Title
A hybrid three-phase approach for the Max-Mean Dispersion Problem
Abstract
This paper deals with the Max-Mean Dispersion Problem (Max-Mean DP) belonging to the general category of clustering problems which aim to find a subset of a set which maximizes a measure of dispersion/similarity between elements. A three-phase hybrid heuristic was developed, which combines a mixed integer non-linear solver, a local branching scheme and a path relinking procedure. Computational results performed on the literature instances show that the proposed procedure outperforms the state-of-the-art approaches.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1016/j.cor.2016.01.003
Computers & Operations Research
Keywords
Field
DocType
Max-Mean Dispersion Problem,Fractional combinatorial optimization,Quadratic binary programming,Hybrid heuristics
Integer,Dispersion (optics),Mathematical optimization,Heuristic,Statistical dispersion,Algorithm,Three-phase,Solver,Cluster analysis,Mathematics,Branching (version control)
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
71
C
0305-0548
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
5
0.41
10
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Federico Della Croce139941.60
Michele Garraffa2143.03
Fabio Salassa3569.79