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This paper considers the problem of planning for optimal location of civil defence sirens. In such a problem a number of conditions like weather, habitation density, distance between sirens, mounting height of sirens, type of sirens, etc., are to be taken into consideration. A relaxed and highly efficient mathematical model able of estimating the effectiveness of a given network of mounted sirens is proposed.
Based on this Model an optimization problem is formulated to find the optimal network of siren mountings given a specific budget.
To solve this optimization problem, three approaches, based on Simulated Annealing, The Greedy Algorithm, and Branch and Bound, have been implemented. These prove able to find the optimal network of siren locations in acceptable time, subject to realistic conditions. Numerical experiences based on extensive tests will also be reported.
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Hansen, T.D. (1993). Location of Civil Defence Sirens. In: Vidal, R.V.V. (eds) Applied Simulated Annealing. Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, vol 396. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-46787-5_11
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