Enhancement of Discrete Bacterial Memetic Evolutionary Algorithm for Solving the Travelling Repairman Problem

Publication Name: Studies in Computational Intelligence

Publication Date: 2026-01-01

Volume: 1222

Issue: Unknown

Page Range: 163-171

Description:

The Traveling Repairman Problem (TRP) is concerned with repairing a set of locations rather than visiting them. In this paper, we propose an enhanced version of the Discrete Bacterial Memetic Evolutionary Algorithm (DBMEA) to solve TRP. DBMEA is combining with a new method for generating the initial individual candidate solution which is called Circle Group Heuristic (CGH). CGH is constructed with the help of Genetic Algorithm (GA). The enhanced version of DBMEA with CGH has been tested for several benchmark reference data of TRP. The results show that the enhanced version has a faster and better solutions for most cases in comparison to state-of-the-art heuristics mentioned in the literature. Furthermore, for larger benchmark instances, it provided better solutions than the previously best-known results. These test results support the claim that the DBMEA with CGH is the most effective approach and recommend its use for the Traveling Repairman Problem, particularly for large instances.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-97879-1_18

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