Firefly algorithm solving equal-task multiple traveling salesman problem

Abstract

A kind of equal-task multiple traveling salesman problem (ET-mTSP) was proposed based on the mTSP and its corresponding mathematical model was constructed; Then, a series of discrete operations for firefly algorithm (FA) were conducted to solve this problem; Finally, the results and analysis of experiments showed that the improved algorithm was efficient and suitable for solving such ET-mTSP.