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On the choice of aggregation points for continuousp-median problems: A case for the gravity centre

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  • Frank Plastria, 2001. "On the choice of aggregation points for continuousp-median problems: A case for the gravity centre," TOP: An Official Journal of the Spanish Society of Statistics and Operations Research, Springer;Sociedad de Estadística e Investigación Operativa, vol. 9(2), pages 217-242, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:topjnl:v:9:y:2001:i:2:p:217-242
    DOI: 10.1007/BF02579084
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    1. Carrizosa, E. & Munoz-Marquez, M. & Puerto, J., 1998. "The Weber problem with regional demand," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 104(2), pages 358-365, January.
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    2. Irawan, Chandra Ade & Salhi, Said & Scaparra, Maria Paola, 2014. "An adaptive multiphase approach for large unconditional and conditional p-median problems," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 237(2), pages 590-605.
    3. Mladenovic, Nenad & Brimberg, Jack & Hansen, Pierre & Moreno-Perez, Jose A., 2007. "The p-median problem: A survey of metaheuristic approaches," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 179(3), pages 927-939, June.
    4. Richard Francis & Timothy Lowe, 2014. "Comparative error bound theory for three location models: continuous demand versus discrete demand," TOP: An Official Journal of the Spanish Society of Statistics and Operations Research, Springer;Sociedad de Estadística e Investigación Operativa, vol. 22(1), pages 144-169, April.
    5. R. Francis & T. Lowe & M. Rayco & A. Tamir, 2009. "Aggregation error for location models: survey and analysis," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 167(1), pages 171-208, March.
    6. Qi, Lian & Shen, Zuo-Jun Max, 2010. "Worst-case analysis of demand point aggregation for the Euclidean p-median problem," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 202(2), pages 434-443, April.
    7. Francis, R. L. & Lowe, T. J. & Tamir, A. & Emir-Farinas, H., 2004. "A framework for demand point and solution space aggregation analysis for location models," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 159(3), pages 574-585, December.

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