This book applies Multicriteria Decision Making (MCDM) tools and techniques to problems in location analysis. It begins with a generic model for MCDM and subsequently develops specific versions of the technique for particular location problems. Throughout the book, MCDM is understood to encompass all tools and techniques that choose or rank existing or feasible solutions, including discrete multi-attribute decision making (MADM) problems, which typically include an attribute table that specifies the consequences of each decision with regard to the given criteria, as well as multi-objective linear problems (MOLPs), which incorporate all objectives in a single optimization problem.
The book is organized as follows: the first four chapters introduce readers to the basic tools and techniques used in single-objective optimization, multicriteria decision making, location analysis, and other tools, such as statistical regression and geographical information systems. This is followed by ten chapters on model applications, each of which introduces readers to a specific location problem and applies one technique to solve it. The book is then wrapped up in a closing chapter that looks at the location process from a practitioner’s point of view. This book is intended as a textbook for upper-undergraduate and master-level courses on location analysis. It will also benefit decision-makers who actually need to locate facilities.
Author(s): H. A. Eiselt, Vladimir Marianov, Joyendu Bhadury
Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, 338
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 316
City: Cham
Preface
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
References
Part I: Tools and Techniques of Multicriteria Location Analysis
Chapter 2: Single-Objective Optimization
Appendix
A.1 Sensitivity Analysis
A.2 Visualizations of Sensitivity Analyses
A.3 Modeling Nonlinear Functions
A.4 Piecewise Linearization of Nonlinear Constraints
A.5 Heuristics
References
Chapter 3: Multicriteria Decision Making
3.1 The Basic Setting
3.2 Some Approaches in the MOP and MADM Settings
3.3 Methods for MOP Problems
3.4 Methods for MADM Problems
3.4.1 Making It Work
References
Chapter 4: Location Models
4.1 The Basic Setting
4.2 The Main Features of Location Problems
4.3 The Basic Models and Their Extensions
4.3.1 Problems with ``Pull´´ Objective
4.3.2 Problems with ``Push´´ Objective
4.3.3 Problems with ``Balancing´´ Objective
4.4 Evaluation of Point Patterns
4.5 Making It Work
References
Chapter 5: Mathematical and Geospatial Tools
5.1 Interpolation/Curve Fitting
5.1.1 Regressions
5.1.2 Voronoi Diagrams
5.2 GIS Tools
5.2.1 Basic Elements and Features
5.2.2 Geoprocessing Tools
5.3 Voting Procedures
5.4 Making It Work
5.4.1 Interpolation and Curve Fitting
5.4.2 Voting Procedures
References
Software Resources
Some GIS Tools
Part II: Model Applications
Chapter 6: Locating a Landfill with Vector Optimization
6.1 Making It Work
References
Chapter 7: Using Goal Programming to Locate a New Fire Hall
7.1 Making It Work
References
Chapter 8: Locating a Hospital with a Zoom Approach
8.1 Making It Work
References
Chapter 9: Locating a Private School with a Generic Method
9.1 Making It Work
References
Chapter 10: Locating Jails with a Target Value Approach
10.1 Making It Work
References
Chapter 11: A Rejection Approach to Locate a New City Park
11.1 Making It Work
References
Chapter 12: Locating a New Fulfillment Center with the Domain Criterion
12.1 Making It Work
References
Chapter 13: Locating Fast Food Restaurants with the Analytic Hierarchy Process
13.1 Making It Work
References
Chapter 14: Locating Billboards with the Jefferson-d´Hondt Method
14.1 Making It Work
References
Chapter 15: Locating an Airport by Voting
15.1 Making It Work
References
Part III: Practitioner Perspective
Chapter 16: How Location Works in Practice: A Perspective from the United States
16.1 Introduction
16.2 Area Development´s Annual Survey of Critical Site Selection Factors
16.3 Workforce-Related Factors
16.4 Infrastructure and Proximity-Related Factors
16.5 Tax Climate and Incentives
16.6 Locational Decision-Making Process
16.7 Global Location
16.8 Influence of State Rankings
16.9 Trends in Economic Development Strategies to Facilitate Site Selection
16.10 Location of ``Undesirable´´ Facilities
References
