Facility Location Concepts, Models, Algorithms and Case Studies /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Zanjirani Farahani, Reza (Editor), Hekmatfar, Masoud (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg : Physica-Verlag HD : Imprint: Physica, 2009.
• Series: Contributions to Management Science,
• Subjects: Business.; Production management.; Business and Management.; Operations Management.

This book deals with location problems. Location problems establish a set of facilities (resources) to minimize the cost of satisfying a set of demands (customers) with respect to a set of constraints. There are four components that describe location problems: customers, who are assumed to be alread...