Towards a Taxonomy of Parallel Tabu Search Heuristics

In this paper we present a classification of parallel tabu search metaheuristics based, on the one hand, on the control and communication strategies used in the design of the parallel tabu search procedures and, on the other hand, on how the search space is partitionned. These criteria are then used to review the parallel tabu search implementations described in the literature. The taxonomy is further illustrated by the results of several parallelization implementations of a tabu search procedure for multicommodity location-allocation problems with balancing requirements. Key words: Tabu search metaheuristics, Parallelization strategies, Taxonomy R'esum'e Nous pr'esentons un sch'ema de classification des algorithmes parall`eles de recherche avec tabous. La taxonomie est bas'ee, d'une part, sur les strat'egies de controle et de communication des algorithmes parall`eles de recherche avec tabous et, d'autre part, sur les r`egles de partitionnement du domaine. Ces crit`eres sont ensuite ut..