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T1 Application of multi-objective evolutionary algorithms for planning healthy and balanced school lunches
A1 Ramos Pérez, Juan Manuel
A1 Miranda Valladares, Gara
A1 Segredo González, Eduardo Manuel
A1 León Hernández, Coromoto
A1 Rodríguez León, Casiano
A2 Ingeniería Informática y de Sistemas
A2 Algoritmos y lenguajes paralelos
K1 menu planning
K1 multi-objective optimization
K1 multi-criteria decision making
K1 evolutionary computation
K1 health and nutrition
AB A multi-objective formulation of the Menu Planning Problem, which is termed the Multiobjective Menu Planning Problem, is presented herein. Menu planning is of great interest in the health field due to the importance of proper nutrition in today’s society, and particularly, in school canteens. In addition to considering the cost of the meal plan as the classic objective to be minimized, wealso introduce a second objective aimed at minimizing the degree of repetition of courses and food groups that a particular meal plan consists of. The motivation behind this particular multi-objective formulation is to offer a meal plan that is not only affordable but also varied and balanced from a nutritional standpoint. The plan is designed for a given number of days and ensures that the specific nutritional requirements of school-age children are satisfied. The main goal of the current work is to demonstrate the multi-objective nature of the said formulation, through a comprehensive experimental assessment carried out over a set of multi-objective evolutionary algorithms applied to different instances. At the same time, we are also interested in validating the multi-objective formulation by performing quantitative and qualitative analyses of the solutions attained when solving it. Computational results show the multi-objective nature of the said formulation, as well as that it allows suitable meal plans to be obtained.
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/40624
UL http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/40624
LA en
NO https://doi.org/10.3390/MATH9010080
DS Repositorio institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna
RD 08-ene-2025