Location and shape of a rectangular facility in ℝn. Convexity properties

Mathematical Programming, Series B

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 277-290

  Carrizosa, E ^a   Munoz Marquez M ^b   Puerto, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b Departamento de Matematicas   (Spain)

Author keywords

Average distance; Facilities; Regional location

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042264039     PISSN: 00255610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02680563     Document Type: Article

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