Optimal location of a facility relative to area demands

Z. Drezner and G. O. Weslowsky

Naval Research Logistics Quarterly, 1980, vol. 27, issue 2, 199-206

Abstract: This paper deals with the Weber single‐facility location problem where the demands are not only points but may be areas as well. It provides an iterative procedure for solving the problem with lp distances when p > 1 (a method of obtaining the exact solution when p = 1 and distances are thus rectangular already exists). The special case where the weight densities in the areas are uniform and the areas are rectangles or circles results in a modified iterative process that is computationally much faster. This method can be extended to the simultaneous location of several facilities.

Date: 1980
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