Competitive Location Models: A Framework and Bibliography

Many location problems can be formulated as minimizing some location objective function subject to upper bounds on other location constraint functions. When such functions are subadditive and nondecreasing in the distances (a common occurrence),…

The focus of this chapter will be on models that can be used to assist in locating public and private sector facilities. The remainder of this chapter is organized as follows: We conclude this introduction section with a discussion of four typical…

Research in the area of educational technology has often been critiqued for a lack of theoretical grounding. In this article we propose a conceptual framework for educational technology by building on Shulman's formulation of "pedagogical content…

Reviews several books related to transportation and facilities location management. "Facilities Location: Models and Methods," by R. F. Lowe, J. G. Morris and G. O. Wesolowsky; "Vehicle Operating Costs: Evidence From Developing Countries," by Andrew…

A strategic is.sue which is of interest to distribution planners is where to best site warehouses. Model formulations, and solution approaches, which address the issue vary widely in terms of mathematical and computational complexity. This paper…

Common queries regarding information processing in ubiquitous computing are based on the location of physical objects. No matter whether it is the next printer, next restaurant, or a friend is searched for, a notion of distances between objects is…

Extreme weather conditions such as ice storms often cause significant damage to electric power transmission and distribution systems and result in large-scale power failures. In such cases, electric utilities need to repair the transmission and…

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 system design. Model formulations and solution algorithms which…

Background: Identification of low-income women with the rare but serious risk of hereditary cancer and their referral to appropriate services presents an important public health challenge. We report the results of formative research to reach…

Modelling is most clearly understood as a adjunct in the process of deriving predictions from hypotheses. By representing a hypothesised mechanism in a model we hope by manipulating the model to understand the hypotheses' consequences. Eight…