Too Constrained for Genetic Algorithms too Hard for Evolutionary Computing the Traveling Tournament Problem

Kristian Verduin, Sarah Thomson, Daan van den Berg

2023

Abstract

Unlike other NP-hard problems, the constraints on the traveling tournament problem are so pressing that it’s hardly possible to randomly generate a valid solution, for example, to use in a genetic algorithm’s initial population. In this study, we randomly generate solutions, assess the numbers of constraint violations, and extrapolate the results to predict the required number of samples for obtaining a single valid solution for any reasonable instance size. As it turns out, these numbers are astronomical, and we finish the study by discussing the feasibility of efficient sampling of valid solutions to various NP-hard problems.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Verduin K., Thomson S. and van den Berg D. (2023). Too Constrained for Genetic Algorithms too Hard for Evolutionary Computing the Traveling Tournament Problem. In Proceedings of the 15th International Joint Conference on Computational Intelligence - Volume 1: ECTA; ISBN 978-989-758-674-3, SciTePress, pages 246-257. DOI: 10.5220/0012192100003595

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ecta23,
author={Kristian Verduin and Sarah Thomson and Daan van den Berg},
title={Too Constrained for Genetic Algorithms too Hard for Evolutionary Computing the Traveling Tournament Problem},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 15th International Joint Conference on Computational Intelligence - Volume 1: ECTA},
year={2023},
pages={246-257},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012192100003595},
isbn={978-989-758-674-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 15th International Joint Conference on Computational Intelligence - Volume 1: ECTA
TI - Too Constrained for Genetic Algorithms too Hard for Evolutionary Computing the Traveling Tournament Problem
SN - 978-989-758-674-3
AU - Verduin K.
AU - Thomson S.
AU - van den Berg D.
PY - 2023
SP - 246
EP - 257
DO - 10.5220/0012192100003595
PB - SciTePress