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Location of Alternative-Fuel Stations Using the Flow-Refueling Location Model and Dispersion of Candidate Sites on Arcs

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  • Michael Kuby
  • Seow Lim

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The Flow Refueling Location Model (FRLM) is a flow-intercepting model that locates p stations on a network to maximize the refueling of origin–destination flows. Because of the limited driving range of vehicles, network vertices do not constitute a finite dominating set. This paper extends the FRLM by adding candidate sites along arcs using three methods. The first identifies arc segments where a single facility could refuel a path that would otherwise require two facilities at vertices to refuel it. The other methods use the Added-Node Dispersion Problem (ANDP) to disperse candidate sites along arcs by minimax and maximin methods. While none of the methods generate a finite dominating set, results show that adding ANDP sites produces better solutions than mid-path segments or vertices only. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2007

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  • Michael Kuby & Seow Lim, 2007. "Location of Alternative-Fuel Stations Using the Flow-Refueling Location Model and Dispersion of Candidate Sites on Arcs," Networks and Spatial Economics, Springer, vol. 7(2), pages 129-152, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:netspa:v:7:y:2007:i:2:p:129-152
    DOI: 10.1007/s11067-006-9003-6
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