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R: Read and write TSPLIB files

TSPLIB

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Read and write TSPLIB files

Description

Reads and writes TSPLIB format files. TSPLIB files can be used by most TSP solvers. Sample instances for the TSP in TSPLIB format are available on the TSPLIB homepage (see references).

Usage

write_TSPLIB(x, file, precision = 6, inf = NULL, neg_inf = NULL)
read_TSPLIB(file, precision = 0)

Arguments

`x`	an object of class `TSP`, `ATSP` or `ETSP`. `NA`s are not allowed.
`file`	file name or a `connection`.
`precision`	controls the number of decimal places used to represent distances (see details). If `x` already is `integer`, this argument is ignored and `x` is used as is.
`inf`	replacement value for `Inf` (TSPLIB format cannot handle `Inf`). If `inf` is `NULL`, a large value of max(x) + 2 range(x) (ignoring infinite entries) is used.
`neg_inf`	replacement value for `-Inf`. If no value is specified, a small value of min(x) - 2 range(x) (ignoring infinite entries) is used.

Details

In the TSPLIB format distances are represented by integer values. Therefore, if x contains double values (which is normal in R) the values given in x are multiplied by 10^{precision} before coercion to integer. Note that therefore all results produced by programs using the TSPLIB file as input need to be divided by 10^{precision} (i.e., the decimal point has to be shifted precision placed to the left).

Currently only the following EDGE_WEIGHT_TYPEs are implemented: EXPLICIT, EUC_2D and EUC_3D.

Value

read_TSPLIB returns an object of class TSP or ATSP.

Author(s)

Michael Hahsler

References

TSPLIB home page, http://www.iwr.uni-heidelberg.de/groups/comopt/software/TSPLIB95/

Examples

## Drilling problem from TSP
drill <- read_TSPLIB(system.file("examples/d493.tsp", package = "TSP"))
drill
tour <- solve_TSP(drill, method = "nn", two_opt = TRUE)
tour
plot(drill, tour, cex=.6, col = "red", pch= 3, main = "TSPLIB: d493")

  
## Write and read data in TSPLIB format
x <- data.frame(x=runif(5), y=runif(5))

## create TSP, ATSP and ETSP (2D)
tsp <- TSP(dist(x))
atsp <- ATSP(dist(x))
etsp <- ETSP(x[,1:2])  
  
write_TSPLIB(tsp, file="example.tsp")
#file.show("example.tsp")
r <- read_TSPLIB("example.tsp")  
r  
  
write_TSPLIB(atsp, file="example.tsp")
#file.show("example.tsp")
r <- read_TSPLIB("example.tsp")  
r  
  
write_TSPLIB(etsp, file="example.tsp")
#file.show("example.tsp")
r <- read_TSPLIB("example.tsp")  
r  
  
## clean up
unlink("example.tsp")