Coverage optimization in continuous space facility siting

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 757-776

  Murray, Alan T ^a   Tong, Daoqin ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geometry; Location modeling; Spatial representation

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; GIS; MODELING; OPTIMIZATION; POLYGON; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

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EID: 34347204850     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658810601169857     Document Type: Article

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