pgr_eucledianTSP¶

Name¶

pgr_eucledianTSP - Returns a route that visits all the coordinates pairs exactly once.

Synopsis¶

The travelling salesman problem (TSP) or travelling salesperson problem asks the following question:

Given a list of cities and the distances between each pair of cities, what is the shortest possible route that visits each city exactly once and returns to the origin city?

This implementation uses simulated annealing to return the approximate solution when the input is given in the form of coordinates.

Signature Summary¶

pgr_eucledianTSP(coordinates_sql)
pgr_eucledianTSP(coordinates_sql,
    start_id, end_id,
    max_processing_time,
    tries_per_temperature, max_changes_per_temperature, max_consecutive_non_changes,
    initial_temperature, final_temperature, cooling_factor,
    randomize,
RETURNS SETOF (seq, node, cost, agg_cost)

Signatures¶

Minimal Signature¶

pgr_eucledianTSP(coordinates_sql)
RETURNS SETOF (seq, node, cost, agg_cost)

Example:

Because the documentation examples are auto generated and tested for non changing results, and the default is to have random execution, the example is wrapping the actual call.

WITH
query AS (
    SELECT * FROM pgr_eucledianTSP(
        $$
        SELECT id, st_X(the_geom) AS x, st_Y(the_geom)AS y  FROM edge_table_vertices_pgr
        $$
    )
)
SELECT agg_cost < 20 AS under_20 FROM query WHERE seq = 18;
 under_20 
----------
 t
(1 row)

Complete Signature¶

pgr_eucledianTSP(coordinates_sql,
    start_id, end_id,
    max_processing_time,
    tries_per_temperature, max_changes_per_temperature, max_consecutive_non_changes,
    initial_temperature, final_temperature, cooling_factor,
    randomize,
RETURNS SETOF (seq, node, cost, agg_cost)

Example:

SELECT* from pgr_eucledianTSP(
    $$
    SELECT id, st_X(the_geom) AS x, st_Y(the_geom) AS y FROM edge_table_vertices_pgr
    $$,
    tries_per_temperature := 3,
    cooling_factor := 0.5,
    randomize := false
);
 seq | node |       cost       |     agg_cost     
-----+------+------------------+------------------
   1 |    1 |  1.4142135623731 |                0
   2 |    3 |                1 |  1.4142135623731
   3 |    4 |                1 | 2.41421356237309
   4 |    9 | 0.58309518948453 | 3.41421356237309
   5 |   16 | 0.58309518948453 | 3.99730875185762
   6 |    6 |                1 | 4.58040394134215
   7 |    5 |                1 | 5.58040394134215
   8 |    8 |                1 | 6.58040394134215
   9 |    7 | 1.58113883008419 | 7.58040394134215
  10 |   14 |   1.499999999999 | 9.16154277142634
  11 |   15 |              0.5 | 10.6615427714253
  12 |   13 |              1.5 | 11.1615427714253
  13 |   17 | 1.11803398874989 | 12.6615427714253
  14 |   12 |                1 | 13.7795767601752
  15 |   11 |                1 | 14.7795767601752
  16 |   10 |                2 | 15.7795767601752
  17 |    2 |                1 | 17.7795767601752
  18 |    1 |                0 | 18.7795767601752
(18 rows)

Description of the Signatures¶

Description of the coordinates SQL query¶

Column	Type	Description
id	`BIGINT`	Identifier of the coordinate. (optional)
x	`FLOAT`	X value of the coordinate.
y	`FLOAT`	Y value of the coordinate.

When the value of id is not given then the coordinates will receive an id starting from 1, in the order given.

Description Of the Control parameters¶

The control parameters are optional, and have a default value.

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
start_vid	`BIGINT`	0	The greedy part of the implementation will use this identifier.
end_vid	`BIGINT`	0	Last visiting vertex before returning to start_vid.
max_processing_time	`FLOAT`	+infinity	Stop the annealing processing when the value is reached.
tries_per_temperature	`INTEGER`	500	Maximum number of times a neighbor(s) is searched in each temperature.
max_changes_per_temperature	`INTEGER`	60	Maximum number of times the solution is changed in each temperature.
max_consecutive_non_changes	`INTEGER`	100	Maximum number of consecutive times the solution is not changed in each temperature.
initial_temperature	`FLOAT`	100	Starting temperature.
final_temperature	`FLOAT`	0.1	Ending temperature.
cooling_factor	`FLOAT`	0.9	Value between between 0 and 1 (not including) used to calculate the next temperature.
randomize	`BOOLEAN`	true	Choose the random seed true: Use current time as seed false: Use 1 as seed. Using this value will get the same results with the same data in each execution.

Description of the return values¶

Returns set of (seq, node, cost, agg_cost)

Column	Type	Description
seq	`INTEGER`	Row sequence.
node	`BIGINT`	Identifier of the node/coordinate/point.
cost	`FLOAT`	Cost to traverse from the current `node` ito the next `node` in the path sequence. `0` for the last row in the path sequence.
agg_cost	`FLOAT`	Aggregate cost from the `node` at `seq = 1` to the current node. `0` for the first row in the path sequence.

Examples¶

Example:	Skipping the Simulated Annealing & showing some process information

SET client_min_messages TO NOTICE;
SET
SELECT* from pgr_eucledianTSP(
    $$
    SELECT id, st_X(the_geom) AS x, st_Y(the_geom) AS y FROM edge_table_vertices_pgr
    $$,
    tries_per_temperature := 0,
    randomize := false
);
NOTICE:  pgr_eucledianTSP Processing Information 
Initializing tsp class ---> tsp.greedyInitial ---> tsp.annealing ---> OK

Cycle(100) 	total changes =0	0 were because  delta energy < 0
Total swaps: 3
Total slides: 0
Total reverses: 0
Times best tour changed: 4
Best cost reached = 18.7796
 seq | node |       cost       |     agg_cost     
-----+------+------------------+------------------
   1 |    1 |  1.4142135623731 |                0
   2 |    3 |                1 |  1.4142135623731
   3 |    4 |                1 | 2.41421356237309
   4 |    9 | 0.58309518948453 | 3.41421356237309
   5 |   16 | 0.58309518948453 | 3.99730875185762
   6 |    6 |                1 | 4.58040394134215
   7 |    5 |                1 | 5.58040394134215
   8 |    8 |                1 | 6.58040394134215
   9 |    7 | 1.58113883008419 | 7.58040394134215
  10 |   14 |   1.499999999999 | 9.16154277142634
  11 |   15 |              0.5 | 10.6615427714253
  12 |   13 |              1.5 | 11.1615427714253
  13 |   17 | 1.11803398874989 | 12.6615427714253
  14 |   12 |                1 | 13.7795767601752
  15 |   11 |                1 | 14.7795767601752
  16 |   10 |                2 | 15.7795767601752
  17 |    2 |                1 | 17.7795767601752
  18 |    1 |                0 | 18.7795767601752
(18 rows)

The queries use the Sample Data network.

History

New in version 2.3.0

pgRouting Manual (2.3)