The Combined Use of a Genetic Algorithm and the Hill-climbing Algorithm to Find Difference Triangle Sets

Sharon Koubi1, Nabil Shalaby2
1Department of Computer Science Memorial University of Newfoundland
2Department of Mathematics and Statistics Memorial University of Newfoundland

Abstract

In this paper, we use a genetic algorithm and direct a hill-climbing algorithm in choosing differences to generate solutions for difference triangle sets. The combined use of the two algorithms optimized the hill-climbing method and produced new improved upper bounds for difference triangle sets.