Research Article

Solving the Traveling Salesman Problem: A Modified Metaheuristic Algorithm

Table 2

The results of the proposed algorithm for the TSP instances.

 InstancenWS (PSO)AS (PSO)BS (PSO)WS (MPSO)AS (MPSO)BS (MPSO)BKS
CostGapCostGapCostGapCostGapCostGapCostGap

1Burma141433230.0033230.0033230.0033230.0033230.0033230.003323
2Gr171720850.0020850.0020850.0020850.0020850.0020850.002085
3Gr212127070.0027070.0027070.0027070.0027070.0027070.002707
4Gr242412720.0012720.0012720.0012720.0012720.0012720.001272
5Fri26269370.009370.009370.009370.009370.009370.00937
6Bayg292916100.0016100.0016100.0016100.0016100.0016100.001610
7Bays292920200.0020200.0020200.0020200.0020200.0020200.002020
8Arr4848109833.34106990.67106280.00106280.00106280.00106280.0010628
9Eil51514546.574290.704260.004260.004260.004260.00426
10Pr76761135454.981150036.331098701.581081590.001081590.001081590.00108159
11Rat9999139715.36137313.3812946.8512110.0012110.0012110.001211
12KroA100100233429.68218432.64212820.00213520.33212920.05212820.0021282
13KroB100100234245.79229643.72225341.77221410.00221410.00221410.0022141
14Rd10010086018.7482854.7480471.7381352.8480541.8279100.007910
15Eil10110169911.136574.456432.236290.006290.006290.00629
16Lin1051051589710.56151425.31149103.69143790.00143790.00143790.0014379
17Pr1071074893310.45467615.55456022.93443030.00443030.00443030.0044303
18Pr1241246591111.66636607.84618014.69595550.89591130.14590300.0059030
19Bier12712713011010.001293799.381278308.071182820.001182820.001182820.00118282
20Ch130130677910.9564545.6362993.0962552.3761761.0861100.006110
21Pr1361361058399.371021835.59995752.90979721.24975430.80967720.0096772
22Pr1441446486910.82621296.14602933.00589720.74586120.13585370.0058537
23Ch150150732512.2169746.8367243.0066592.0165790.7865280.006528
24KroA1501502948811.17283286.80277204.51269521.61267110.71265240.0026524
25Pr1521528137810.44773504.98754922.46741620.65739150.32736820.0073682
26Rat195195268615.6324987.5323832.5824013.3623511.2123230.002323
27D1981981782812.98168496.77166535.53162222.80160241.55157800.0015780
28KroA2002003279911.68312956.56302493.00310525.73298181.53295330.5629368
29Ts2252251389299.701332105.191294422.211291571.991283851.381266430.00126643
30Pr2262268920711.00856496.57827612.98812791.13809900.77805450.2280369
31Pr2642645614014.26532898.45502052.18509453.68501782.12493250.3949135
32A280280288311.7928149.1126583.0627958.3826322.0625980.742579
33Pr2992995301610.01514046.67495822.89491051.90485890.83483320.2948191
34Lin3183185021519.484717212.24453117.81458129.00453918.00437104.0042029
35Linhp3183184920119.004635612.12446538.00450669.00446538.00413450.0041345
36Rd4004001808418.341721512.66165038.00166569.00165038.00158924.0015281
37Pr43943912758819.0012008312.001157948.001169679.091159948.191118754.34107217
38Si5355355725618.185526414.06523268.00528119.00523268.00503884.0048450
39U5745744391719.004113411.46398578.00402969.19397577.73369050.0036905
40Rat575575806019.00758612.0072156.5373839.0173558.5970143.566773