PLoS ONE • Vol 17 • No 8
Optimal location of logistics distribution centres with swarm intelligent clustering algorithms
August 2022 • Tsung‐Xian Lin, Zhong-huan Wu, Wen‐Tsao Pan
A clustering algorithm is a solution for grouping a set of objects and for distribution centre location problems. But the common K-means clustering algorithm may give local optimal solutions. Swarm intelligent algorithms simulate the social behaviours of animals and avoid local optimal solutions. We employ three swarm intelligent algorithms to avoid these solutions. We propose a new algorithm for the clustering problem, the fruit-fly optimization K-means algorithm (FOA K-means). We designed a distribution centre l…