Grouping genetic operators for the delineation of functional areas based on spatial interaction

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 6754-6766

  Martínez Bernabeu, Lucas ^a   Flórez Revuelta, Francisco ^a   Casado Díaz, José Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Combinatorial optimisation; Evolutionary algorithm; Functional areas; Grouping problem; Local market; Regionalisation

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL AREAS; GENETIC OPERATORS; GREEDY METHOD; GROUP-BASED; GROUPING PROBLEM; LOCAL MARKETS; MARKET AREAS; MUTATION OPERATORS; OECD COUNTRIES; OPTIMISATIONS; POLICY MAKING; PROCESSING TIME; REAL-WORLD PROBLEM; REGIONALISATION; SPATIAL INTERACTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION; DECISION MAKING;

EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84857659321     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2011.12.026     Document Type: Article

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