Optimize location tower crane and supply facilities on construction site by discrete PSO algorithm

Abstract

The optimal positioning of tower crane locations and material supply points on the construction site is an important task and is considered a complex combinatorial problem. Metaheuristics are popular and effective techniques for solving such problems. This paper introduces the application of the standard Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm with discrete integer variables to solve the problem of optimizing the position of tower cranes and material supply points. A calculation program was built and numerical tests with 2 scenarios was conducted. The results show the performance of PSO and the applicability of the algorithm in the class of technical problems similar to the one under consideration.