A hybrid artificial bee colony algorithm for the cooperative maximum covering location problem

Abstract

This paper proposes a hybrid artificial bee colony algorithm for the cooperative maximum covering location problem (CMCLP) on a network. In location covering problems, it is assumed that each facility generates a signal whose strength decreases with the increase in distance and a demand point is considered to be covered if the total signal strength received by it from various facilities exceeds a certain threshold. The objective of the CMCLP is to locate the facilities in such a way that maximizes the total demands covered. The proposed hybrid approach obtained better quality solutions in comparison to the methods available in the literature.