@inproceedings{52e4aacd1f1c4fadb7ff6c6de564be84,
title = "An Adaptive Intelligent Water Drops Algorithm for Set Covering Problem",
abstract = "Today, natural resources are more scarce than ever, so we must make good use of them. To achieve this goal, we can use metaheuristic optimization tools as an alternative to achieve good results in a reasonable amount of time. The present work focuses on the use of adaptive techniques to facilitate the use of this type of tool to obtain good functional parameters. We use a constructive metaheuristic algorithm called Intelligent Water Drops to solve the set covering problem. To demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed method, the obtained results were compared with the standard version using the same initial configuration for both algorithms. Additionally, the Kolmogorov-Smirnov-Lilliefors, Wilcoxon signed-rank and Violin chart tests were applied to statistically validate the results, which showed that metaheuristics with autonomous search have a better behavior than do standard algorithms.",
keywords = "Autonomous Search, Combinatorial Optimization, Metaheuristics",
author = "Broderick Crawford and Ricardo Soto and Gino Astorga and Jose Lemus-Romani and Sanjay Misra and Rubio, {Jose Miguel}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 IEEE. Copyright: Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.; 19th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2019 ; Conference date: 01-07-2019 Through 04-07-2019",
year = "2019",
month = jul,
doi = "10.1109/ICCSA.2019.000-6",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings - 2019 19th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2019",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "39--45",
editor = "Sanjay Misra and Osvaldo Gervasi and Beniamino Murgante and Elena Stankova and Vladimir Korkhov and Carmelo Torre and Rocha, {Ana Maria A. C.} and David Taniar and Apduhan, {Bernady O.} and Eufemia Tarantino",
booktitle = "Proceedings - 2019 19th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2019",
}