A hybrid parallel genetic algorithm and its application to TSP
混合并行遗传算法求解TSP问题

This paper applies a multiple population Genetic Algorithm (GA) to solving the TSP (Traveling Salesman Problem). Different populations apply different mutation factors to achieve different search objects. The transition factor among the groups is used to solve the premature convergence problem under some circumstances. It accelerates search process in state space. The experimental results show that this algorithm has great advantage of convergence property over canonical genetic algorithm.