Ha. Saleh et P. Dare, Effective heuristics for the GPS survey network of Malta: Simulated annealing and tabu search techniques, J HEURISTIC, 7(6), 2001, pp. 533-549
A GPS network can be defined as a set of stations, co-ordinated by a series
of sessions formed by placing receivers on the stations. This paper shows
how to search for the best order in which to observe these sessions giving
the cheapest schedule. The complexity of observing GPS networks increases w
ith their size and become highly difficult to solve effectively. To obtain
good methods to solve this problem a new area of research is implemented. T
his area is based on developed heuristic techniques that provide an optimal
or near optimal solution for large networks. Comparing their outcome in te
rms of solution quality and computational effort proves the performance of
the developed techniques.