Research Article

Genetic Algorithm for Combinatorial Path Planning: The Subtour Problem

Table 5

Comparison of the proposed method with benchmarked solutions of the traveling salesman problem. Results are averaged over 100 simulations. Rounded distances are used.

Problem TSPLIBNumber of targetsOptimal tourGenetic algorithm error
Length Minimum Mean Maximum Std

Berlin52 52 7542 0% 0% 0% 0
Eil76 76 538 0% 0.02% 1.4% 0.8
KroA100 100 21282 0% 0% 0% 0
lin105 105 14379 0% 0% 0% 0
ch130 130 6110 0% 0.2% 0.9% 15.9
a280 280 2579 0% 0.2% 1% 8.5
pcb442 442 50778 0.3% 0.9% 1.5% 148.6
att532 532 86729 0.4% 1.1% 2% 340.07