| Article ID: | iaor20053298 |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Volume: | 160 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Start Page Number: | 416 |
| End Page Number: | 422 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2005 |
| Journal: | European Journal of Operational Research |
| Authors: | Drezner Zvi |
| Keywords: | heuristics |
In this paper we propose to extend the concentric tabu search for the quadratic assignment problem to include more permissible moves. Two extensions are suggested and tested. The computational comparisons with existing hybrid genetic algorithms provide comparable solutions to the best available algorithms.