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An Algorithm for Facility Location in a Districted Region

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  • C ReVelle

    (Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA)

  • D J Elzinga

    (Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA)

Abstract

The problem of facility siting in a districted region is discussed and a two-stage algorithm proposed. The first stage consists of solving a particular facility siting problem (for example, a p -median problem, or a maximal location covering problem) in each district for all possible allocations of facilities to a district with respect to the number of facilities allocated in each district. The second stage is the allocation of resources (facilities) among the districts. A greedy algorithm is proposed to solve the resource allocation problem with a criterion of minimizing the sum of weighted distances under convex conditions.

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  • C ReVelle & D J Elzinga, 1989. "An Algorithm for Facility Location in a Districted Region," Environment and Planning B, , vol. 16(1), pages 41-50, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envirb:v:16:y:1989:i:1:p:41-50
    DOI: 10.1068/b160041
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