Applications of Location Analysis
This book, companion to Foundations of Location Analysis (Springer, 2011), highlights some of the applications of location analysis within the spheres of businesses, those that deal with public services, and applications that deal with law enforcement and
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Series Editor Camille C. Price Stephen F. Austin State University, TX, USA Associate Series Editor Joe Zhu Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA, USA Founding Series Editor Frederick S. Hillier Stanford University, CA, USA
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H. A. Eiselt • Vladimir Marianov Editors
Applications of Location Analysis
Editors H. A. Eiselt Faculty of Business Administration University of New Brunswick Fredericton New Brunswick Canada
Vladimir Marianov Department of Electrical Engineering Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Macul Chile
ISSN 0884-8289 ISSN 2214-7934 (electronic) International Series in Operations Research & Management Science ISBN 978-3-319-20281-5 ISBN 978-3-319-20282-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-20282-2 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015948175 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
This book is designed to highlight some of the applications of location analysis in a variety of different fields. In some sense, it is a companion piece of the “Foundations of Location Analysis” volume that was published in 2011. While the latter book focused on the problems that can be solved, this book describes scenarios, in which location techniques have been used to solve actual problems. It is well known that the techniques that are usually described in books and taught in many location courses—medians, centers, covering problems—are but prototypes that may be applied to real situations when suitably modified. In addition, many location problems comprise multiple objectives, which makes tools from multicriteria decision making an attractive choice. As was stated elsewhere, the fact that location problems are typically found on the strategic level
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