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Simulated Annealing Metaheuristic Approach for Generating Alternative Corridor Locations

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This article presents a metaheuristic approach applying simulated annealing for the problem of planning corridors for oil pipelines facilities. The corridor location problem requires finding an optimal or a set of sub-optimal alternative routes between two locations, accounting for cost optimization and topographical constraints. The proposed simulated annealing applies a path-based search for exploring the space of possible routes. The experimental evaluation solves realistic problem instances considering real information of Veracruz, Mexico. The proposed approach is able to compute a set of near-optimal alternative routes that improve up to 34.1% of the terrain impact cost over a greedy pathfinding reference method, such as the ones included in traditional geographical information systems.

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Moreno-Bernal, P., Nesmachnow, S. (2021). Simulated Annealing Metaheuristic Approach for Generating Alternative Corridor Locations. In: Rossit, D.A., Tohmé, F., Mejía Delgadillo, G. (eds) Production Research. ICPR-Americas 2020. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1408. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76310-7_4

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