Hub location with flow economies of scale

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 32B, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 605-616

  O'Kelly, M E ^a   Bryan, D L ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Facility location; Hub and spoke; Network analysis

Indexed keywords

ECONOMY OF SCALE; HUB AND SPOKE NETWORK; LOCATION DECISION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COSTS; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

FLOW-INDEPENDENT COSTS; INTERHUB LINKS;

CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION);

EID: 0032219180     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-2615(98)00021-6     Document Type: Article

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