TY - JOUR
T1 - A Coral Reefs Optimization algorithm for optimal mobile network deployment with electromagnetic pollution control criterion
AU - Salcedo-Sanz, S.
AU - García-Díaz, P.
AU - Portilla-Figueras, J. A.
AU - Del Ser, J.
AU - Gil-López, S.
PY - 2014/11
Y1 - 2014/11
N2 - In this paper we apply a novel meta-heuristic approach, the Coral Reefs Optimization (CRO) algorithm, to solve a Mobile Network Deployment Problem (MNDP), in which the control of the electromagnetic pollution plays an important role. The CRO is a new bio-inspired meta-heuristic algorithm based on the growing and evolution of coral reefs. The aim of this paper is therefore twofold: first of all, we study the performance of the CRO approach in a real hard optimization problem, and second, we solve an important problem in the field of telecommunications, including the minimization of electromagnetic pollution as a key concept in the problem. We show that the CRO is able to obtain excellent solutions to the MNDP in a real instance in Alcalá de Henares (Madrid, Spain), improving the results obtained by alternative algorithms such as Evolutionary, Particle Swarm Optimization or Harmony Search algorithms.
AB - In this paper we apply a novel meta-heuristic approach, the Coral Reefs Optimization (CRO) algorithm, to solve a Mobile Network Deployment Problem (MNDP), in which the control of the electromagnetic pollution plays an important role. The CRO is a new bio-inspired meta-heuristic algorithm based on the growing and evolution of coral reefs. The aim of this paper is therefore twofold: first of all, we study the performance of the CRO approach in a real hard optimization problem, and second, we solve an important problem in the field of telecommunications, including the minimization of electromagnetic pollution as a key concept in the problem. We show that the CRO is able to obtain excellent solutions to the MNDP in a real instance in Alcalá de Henares (Madrid, Spain), improving the results obtained by alternative algorithms such as Evolutionary, Particle Swarm Optimization or Harmony Search algorithms.
KW - Coral Reefs Optimization algorithm
KW - Mobile network deployment
KW - Network optimization algorithms
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84905269180&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.asoc.2014.07.007
DO - 10.1016/j.asoc.2014.07.007
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84905269180
SN - 1568-4946
VL - 24
SP - 239
EP - 248
JO - Applied Soft Computing Journal
JF - Applied Soft Computing Journal
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