Agent-based evolutionary system for traveling salesman problem

Abstract

Evolutionary algorithms are heuristic techniques based on Darwinian model of evolutionary processes, which can be used to find approximate solutions of optimization and adaptation problems. Agent-based evolutionary algorithms are a result of merging two paradigms: evolutionary algorithms and multi-agent systems. In this paper agent-based evolutionary algorithm for solving well known Traveling Salesman Problem is presented. In the experimental part, results of experiments comparing agent-based evolutionary algorithm and classical genetic algorithm are presented. © 2009 Springer Berlin Heidelberg.