Metaheuristic ILS with path relinking for the number partitioning problem

This study brings an implementation of a metaheuristic procedure to solve the Number Partitioning Problem (NPP), which is a classic NP-hard combinatorial optimization problem. The presented problem has applications in different areas, such as: logistics, production and operations management, besides...

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Autores: Oliveira, Cesar Augusto Souza de, Ferreira, William de Paula, Mendes, Reinaldo Carlos, Assis, Gleisson de, Souza, Marcone Jamilson Freitas
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:Brasil
Institución:Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de São Paulo (IFSP)
Repositorio:Independent Journal of Management & Production
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:www.ijmp.jor.br:article/597
Acceso en línea:http://www.ijmp.jor.br/index.php/ijmp/article/view/597
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Number Partitioning Problem
NPP
metaheuristics
path relinking
combinatorial Optimization
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Sumario:This study brings an implementation of a metaheuristic procedure to solve the Number Partitioning Problem (NPP), which is a classic NP-hard combinatorial optimization problem. The presented problem has applications in different areas, such as: logistics, production and operations management, besides important relationships with other combinatorial problems. This paper aims to perform a comparative analysis between the proposed algorithm with others metaheuristics using a group of instances available on the literature. Implementations of constructive heuristics, local search and metaheuristics ILS with path relinking as mechanism of intensification and diversification were made in order to improve solutions, surpassing the others algorithms.