APLICAÇÃO DE UM ALGORITMO GENÉTICO PARA O PROBLEMA DO CARTEIRO CHINÊS EM UMA SITUAÇÃO REAL DE COBERTURA DE ARCOS.

The Chinese Postman Problem is an optimization problem that aims to cover all the arcs of a graph, minimizing the total distance traveled. Can be applied to non-directed graphs (two-way streets), directed (one-way streets) or mixed (some two-way streets and other one-way). These arch for the route is done by algorithms that generate approximate solutions. In this work we used a genetic algorithm for the construction of routes that approximate the optimal solution. The main objective is to minimize the cost of the course of collection and transportation solid waste in the city of Irati (PR), Brazil. The application of the algorithm was performed in a downtown area. Were used formapping, real data courtesy of City Hall officials. With the help of the online application Google Earth, we obtained the geographical coordinates of the vertices of the graph associated with the problem. The results generated by the genetic algorithm were compared with the optimal solution obtained by LINGO ® 12.0 software. These results were satisfactory for this mall instance of problems analyzed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]