Basic Models for Facility Location
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This lecture resource covers basic models and efficient techniques for facility location. The slide set first introduces the problem of facility location along with the broader topic of logistics management. It then presents appropriate distance measures and a classification of planar facility location problems based on these measures. Four types of planar single facility location models are studied in detail. These models consider two different objective functions (minimizing the total travel distance and minimizing the maximum travel distance) and two distance measures (rectilinear distance and Euclidean distance). Lastly, the planar multi-facility location problem with rectilinear distance and the objective of minimizing the total travel distance is studied. Examples and solutions for all five location problems considered in this module are also provided.
This module was developed by Dr. Jose Ventura.
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