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Iterated maxima search for the maximally diverse grouping problem

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  • Lai, Xiangjing
  • Hao, Jin-Kao

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The maximally diverse grouping problem (MDGP) is to partition the vertices of an edge-weighted and undirected complete graph into m groups such that the total weight of the groups is maximized subject to some group size constraints. MDGP is a NP-hard combinatorial problem with a number of relevant applications. In this paper, we present an innovative heuristic algorithm called iterated maxima search (IMS) algorithm for solving MDGP. The proposed approach employs a maxima search procedure that integrates organically an efficient local optimization method and a weak perturbation operator to reinforce the intensification of the search and a strong perturbation operator to diversify the search. Extensive experiments on five sets of 500 MDGP benchmark instances of the literature show that IMS competes favorably with the state-of-the-art algorithms. We provide additional experiments to shed light on the rationality of the proposed algorithm and investigate the role of the key ingredients.

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  • Lai, Xiangjing & Hao, Jin-Kao, 2016. "Iterated maxima search for the maximally diverse grouping problem," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 254(3), pages 780-800.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ejores:v:254:y:2016:i:3:p:780-800
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2016.05.018
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