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A continuous differential evolution algorithm for solving uncapacitated facility location problems.

Meiqing An1, Wanli Xiang2, Wenlong Zhu3

  • 1School of Traffic & Transportation, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou, 730070, Gansu, People's Republic of China.

Scientific Reports
|July 8, 2026
PubMed
Summary
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A new Continuous Differential Evolution (CDE) algorithm effectively solves uncapacitated facility location problems (UFLP). This approach enhances swarm intelligence for discrete optimization challenges, demonstrating superior performance.

Keywords:
Differential evolutionFacility locationPerturbation of fixed numberProbability discretization mechanismRandom replacement strategy

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Area of Science:

  • Operations Research
  • Computer Science
  • Artificial Intelligence

Background:

  • Differential Evolution (DE) excels in continuous optimization but struggles with discrete problems.
  • Uncapacitated Facility Location Problems (UFLP) are a significant class of discrete optimization challenges.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce a Continuous Differential Evolution (CDE) algorithm tailored for solving UFLP.
  • To leverage the strengths of DE in continuous spaces for discrete optimization tasks.

Main Methods:

  • Opposition-based learning for initial population generation within [0,1].
  • A fixed-number perturbation mechanism integrated into the crossover operation.
  • A random replacement strategy to repair infeasible solutions, ensuring component validity.
  • A probability discretization mechanism to map continuous solutions to binary vectors for UFLP objective function calculation.

Main Results:

  • The CDE algorithm successfully evolves in continuous space while addressing binary UFLPs.
  • Performance evaluation on 35 benchmark UFLP instances.
  • Comparative analysis against 16 state-of-the-art algorithms.

Conclusions:

  • Experimental results validate the performance, simplicity, superiority, and robustness of the CDE algorithm for UFLP.
  • CDE offers a viable and effective enhancement to swarm intelligence methods for discrete optimization.