An Evolutionary Formulation of the Crossing Number Problem
Author(s) -
Che Sheng Gan,
Wee Chiat Alan Tan,
Voon Chet Koo,
Kwang Hwai Mak
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
discrete dynamics in nature and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.264
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1607-887X
pISSN - 1026-0226
DOI - 10.1155/2009/154015
Subject(s) - crossing number (knot theory) , conjecture , computer science , evolutionary algorithm , graph , algorithm , scheme (mathematics) , level crossing , mathematics , mathematical optimization , theoretical computer science , combinatorics , archaeology , history , mathematical analysis , intersection (aeronautics) , engineering , aerospace engineering
A graph drawing algorithm is presented which results in complete graphs having minimum crossings equal to that of Guy's conjecture. It is then generalized and formulated in an evolutionary algorithm (EA) to perform constrained search for the crossing numbers. The main objective of this work is to present a suitable two-dimensional scheme which can greatly reduce the complexity of finding crossing numbers by using computer. Program performance criteria are presented and discussed. It is shown that the EA implementation provides good confirmation of the predicted crossing numbers
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