The design of the distribution system is a strategic issue for almost every company. The
problem of locating facilities and allocating customers covers the core topics of distribution …

Humanitarian logistics often faces the challenge of dealing with uncertainties when
develo** a rescue strategy in response to the occurrence of a disaster. We develop a …

This paper provides a detailed review of metaheuristic applications on discrete facility
location problems. The objective of this paper is to provide a concise summary of solution …

After a brief introduction to the basic concepts of reverse logistics, we present a two-level
location problem with three types of facility to be located in a specific reverse logistics …

We study a distributionally robust version of the classical capacitated facility location
problem with a distributional ambiguity set defined as a Wasserstein ball around an …

We propose an efficient evolutionary multi-objective optimization approach to the
capacitated facility location–allocation problem (CFLP) for solving large instances that …

Abstract Pre-hospital Emergency Medical Service (EMS) provides the immediate and
appropriate aid to patients in emergencies. As part of the traditional triad of first responders …

This paper combines analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and quality function deployment
(QFD) techniques to support a facility location decision from a requirement perspective. The …

Most distribution network design models considered to date have focused on minimizing
fixed costs of facility location and transportation costs. Measures of customer satisfaction …

Facility location problems form an important class of integer programming problems, with
applications in the telecommunication, distribution and transportation industries. In this …