This paper addresses the finite size 1-center placement problem on a rectangular plane in the presence of barriers. Barriers are regions in which both facility location and trave...
A multiobjective combinatorial optimization (MOCO) formulation for the following location-routing problem in healthcare management is given: For a mobile healthcare facility, a cl...
This paper investigates, for the first time in the literature, the approximation of minmax (regret) versions of classical problems like shortest path, minimum spanning tree, and ...
Hassene Aissi, Cristina Bazgan, Daniel Vanderpoote...
This paper describes an integrated location-distribution model for coordinating logistics support and evacuation operations in disaster response activities. Logistics planning in ...
The no-fit polygon is a construct that can be used between pairs of shapes for fast and efficient handling of geometry within irregular two-dimensional stock cutting problems. Pre...
Edmund K. Burke, Robert S. R. Hellier, Graham Kend...
One of the key challenges of current day electronic procurement systems is to enable procurement decisions transcend beyond a single attribute such as cost. Consequently, multiatt...
S. Kameshwaran, Y. Narahari, Charles H. Rosa, Deva...
— We describe a solution procedure for a special case of the periodic vehicle routing problem (PVRP). Operation managers at an auto parts in the north of Spain described the opti...