Multi-period stochastic covering location problems: Modeling framework and solution approach

Alfredo Marín, Luisa I. Martínez-Merino, Antonio M. Rodríguez-Chía and Francisco Saldanha-da-Gama

European Journal of Operational Research, 2018, vol. 268, issue 2, 432-449

Abstract: This paper introduces a very general discrete covering location model that accounts for uncertainty and time-dependent aspects. A MILP formulation is proposed for the problem. Afterwards, it is observed that most of the models existing in the literature related with covering location can be considered as particular cases of this formulation. In order to tackle large instances of this problem a Lagrangian relaxation based heuristic is developed. A computational study is addressed to check the potentials and limits of the formulation and some variants proposed for the problem, as well as to evaluate the heuristic. Finally, different measures to report the relevance of considering a multi-period stochastic setting are studied.

Keywords: Location; Covering; Discrete optimization; Multi-period facility location; Lagrangian relaxation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2018.01.040

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