hCHAC-4, an ACO Algorithm for Solving the Four-Criteria Military Path-finding Problem
A. M. Mora5
, J. J. Merelo5
, J. L. J. Laredo5
, P. A. Castillo5
, P. G. Sánchez5
, J. P. Sevilla5
, C. Millán6
and J. Torrecillas6 
| (5) |
Dpto. Arquitectura y Tecnología de Computadores, University of Granada (Spain), Spain |
| (6) |
Mando de Adiestramiento y Doctrina. Spanish Army, Spain |
Abstract
Algorithms for decision support in the battlefield have to take into account separately all factors with an impact of success:
speed, visibility, and consumption of material and human resources. It is usual to combine several objectives, since military
commanders give more importance to some factors than others, but it is interesting to also explore and optimize all objectives
at the same time, to have a wider range of possible solutions to choose from, and explore more efficiently the space of all
possible paths. In this paper we introduce hCHAC-4, the four-objective version of the hCHAC bi-objective ant colony optimization
algorithm, and compare results obtained with them and also with some other approaches (extreme and mono-objective ones). It
is concluded that this new version of the algorithm is more robust, and covers more efficiently the Pareto front of all possible
solutions, so it can be consider as a better tool for military decision support.
Supported by projects TIC2003-09481-C04, TIN2007-68083-C02-01, and P06-TIC-02025.