A cross entropy-based metaheuristic algorithm for large-scale capacitated facility location problems.
Marco CasertaE. Quiñonez RicoPublished in: J. Oper. Res. Soc. (2009)
Keyphrases
- metaheuristic
- simulated annealing
- ant colony optimization
- optimal solution
- np hard
- search space
- combinatorial optimization
- scatter search
- harmony search
- dynamic programming
- optimization algorithm
- objective function
- benchmark instances
- worst case
- particle swarm optimization
- probabilistic model
- vehicle routing problem
- routing problem
- computational complexity
- tabu search
- mathematical model
- solution quality
- exact algorithms
- cost function
- path relinking
- genetic algorithm
- greedy randomized adaptive search procedure