Bilbao, Miren NekaneDel Ser, JavierSalcedo-Sanz, SanchoCasanova-Mateo, Carlos2015Bilbao , M N , Del Ser , J , Salcedo-Sanz , S & Casanova-Mateo , C 2015 , ' On the Application of Multi-objective Harmony Search Heuristics to the Predictive Deployment of Firefighting Aircrafts: a Realistic Case Study : A realistic case study ' , unknown , vol. unknown , no. 5 , pp. 270-284 . https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBIC.2015.072257researchoutputwizard: 11556/231Publisher Copyright: Copyright © 2015 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.This manuscript focuses on the increasing frequency and scales of worldwide wildfires and the need for enhancing the effectiveness of firefighting resources. The scope is focused on optimally deploying firefighting aircrafts on aerodromes and airports existing over an area based on fire risk predictions. This scenario is formulated as a capacity-constrained multi-objective optimisation problem where the utility of the deployed resources with respect to fire forest risk predictions is to be maximised, and expenditures associated with the reallocation of aircrafts must be minimised. This formulation is further complemented by including the impact of the distance from the wildfire to water sources in the firefighting utility function. To efficiently tackle this problem a multi-objective harmony search solver is designed and tested in synthetically generated and real scenarios for the Iberian Peninsula. The results obtained pave the way towards the utilisation of this tool by decision makers when outlining their firefighting logistics.152994216enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccessjournal article10.1504/IJBIC.2015.072257forest firesforest weather index FWIharmony searchcapacity-constrained multi-objective optimisationresource deploymentfirefighting logisticsforest firesforest weather index FWIharmony searchcapacity-constrained multi-objective optimisationresource deploymentfirefighting logisticsFire forest weather indexFirefighting resourcesFWITheoretical Computer ScienceGeneral Computer ScienceFunding InfoThe authors would like to thank the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation for its partial support under projects ECO2010-22065-C03-02 and TEC2011-28250-C02-02.The authors would like to thank the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation for its partial support under projects ECO2010-22065-C03-02 and TEC2011-28250-C02-02.http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84945187770&partnerID=8YFLogxK