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A similarity hybrid harmony search algorithm for the Team Orienteering Problem

Tsakirakis Eleftherios, Marinaki Magdalini, Marinakis Ioannis, Matsatsinis Nikolaos

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URI: http://purl.tuc.gr/dl/dias/31F2E8DC-61DC-47A8-851B-EADCA05C140E
Year 2019
Type of Item Peer-Reviewed Journal Publication
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Bibliographic Citation E. Tsakirakis, M. Marinaki, Y. Marinakis and N. Matsatsinis, "A similarity hybrid harmony search algorithm for the Team Orienteering Problem," Appl. Soft Comput., vol. 80, pp. 776-796, Jul. 2019. doi: 10.1016/j.asoc.2019.04.038 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asoc.2019.04.038
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The Harmony Search (HS)is a metaheuristic algorithm, which is inspired from the composition of music harmonies. The functionality and flexibility of HS contribute to the development of successful methodologies for different kind of scientific problems. The aim of this paper is to propose a variant of the classic HS algorithm in order to provide competitive solutions for the Team Orienteering Problem (TOP). We introduce the Similarity Hybrid Harmony Search (SHHS)algorithm as an alternative and innovative optimization method. The SHHS follows the standard procedure of HS with some modifications and includes a new strategy called “similarity process”. Two versions of the proposed method have been developed, the static version with predefined values for the parameters of the method and the dynamic one with dynamic adjustment of the parameters. The SHHS algorithm is applied to the known benchmark instances of TOP. The dynamic of the algorithm is tested through a complete solution analysis which gives the superiority of the dynamic version compared to the static one. The results of both versions of the proposed algorithm indicate the positive performance against other effective and robust optimization algorithms from the literature.

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