This chapter reviews the location set covering model, maximal covering model and P-
median model. These models form the heart of the models used in location planning in …

Hydrogen is emerging as a zero-carbon energy source for the sustainable future. Hydrogen
station plays the role of supplying hydrogen to fuel cell vehicles. However, the small number …

Comprehensively teaches the fundamentals of supply chain theory This book presents the
methodology and foundations of supply chain management and also demonstrates how …

Although modern location theory is now more than 90 years old, the focus of researchers in
this area has been mainly problem oriented. However, a common theory, which keeps the …

By means of a model based on a set covering formulation, it is shown how the p-median
problem can be solved with just a column generation approach that is embedded in a …

The basic K-center problem is a fundamental facility location problem. Given n vertices with
some distances, one wants to build k facilities in different vertices, so as to minimize the …

Energy saving and effective utilization are an essential issue for wireless sensor network.
Most previous cluster based routing protocols only care the relationship of cluster heads and …

Governments must consider different issues when deciding on the location of healthcare
centers. In addition to the costs of opening such centers, three further elements should be …

Ordered median optimization has been proven to be a powerful tool to generalize many well-
known problems from the literature. In Location Theory, the Discrete Ordered Median …

Clustering is a foundational problem in machine learning with numerous applications. As
machine learning increases in ubiquity as a backend for automated systems, concerns …