@inproceedings{75e072fa41be46828fafca2a0b8d5a2c,
title = "A weed colonization inspired algorithm for the weighted set cover problem",
abstract = "The Weighted Set Cover Problem (SCP) is a popular optimization problem that has been applied to different industrial applications, including scheduling, manufacturing, service planning and location problems. It consists in to find low cost solutions covering a set of requirements or needs. In this paper, we solve the SCP using a recent nature inspired algorithm: Invasive Weed Optimization (IWO). IWO imitates the invasive behavior of real weeds: natural reproduction and selection where the best weed has more chance of reproduction. We test our approach using known ORLIB test problems for the SCP. The computational results show that the IWO metaheuristic can find very good results.",
keywords = "Combinatorial optimization, Invasive Weed Optimization, Set covering problem",
author = "Broderick Crawford and Ricardo Soto and Leg{\"u}e, {Ismael Fuenzalida} and Sanjay Misra and Eduardo Olgu{\'i}n",
note = "Funding Information: The author Broderick Crawford is supported by grant CONICYT/FONDE-CYT/REGULAR/1140897 and Ricardo Soto is supported by grant CONICYT/FONDECYT/REGULAR/1160455. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016.; null ; Conference date: 04-07-2016 Through 07-07-2016",
year = "2016",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-42092-9_11",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783319420912",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
pages = "129--138",
editor = "Sanjay Misra and Osvaldo Gervasi and Torre, {Carmelo M.} and David Taniar and Elena Stankova and Rocha, {Ana Maria A.C.} and Shangguang Wang and Beniamino Murgante and Apduhan, {Bernady O.}",
booktitle = "Computational Science and Its Applications - 16th International Conference, ICCSA 2016, Proceedings",
}