Sensitivity analysis of a continuous multifacility competitive location and design problem

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Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 347-365

  Redondo, J L ^a   Fernandez J ^b   Garcia I ^a   Ortigosa, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Competition; Computational study; Continuous location; Evolutionary algorithm; Facility design; Multifacility; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 74649083426     PISSN: 11345764     EISSN: 18638279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11750-008-0071-2     Document Type: Article

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