sqrt(5)-1)/2;
theta = 2*pi*phi*(0:n-1);
rho = (1:n).^phi;
[x,y] = pol2cart(theta(:),rho(:));
xy = 10*([x y]-min([x;y]))/(max([x;y])-min([x;y]));
nSalesmen = 5;
minTour = 3;
popSize = 80;
numIter = 1e4;
a = meshgrid(1:n);
dmat = reshape(sqrt(sum((xy(a,:)-xy(a',:)).^2,2)),n,n);
[optRoute,optBreak,minDist] = mtspf_ga(xy,dmat,nSalesmen,minTour,popSize,numIter,1,1);

Example:
n = 35;
xyz = 10*rand(n,3);
nSalesmen = 5;
minTour = 3;
popSize = 80;
numIter = 5e3;
a = meshgrid(1:n);
dmat = reshape(sqrt(sum((xyz(a,:)-xyz(a',:)).^2,2)),n,n);
[optRoute,optBreak,minDist] = mtspf_ga(xyz,dmat,nSalesmen,minTour,popSize,numIter,1,1);

Acknowledgements

The author wishes to acknowledge the following in the creation of this submission:
Multiple Traveling Salesmen Problem - Genetic Algorithm

Required Products MATLAB
MATLAB release MATLAB 7.12 (2011a)
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Comments and Ratings (2)
15 Sep 2008 barki yak

Thanks alot, it works superb! but could you please tell me how i can edit the number of points that a salesman visit at least? its "2" in your work but i couldnt manage to increase that number

01 Oct 2008 The Author

Update: The SINGLES parameter has been replaced with a more generalized MIN_TOUR.

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Updates
03 Sep 2008

updated description

08 Sep 2008

updated title

30 Sep 2008

Removed the SINGLES parameter and replaced it with a more generalized MIN_TOUR

02 Jun 2009

Added 3D capability.

07 Nov 2011

Bug fix. Minor cosmetic updates.

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