Tabu Search with Simple Ejection Chains for Coloring Graphs

Author: González-Velarde J.L.  

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

ISSN: 0254-5330

Source: Annals of Operations Research, Vol.117, Iss.1-4, 2002-11, pp. : 165-174

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Abstract

We present a Tabu Search (TS) method that employs a simple version of ejection chains for coloring graphs. The procedure is tested on a set of benchmark problems. Empirical results indicate that the proposed TS implementation outperforms other metaheuristic methods, including Simulated Annealing, a previous version of Tabu Search and a recent implementation of a Greedy Randomized Adaptive Search Procedure (GRASP).