Solving the competitive discretionary service facility location problem

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 366-378

  Wu, Tai Hsi ^a   Lin, Jen Nan ^a  

^a DA YEH UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Competitive facility; Flow capturing; Location

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS;

FLOW-CAPTURING LOCATION ALLOCATION PROBLEM (FCLAP);

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0037448280     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(01)00391-5     Document Type: Article

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