A Modified Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm for p-Center Problems

作者:Yurtkuran Alkin*; Emel Erdal
来源:The Scientific World Journal, 2014, 2014: 824196.
DOI:10.1155/2014/824196

摘要

The objective of the p-center problem is to locate p-centers on a network such that the maximum of the distances from each node to its nearest center is minimized. The artificial bee colony algorithm is a swarm-based meta-heuristic algorithm that mimics the foraging behavior of honey bee colonies. This study proposes a modified ABC algorithm that benefits from a variety of search strategies to balance exploration and exploitation. Moreover, random key-based coding schemes are used to solve the p-center problem effectively. The proposed algorithm is compared to state-of-the-art techniques using different benchmark problems, and computational results reveal that the proposed approach is very efficient.

  • 出版日期2014