deadlines

In this paper, we are interested in the Probabilistic Traveling Salesman Problem with Deadlines (PTSPD) where clients must be contacted, in addition to their random availability before a set deadline.  The main objective is to find an optimal route that covers a random subset of visitors in the same order as they appear on the tour, attempting to keep the path as short as possible.  This problem is regarded as being $\sharp$P-hard.  Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) has been frequently employed to resolve this challenging optimization problem.  However, we suggest an enhanc