title: A modified artificial bee colony algorithm for p-center problems.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Industrial Engineering, Uludag University, Görükle Campus, 16059 Bursa, Turkey.
authors.forename: Alkın
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yurtkuran
authors.affiliation: Department of Industrial Engineering, Uludag University, Görükle Campus, 16059 Bursa, Turkey.
authors.forename: Erdal
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-9220-7353
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Emel
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000818:Animals; D001516:Bees