A Note on the Optimal Positioning of Service Units

E. Carrizosa, M. Muñoz-Márquez and J. Puerto
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E. Carrizosa: Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
M. Muñoz-Márquez: Universidad de Cádit, Cádit, Spain
J. Puerto: Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain

Operations Research, 1998, vol. 46, issue 1, 155-156

Abstract: In this paper we address the problem of locating p mobile service units in an n -dimensional space minimizing the expected response time. It is shown that an optimal solution to the problem is a degenerate distribution for the service, concluding that it is optimal to park the p units. This extends previous results in the literature for location on a segment.

Keywords: Facilities/equipment planning; location; continuous; Multifacility location; Facilities/equipment planning; location; stochastic; location of mobile units (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1998
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