2001 journal article
Meta-optimization using cellular automata with application to the combined trip distribution and assignment system optimal problem
COMPUTER-AIDED CIVIL AND INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEERING, 16(6), 384–398.
In this paper, meta‐optimization and cellular automata have been introduced as a modeling environment for solving large‐scale and complex transportation problems. A constrained system optimum combined trip distribution and assignment problem was selected to demonstrate the applicability of the cellular automata approach over classical mixed integer formulation. A mathematical formulation for the selected problem has been developed and a methodology for applying cellular automata has been presented. A numerical example network was used to illustrate the potential for using cellular automata as a modeling environment for solving optimization problems.