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Continuous Facility Location Problems

In: The Palgrave Handbook of Operations Research

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  • Zvi Drezner

    (California State University)

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In this chapter we review continuous location models. Location models involve locating one or more facilities among a given set of demand points to achieve a certain objective. For example, locating a warehouse that serves a set of stores each requires a given delivery volume. The objective is minimizing the total delivery cost which is the sum of distances, weighted by the volume. In discrete location models, a finite set of potential locations for facilities is given. In continuous location models, facilities can be located anywhere in the plane, or in a limited region with an infinite number of potential locations.

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  • Zvi Drezner, 2022. "Continuous Facility Location Problems," Springer Books, in: Saïd Salhi & John Boylan (ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of Operations Research, chapter 0, pages 269-306, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-96935-6_9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-96935-6_9
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