The Dynamic Travelling Thief Problem: Benchmarks and Performance of Evolutionary Algorithms

04/25/2020

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by   Ragav Sachdeva, et al.

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Many real-world optimisation problems involve dynamic and stochastic components. While problems with multiple interacting components are omnipresent in inherently dynamic domains like supply-chain optimisation and logistics, most research on dynamic problems focuses on single-component problems. With this article, we define a number of scenarios based on the Travelling Thief Problem to enable research on the effect of dynamic changes to sub-components. Our investigations of 72 scenarios and seven algorithms show that – depending on the instance, the magnitude of the change, and the algorithms in the portfolio – it is preferable to either restart the optimisation from scratch or to continue with the previously valid solutions.