Network and Discrete Location

Models, Algorithms, and Applications

Mark S. Daskin (Autor)

Online Resource

520 Seiten

2011
Wiley-Interscience (Hersteller)
978-1-118-03234-3 (ISBN)

Infos

The comprehensive introduction to the art and science of locating facilities to make your organization more efficient, effective, and profitable. For the professional siting facilities, the task of translating organizational goals and objectives into concrete facilities requires a working familiarity with the theoretical and practical fundamentals of facility location planning and modeling. The first hands-on guide to using and developing facility location models, Network and Discrete Location offers a practiceoriented introduction to model-building methods and solution algorithms, complete with software to solve classical problems of realistic size and end-of-chapter exercises to enhance the reader's understanding. The text introduces the reader to the key classical location problems (covering, center, median, and fixed charge) which form the nucleus of facility location modeling. It also discusses real-life extensions of the basic models used in locating: production and distribution facilities, interacting services and facilities, and undesirable facilities. The book outlines a host of methodological tools for solving location models and provides insights into when each approach is useful and what information it provides. Designed to give readers a working familiarity with the basic facility location model types as well as an intuitive knowledge of the uses and limits of modeling techniques, Network and Discrete Location brings students and professionals alike swiftly from basic theory to technical fluency.

Autor

MARK S. DASKIN, PhD, is Clyde W. Johnson Collegiate Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering as well as Department Chair at the University of Michigan. Dr. Daskin is the former editor-in-chief of both Transportation Science and IIE Transactions and continues to serve on the editorial boards of both journals. He is also on the editorial board of the IIE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering and is the author of the award-winning book Service Science, also published by Wiley.

Inhalt

Introduction to Location Theory and Models.

Review of Linear Programming Problem.

An Overview of Complexity Analysis.

Covering Problems.

Center Problems.

Median Problems.

Fixed Charge Facility Location Problems.

Extensions of Location Models.

Location Modeling in Perspective.

Appendices.

References.

Indexes.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 23.2.2011
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management
• ISBN-10: 1-118-03234-9 / 1118032349
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-03234-3 / 9781118032343
• Zustand: Neuware