Author(s)

Epaminondas Sidiropoulos

Faculty of Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.

The combined optimization problem of resource production and allocation is considered. The spatial character of the problem is emphasized and cellular modeling is introduced. First a new enhanced harmony search algorithm is applied combined with cellular concepts. Then another new approach is presented involving a cellular automaton combined with harmony search. This second approach renders solutions with greater compactness, a desirable characteristic in spatial optimization. The two algorithms are compared and discussed.

Harmony Search; Cellular Automata; Spatial Optimization; Resource Allocation

E. Sidiropoulos, "Harmony Search and Cellular Automata in Spatial Optimization," Applied Mathematics, Vol. 3 No. 10A, 2012, pp. 1532-1537. doi: 10.4236/am.2012.330213.