Research Article

PCB Drill Path Optimization by Combinatorial Cuckoo Search Algorithm

Table 4

Optimal sequence obtained by CS for the three workpieces.

Case study problemOptimal sequence

Workpiece 1 (10-hole problem)
 Case 13 2 1 6 7 8 5 4 9
 Case 23 2 1 6 7 8 5 4 9

Workpiece 2 (15-hole problem)
 Case 110 11 12 9 6 5 1 2 3 4 7 8 13 14
 Case 21 5 6 4 2 3 7 9 11 10 12 8 13 14

Workpiece 3 (50-hole problem)
 Case 1
2 39 40 41 37 38 32 31 34 33 35 36 30 29 27 28 25 26 48 47 45 44 43
46 24 21 22 23 19 20 14 15 16 17 18 13 8 7 10 9 11 12 2 1 4 3 5 6 49
 Case 26 45 44 43 48 47 26 25 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41
42 1 2 3 4 5 6 49 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24