Optimal Positioning of a Mobile Service Unit on a Line

E. Carrizosa, M. Muñoz-Márquez () and J. Puerto

Annals of Operations Research, 2002, vol. 111, issue 1, 75-88

Abstract: In this paper we address the problem of locating a mobile response unit when demand is distributed according to a random variable on a line. Properties are proven which reduce the problem to locating a non-mobile facility, transforming the original optimization problem into an one-dimensional convex program. In the special case of a discrete demand (a simple probability measure), an algorithm which runs in expected linear time is proposed. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 2002

Keywords: location; facilities planning and design; stochastic location; patrolling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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