This comprehensive and clearly structured book presents essential information on modern Location Science. The book is divided into three parts: basic concepts, advanced concepts and applications. Written by the most respected specialists in the field and thoroughly reviewed by the editors, it first lays out the fundamental problems in Location Science and provides the reader with basic background information on location theory. Part II covers advanced models and concepts, broadening and expanding on the content presented in Part I. It provides the reader with important tools to help them understand and solve real-world location problems. Part III is dedicated to linking Location Science with other areas like GIS, telecommunications, healthcare, rapid transit networks, districting problems and disaster events, presenting a wide range of applications. This part enables the reader to understand the role of facility location in such areas, as well as to learn how to handle realistic location problems.
The book is intended for researchers working on theory and applications involving location problems and models. It is also suitable as a textbook for graduate courses on facility location.
Author(s): Gilbert Laporte, Stefan Nickel, Francisco Saldanha da Gama (eds.)
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Year: 2015
Language: English
Pages: 644
Tags: Operation Research/Decision Theory; Operations Research, Management Science; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography; Regional/Spatial Science
Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Introduction to Location Science....Pages 1-18
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
The p -Median Problem....Pages 21-45
Fixed-Charge Facility Location Problems....Pages 47-77
p -Center Problems....Pages 79-92
Covering Location Problems....Pages 93-114
Anti-covering Problems....Pages 115-132
Front Matter....Pages 133-133
Location of Dimensional Facilities in a Continuous Space....Pages 135-175
Facility Location Under Uncertainty....Pages 177-203
Location Problems with Multiple Criteria....Pages 205-247
Ordered Median Location Problems....Pages 249-288
Multi-Period Facility Location....Pages 289-310
Hub Location Problems....Pages 311-344
The Quadratic Assignment Problem....Pages 345-363
Competitive Location Models....Pages 365-398
Location-Routing and Location-Arc Routing....Pages 399-418
Location and Logistics....Pages 419-441
Stochastic Location Models with Congestion....Pages 443-486
Demand Point Aggregation for Some Basic Location Models....Pages 487-506
Front Matter....Pages 507-507
Location and GIS....Pages 509-536
Location Problems in Telecommunications....Pages 537-554
Front Matter....Pages 507-507
Location Problems in Healthcare....Pages 555-579
The Design of Rapid Transit Networks....Pages 581-594
Districting Problems....Pages 595-622
Location Problems Under Disaster Events....Pages 623-642
Back Matter....Pages 643-644
