A Coral Reefs Optimization algorithm for optimal mobile network deployment with electromagnetic pollution control criterion

Sancho Salcedo-Sanz, Pilar García-Díaz, José Antonio Portilla-Figueras, Javier Del Ser, Sergio Gil-Lopez

Abstract: Highlights•A Mobile Network Deployment Problem is tackled using the CRO.•The Coral Reefs Optimization is based on corals and corals reefs biology.•A full description of the new algorithm is carried out.•Experimental comparison with alternative soft-computing algorithms is done.