June 2013
Intermediate to advanced
558 pages
16h 7m
English
PIERRE HANSEN,* MARTINE LABBÉ,† DOMINIQUE PEETERS‡ and JACQUES-FRANÇOIS THISSE§
RUTCOR, Rutgers University,* GRESG, Université de Strasbourg L† Department of Geography‡ and CORE,§ Université Catholique de Louvain
The authors are indebted to R. Arnott, H. Beguin, P. Hanjoul, G. Wesolowsky and L. Wolsey for their comments on previous drafts of this chapter.
Facility location analysis deals with the problem of locating new facilities with regard to existing facilities and clients in order to optimize one or several economic criteria. Examples of facilities are plants, warehouses, schools, hospitals, administrative buildings, department stores, military bases, waste material dumps, ambulance ...
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