A firefly algorithm for solving competitive location-design problem: a case study
الموضوعات :Seyed Jafar Sadjadi 1 , Milad Gorji Ashtiani 2 , Reza Ramezanian 3 , Ahmad Makui 4
1 - Department of Industrial Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Narmak, Tehran, Iran
2 - Department of Industrial Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Narmak, Tehran, Iran
3 - Department of Industrial Engineering, K. N Toosi University of Technology, Vanak, Tehran, Iran
4 - Department of Industrial Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Narmak, Tehran, Iran
الکلمات المفتاحية: algorithm, Competitive facility location Location, design Market share Budget constraint Firefly,
ملخص المقالة :
This paper aims at determining the optimal number of new facilities besides specifying both the optimal location and design level of them under the budget constraint in a competitive environment by a novel hybrid continuous and discrete firefly algorithm. A real-world application of locating new chain stores in the city of Tehran, Iran, is used and the results are analyzed. In addition, several examples have been solved to evaluate the efficiency of the proposed model and algorithm. The results demonstrate that the performed method provides good-quality results for the test problems.
