Perspectives on modeling hub location problems

SA Alumur, JF Campbell, I Contreras, BY Kara… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The aim of this paper is to provide insights for better modeling hub location problems to help
create a road map for future hub location research. We first present a taxonomy to provide a …

Hub location problems: A review of models, classification, solution techniques, and applications

RZ Farahani, M Hekmatfar, AB Arabani… - Computers & industrial …, 2013 - Elsevier
Hub location problem (HLP) is a relatively new extension of classical facility location
problems. Hubs are facilities that work as consolidation, connecting, and switching points for …

Hub location problems

I Contreras, M O'Kelly - Location science, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Hub Location Problems (HLPs) lie at the heart of network design planning in
transportation and telecommunication systems. They constitute a challenging class of …

[HTML][HTML] A humanitarian cold supply chain distribution model with equity consideration: The case of COVID-19 vaccine distribution in the European Union

V Khodaee, V Kayvanfar, A Haji - Decision Analytics Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
This research develops a humanitarian cold supply chain model with equity consideration
for COVID-19 vaccine distribution during a pandemic, considering deprivation cost and an …

Benders decomposition for large-scale uncapacitated hub location

I Contreras, JF Cordeau, G Laporte - Operations research, 2011 - pubsonline.informs.org
This paper describes an exact algorithm capable of solving large-scale instances of the well-
known uncapacitated hub location problem with multiple assignments. The algorithm …

Optimizing vaccine distribution networks in low and middle-income countries

Y Yang, H Bidkhori, J Rajgopal - Omega, 2021 - Elsevier
Vaccination has been proven to be the most effective method to prevent infectious diseases.
However, there are still millions of children in low and middle-income countries who are not …

The tree of hubs location problem

I Contreras, E Fernández, A Marín - European Journal of Operational …, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper presents the Tree of Hubs Location Problem. It is a network hub location problem
with single assignment where a fixed number of hubs have to be located, with the …

General network design: A unified view of combined location and network design problems

I Contreras, E Fernández - European Journal of Operational Research, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper presents a unified framework for the general network design problem which
encompasses several classical problems involving combined location and network design …

Facility location problems: models, techniques, and applications in waste management

OJ Adeleke, DO Olukanni - Recycling, 2020 - mdpi.com
This paper presents a brief description of some existing models of facility location problems
(FLPs) in solid waste management. The study provides salient information on commonly …

An improved Benders decomposition algorithm for the tree of hubs location problem

EM de Sá, RS de Camargo, G de Miranda - European Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
The tree of hubs location problem is a particularly hard variant of the so called hub location
problems. When solving this problem by a Benders decomposition approach, it is necessary …