2-opt

In optimization, 2-opt is a simple local search algorithm for solving the traveling salesman problem. The 2-opt algorithm was first proposed by Croes in 1958, although the basic move had already been suggested by Flood. The main idea behind it is to take a route that crosses over itself and reorder it so that it does not. A complete 2-opt local search will compare every possible valid combination of the swapping mechanism. This technique can be applied to the traveling salesman problem as well as many related problems. These include the vehicle routing problem (VRP) as well as the capacitated VRP, which require minor modification of the algorithm.

In optimization, 2-opt is a simple local search algorithm for solving the traveling salesman problem. The 2-opt algorithm was first proposed by Croes in 1958, although the basic move had already been suggested by Flood. The main idea behind it is to take a route that crosses over itself and reorder it so that it does not. A complete 2-opt local search will compare every possible valid combination of the swapping mechanism. This technique can be applied to the traveling salesman problem as well as many related problems. These include the vehicle routing problem (VRP) as well as the capacitated VRP, which require minor modification of the algorithm. × ==> - C D - - C - D - In pseudocode, the mechanism by which the 2-opt swap manipulates a given route is as follows. Here v1 and v2 are the first vertices of the edges that are to be swapped when traversing through the route: procedure 2optSwap(route, v1, v2) { 1. take route[start] to route[v1] and add them in order to new_route 2. take route[v1+1] to route[v2] and add them in reverse order to new_route 3. take route[v2+1] to route[start] and add them in order to new_route return new_route; } Here is an example of the above with arbitrary input: Example route: A → B → E → D → C → F → G → H → A Example parameters: v1=1, v2=4 (assuming starting index is 0) Contents of new_route by step: (A → B) A → B → (C → D → E) A → B → C → D → E → (F → G → H → A) This is the complete 2-opt swap making use of the above mechanism: repeat until no improvement is made { best_distance = calculateTotalDistance(existing_route) start_again: for (i = 0; i lengthDelta is negative that would mean that the new distance after the swap would be smaller. Once it is known that lengthDelta is negative, then we perform a 2-opt swap. This saves us a lot of computation. include include include using namespace std; class Point { public: float x, y; Point(float x, float y) { this->x = x; this->y = y; } Point() { this->x = 0.0; this->y = 0.0; } // Distance between two points inline float dist(const Point &other) const { float diffx = x - other.x; float diffy = y - other.y; return sqrt(diffx * diffx + diffy * diffy); } }; // Calculate the distance of the whole circuit float pathLength(vector &path) { int n = path.size(); float length = path[n - 1].dist(path[0]); for (int i = 0; i path[i+1] and path[j]->path[j+1] // with path[i]->path[j] and path[i+1]->path[j+1] void swap_edges(vector &path, int i, int j) { i += 1; while (i &path) { printf("%s = [", pathName.c_str()); for (int i = 0; i createRandomPath(int n) { vector path; for (int i = 0; i path = createRandomPath(100); printPath("path1", path); float curLength = pathLength(path); printf("path1len = %.1f;\n\n", curLength); int n = path.size(); bool foundImprovement = true; while (foundImprovement) { foundImprovement = false; for (int i = 0; i path1 = [ [0.0, 131.5], [755.6, 458.7], [532.8, 219.0], [47.0, 678.9], [679.3, 934.7], [383.5, 519.4], [831.0, 34.6], [53.5, 529.7], [671.1, 7.7], [383.4, 66.8], [417.5, 686.8], [589.0, 930.4], [846.2, 526.9], [92.0, 653.9], [416.0, 701.2], [910.3, 762.2], [262.5, 47.5], [736.1, 328.2], [632.6, 756.4], [991.0, 365.3], [247.0, 982.6], [722.7, 753.4], [651.5, 72.7], [631.6, 884.7], [272.7, 436.4], [766.5, 477.7], [237.8, 274.9], [359.3, 166.5], [486.5, 897.7], [909.2, 60.6], [904.7, 504.5], [516.3, 319.0], [986.6, 494.0], [266.1, 90.7], [947.8, 73.7], [500.7, 384.1], [277.1, 913.8], [529.7, 464.4], [941.0, 50.1], [761.5, 770.2], [827.8, 125.4], [15.9, 688.5], [868.2, 629.5], [736.2, 725.4], [999.5, 888.6], [233.2, 306.3], [351.0, 513.3], [591.1, 846.0], [412.1, 841.5], [269.3, 415.4], [537.3, 467.9], [287.2, 178.3], [153.7, 571.7], [802.4, 33.1], [534.4, 498.5], [955.4, 748.3], [554.6, 890.7], [624.8, 842.0], [159.8, 212.8], [714.7, 130.4], [91.0, 274.6], [3.0, 414.3], [26.9, 709.8], [937.9, 239.9], [180.9, 317.5], [887.0, 652.1], [150.3, 681.3], [385.8, 387.7], [499.7, 147.5], [587.2, 845.6], [590.1, 955.4], [556.1, 148.2], [983.3, 408.8], [141.8, 564.9], [252.1, 488.5], [464.0, 961.1], [126.0, 199.8], [319.2, 629.3], [126.7, 651.3], [621.6, 803.1], [247.8, 476.4], [389.3, 203.3], [28.4, 901.7], [426.5, 142.0], [947.5, 410.3], [131.2, 885.6], [92.2, 162.2], [71.1, 365.3], [253.1, 135.1], [783.2, 455.3], [349.5, 452.3], [808.9, 931.7], [651.6, 215.2], [679.6, 908.9], [250.1, 860.9], [471.3, 506.0], [600.4, 817.6], [755.8, 462.2], [951.4, 632.7], [439.3, 824.7] ]; path1len = 55723.0; path2 = [ [0.0, 131.5], [91.0, 274.6], [71.1, 365.3], [3.0, 414.3], [53.5, 529.7], [92.0, 653.9], [47.0, 678.9], [15.9, 688.5], [26.9, 709.8], [28.4, 901.7], [131.2, 885.6], [247.0, 982.6], [277.1, 913.8], [464.0, 961.1], [486.5, 897.7], [439.3, 824.7], [412.1, 841.5], [250.1, 860.9], [150.3, 681.3], [126.7, 651.3], [141.8, 564.9], [153.7, 571.7], [247.8, 476.4], [252.1, 488.5], [319.2, 629.3], [416.0, 701.2], [417.5, 686.8], [534.4, 498.5], [537.3, 467.9], [529.7, 464.4], [516.3, 319.0], [500.7, 384.1], [471.3, 506.0], [383.5, 519.4], [351.0, 513.3], [349.5, 452.3], [385.8, 387.7], [272.7, 436.4], [269.3, 415.4], [180.9, 317.5], [233.2, 306.3], [237.8, 274.9], [287.2, 178.3], [389.3, 203.3], [532.8, 219.0], [736.1, 328.2], [783.2, 455.3], [755.6, 458.7], [755.8, 462.2], [766.5, 477.7], [846.2, 526.9], [904.7, 504.5], [868.2, 629.5], [736.2, 725.4], [761.5, 770.2], [722.7, 753.4], [632.6, 756.4], [621.6, 803.1], [600.4, 817.6], [624.8, 842.0], [631.6, 884.7], [591.1, 846.0], [587.2, 845.6], [554.6, 890.7], [589.0, 930.4], [590.1, 955.4], [679.3, 934.7], [679.6, 908.9], [808.9, 931.7], [999.5, 888.6], [955.4, 748.3], [910.3, 762.2], [887.0, 652.1], [951.4, 632.7], [986.6, 494.0], [947.5, 410.3], [983.3, 408.8], [991.0, 365.3], [937.9, 239.9], [827.8, 125.4], [947.8, 73.7], [941.0, 50.1], [909.2, 60.6], [831.0, 34.6], [802.4, 33.1], [671.1, 7.7], [651.5, 72.7], [714.7, 130.4], [651.6, 215.2], [556.1, 148.2], [499.7, 147.5], [426.5, 142.0], [359.3, 166.5], [383.4, 66.8], [262.5, 47.5], [266.1, 90.7], [253.1, 135.1], [159.8, 212.8], [126.0, 199.8], [92.2, 162.2] ]; path2len = 8586.2; ==See also== 3-opt local search (optimization) Lin–Kernighan heuristic ==References== ==External links== The Traveling Salesman Problem: A Case Study in Local Optimization Improving Solutions: 2-opt Exchanges

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