A high performance heuristic solution method is proposed able to locate near to optimal sites composed by a given number of cells (raster structure). These sites must be compact and maximize levels of the sites intrinsic ...

This paper presents an evaluation of the Heuristic for Locating Cells (HLC) for identifying optimal sites in raster maps. The optimal sites are the result of a trade-off between the on-site suitability of individual cells, ...

Identifying optimal sites on raster maps is a complex problem when the sites are larger than the cell size. Optimal sites involves a trade-off between the intrinsic characteristics of individual cells and the spatial ...

In this paper, we make a quantitative analysis of spatial patterns for the earliest archaeological component (early Holocene) at Cueva Maripe, a multiple-activity site located in Santa Cruz province (Patagonia, Argentina). ...

A heuristic solution method to identify a predefined number of cells in raster maps optimizing both multiple intrinsic cell characteristics and cell patch compactness (Vanegas et al. in Lect. Notes Comput. Sci. 5072:389-404, ...

Policy and decision makers dealing with environmental conservation and land use planning often require identifying potential sites for contributing to minimize sediment flow reaching riverbeds. This is the case of reforestation ...