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Heuristics Applied to Minimization of the Maximum-Diameter Clustering Problem

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This paper introduces two heuristic algorithms for the Maximum-Diameter Clustering Problem (MDCP), based on the Biased Random-Key Genetic Algorithm (BRKGA) and the Greedy Randomized Adaptive Search Procedure (GRASP) metaheuristics. This… Click to show full abstract

This paper introduces two heuristic algorithms for the Maximum-Diameter Clustering Problem (MDCP), based on the Biased Random-Key Genetic Algorithm (BRKGA) and the Greedy Randomized Adaptive Search Procedure (GRASP) metaheuristics. This problem consists of finding k clusters that minimize the largest within-cluster distance (diameter) among all clusters. The MDCP is classified as NP-hard and presents increased difficulty when attempting to determine the optimal solution for any instance. The results obtained in the experiments using 50 well-known instances indicate a good performance of proposed heuristics, that outperformed both three algorithms and an integer programming model from the literature.

Keywords: diameter; maximum diameter; problem; clustering problem; diameter clustering; heuristics applied

Journal Title: IEEE Latin America Transactions
Year Published: 2021

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