IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/spr/ijsaem/v15y2024i2d10.1007_s13198-021-01400-8.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Routing decisions for Buddhist pilgrimage: an elitist genetic algorithm approach

Author

Listed:
  • Rabin K. Jana

    (Indian Institute of Management Raipur)

  • Dinesh K. Sharma

    (University of Maryland Eastern Shore)

  • Subrata K. Mitra

    (Institute of Management Technology)

  • Bidushi Chakraborty

    (Institute of Engineering & Management)

Abstract

Pilgrimage is a historic and inseparable event in Buddhism. The event is significant for Indian tourism and its long-term viability. There are several critical Buddhist pilgrimage-related problems. One such problem is determining the best route decisions to cover main Buddhist sites. This problem has never been mathematically studied. In this paper, we formulate the Buddhist pilgrimage problem as an asymmetric traveling salesman problem. We focus on foreign pilgrims who will travel to India by air. We consider two cases - (i) closed tour in which pilgrims’ port of entry and exit are the same, (ii) open tour in which pilgrims’ port of entry and exit are different. These problems are combinatorial in nature. We propose an elitist genetic algorithm to suggest to pilgrims the best route for which the distance traveled is minimum. To illustrate the proposed approach, we consider fifteen major Buddhist sites and two ports of entry and provide the best pilgrimage decisions for open and closed tour options. The results show that the pilgrims should prefer the port of entry Mumbai in both closed and open tour problems. Also, the open tour decision is the best for the pilgrims, in which the journey starts from Mumbai and finishes at New Delhi.

Suggested Citation

  • Rabin K. Jana & Dinesh K. Sharma & Subrata K. Mitra & Bidushi Chakraborty, 2024. "Routing decisions for Buddhist pilgrimage: an elitist genetic algorithm approach," International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management, Springer;The Society for Reliability, Engineering Quality and Operations Management (SREQOM),India, and Division of Operation and Maintenance, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden, vol. 15(2), pages 609-620, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:ijsaem:v:15:y:2024:i:2:d:10.1007_s13198-021-01400-8
    DOI: 10.1007/s13198-021-01400-8
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s13198-021-01400-8
    File Function: Abstract
    Download Restriction: Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1007/s13198-021-01400-8?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:spr:ijsaem:v:15:y:2024:i:2:d:10.1007_s13198-021-01400-8. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.springer.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.