Dear EWGLA Members,
As you may know, EWGLA has awarded grants to four early career researchers to
attend EWGLA XXIX in Sheffield: Silvia Baldassarre (University of Bergamo),
Bruna Figueiredo (University of Aveiro), Eduardo Pipicelli (University of
Naples Federico II) and Sophia Wrede (RWTH Aachen).
As a thank you for this funding, the awardees created a video summarising the
main events of the conference and capturing the atmosphere that characterises
the EWGLA meetings and the British touch it had this year!
We are delighted to share this video with the community:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1It1KKzu9_gSC69mJu9i0Ucmz0PpLTO59/view?
usp=drive_link
We hope you enjoy it and that it brings back many happy memories; also at the
end of the video you will see all the conference participants saying in their
languages "See you at the next EWGLA" which will be held in Jerez (17-19
September 2025).
Kind regards,
Diego, Hatice and Serena
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Serena Fugaro, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Institute for the Applications of Calculus "Mauro Picone"
National Research Council of Italy
Via dei Taurini, 19
00185 Roma, Italy
Dear EWGLA Members,
As you may know, the 34th edition of the EURO Conference will be held in Leeds
(UK) from 22-25 June 2025 at the University of Leeds
(https://euro2025leeds.uk/) It will be a special edition as the EURO will be
celebrating its 50th anniversary.
As the EWGLA board, we will be organizing the 'Locational Analysis' stream in
this conference. If you or your colleagues would like to present within this
stream, we welcome abstract submissions through EURO online by using code
95c3d41d. Please also let us know if you would like to organize a session in
this stream.
The deadline for abstract submission is 08 March 2025
(https://euro2025leeds.uk/call-for-abstracts/)
We hope to listen to the talks of many of you in this conference and look
forward to seeing you there.
Kind regards,
Diego, Hatice and Serena
--
Serena Fugaro, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Institute for the Applications of Calculus "Mauro Picone"
National Research Council of Italy
Via dei Taurini, 19
00185 Roma, Italy
Dear fellow locaters,
Here’s my November entry: 63 references, a few recent ones that appeared in print this year, most a backlog from 2021.
Enjoy,
Prof. Em. Frank Plastria
BUTO, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
frank.plastria(a)vub.be
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[1] Chiara Romanengo, Bianca Falcidieno, and Silvia Biasotti. Discretisation of the Hough parameter space for fitting and recognising geometric primitives in 3D point clouds. Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, 228:73--86, February 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matcom.2024.08.033> ]
[2] Mostafa Khorramizadeh and Roghayeh Javvi. A branch-and-cut algorithm for the windy profitable location rural postman problem. Annals of Operations Research, 341(2–3):993--1022, August 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10479-024-06161-8> ]
[3] Spencer Leitch and Zhiyuan Wei. Improving spatial access to healthcare facilities: an integrated approach with spatial analysis and optimization modeling. Annals of Operations Research, 341(2–3):1057--1074, May 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10479-024-06028-y> ]
[4] Soudabeh Seyyedi Ghomi and Fahimeh Baroughi. Robust vertex centdian facility location problem on tree networks. Annals of Operations Research, 341(2–3):1135--1149, June 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10479-024-06096-0> ]
[5] Yi Yue, Shiding Sun, Xuebei Zhang, Ruihua Li, Wencong Yang, Chang Cao, and Xiongyan Tang. VNF placement in NFV-enabled networks: considering time-varying workloads and multi-tenancy with a throughput optimization heuristic. Computing, 106(11):3657--3690, August 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00607-024-01336-4> ]
[6] Laurine Bénéteau, Jérémie Chalopin, Victor Chepoi, and Yann Vaxès. ABC(T)-graphs: An axiomatic characterization of the median procedure in graphs with connected and G2-connected medians. Discrete Applied Mathematics, 359:55--74, December 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dam.2024.07.023> ]
[7] Huong Nguyen-Thu, Nguyen Thanh Hung, and Nguyen Ngoc Dang Duy. Swarm optimization approaches for the minmax regret Fermat–Weber problem with budgeted-constrained uncertain point weights. Evolutionary Intelligence, 17(5–6):4115--4132, August 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12065-024-00975-y> ]
[8] Rohit Lohani and Krishnendra Shekhawat. Construction of floorplans for plane graphs over polygonal boundaries. Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, 48(3), October 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10878-024-01217-8> ]
[9] Peter A. Grossman, David Kirszenblat, Marcus Brazil, J. Hyam Rubinstein, and Doreen A. Thomas. Curvature-constrained Steiner networks with three terminals. Journal of Global Optimization, 90(3):691--710, June 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10898-024-01414-z> ]
[10] Andrei Comăneci. Tropical convexity in location problems. Mathematical Methods of Operations Research, 100(2):509--534, July 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00186-024-00869-w> ]
[11] Jaap Pedersen, Thi Thai Le, Thorsten Koch, and Janina Zittel. Optimal discrete pipe sizing for tree-shaped CO2 networks. OR Spectrum, 46(4):1163--1187, June 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00291-024-00773-z> ]
[12] Tobias Vlćek, Knut Haase, Malte Fliedner, and Tobias Cors. Police service district planning. OR Spectrum, 46(4):1029--1061, February 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00291-024-00745-3> ]
[13] Renan Paula Ramos Moreno, Rui Borges Lopes, Ana Luísa Ramos, José Vasconcelos Ferreira, and Diogo Correia. Vosviewer-based bibliometric review of transshipment location problem from 2000 to 2023. Revista de Gestão Social e Ambiental, 18(10):e08753, October 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.24857/rgsa.v18n10-163> ]
[14] Bart Vangerven, Dirk Briskorn, Dries R. Goossens, and Frits C.R. Spieksma. Parliament seating assignment problems. European Journal of Operational Research, 296(3):914--926, February 2022. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2021.08.002> ]
[15] Frank Plastria. Using the power of ideal solutions: simple proofs of some old and new results in location theory. 4OR, 19(3):449--467, sep 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10288-020-00457-8> ]
[16] Dimitris Fotakis, Loukas Kavouras, and Lydia Zakynthinou. Online facility location in evolving metrics. Algorithms, 14(3):73, February 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/a14030073> ]
[17] Lev Kazakovtsev, Ivan Rozhnov, and Guzel Shkaberina. Self-configuring (1 + 1)-evolutionary algorithm for the continuous p-median problem with agglomerative mutation. Algorithms, 14(5):130, April 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/a14050130> ]
[18] Petr Němec, Petr Stodola, Miroslav Pecina, Jiří Neubauer, and Martin Blaha. Optimization of the weighted multi-facility location problem using ms excel. Algorithms, 14(7):191, June 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/a14070191> ]
[19] Petr Němec and Petr Stodola. Optimization of the multi-facility location problem using widely available office software. Algorithms, 14(4):106, March 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/a14040106> ]
[20] Markus Rabe, Jesus Gonzalez-Feliu, Jorge Chicaiza-Vaca, and Rafael D. Tordecilla. Simulation-optimization approach for multi-period facility location problems with forecasted and random demands in a last-mile logistics application. Algorithms, 14(2):41, January 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/a14020041> ]
[21] Francisca Santana Robles, Eva Selene Hernández-Gress, Neil Hernández-Gress, and Rafael Granillo Macias. Metaheuristics in the humanitarian supply chain. Algorithms, 14(12):364, December 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/a14120364> ]
[22] Rafael D. Tordecilla, Pedro J. Copado-Méndez, Javier Panadero, Carlos L. Quintero-Araujo, Jairo R. Montoya-Torres, and Angel A. Juan. Combining heuristics with simulation and fuzzy logic to solve a flexible-size location routing problem under uncertainty. Algorithms, 14(2):45, January 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/a14020045> ]
[23] Anastasios N. Zachos. An evolutionary design of weighted minimum networks for four points in the three-dimensional euclidean space. Analysis, 41(2):79--112, March 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/anly-2020-0042> ]
[24] Zahra Fattahi and Javad Behnamian. Location and transportation of intermodal hazmat considering equipment capacity and congestion impact: elastic method and sub-population genetic algorithm. Annals of Operations Research, 316(1):303--341, August 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10479-021-04201-1> ]
[25] Mumtaz Karatas, Ertan Yakici, and Abdullah Dasci. Solving a bi-objective unmanned aircraft system location-allocation problem. Annals of Operations Research, 319(2):1631--1654, jan 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10479-020-03892-2> ]
[26] Kaveh Khalili-Damghani, Madjid Tavana, and Peiman Ghasemi. A stochastic bi-objective simulation–optimization model for cascade disaster location-allocation-distribution problems. Annals of Operations Research, 309(1):103--141, July 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10479-021-04191-0> ]
[27] M. C. López de-los Mozos and Juan A. Mesa. To stop or not to stop: a time-constrained trip covering location problem on a tree network. Annals of Operations Research, 316(2):1039--1061, feb 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10479-021-03981-w> ]
[28] Najmesadat Nazemi, Sophie N. Parragh, and Walter J. Gutjahr. Bi-objective facility location under uncertainty with an application in last-mile disaster relief. Annals of Operations Research, 319(2):1689--1716, dec 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10479-021-04422-4> ]
[29] Pardis Pourmohammadi, Reza Tavakkoli-Moghaddam, Yaser Rahimi, and Chefi Triki. Solving a hub location-routing problem with a queue system under social responsibility by a fuzzy meta-heuristic algorithm. Annals of Operations Research, 324(1-2):1099--1128, oct 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10479-021-04299-3> ]
[30] Atefeh Taghavi, Reza Ghanbari, Khatere Ghorbani-Moghadam, Alireza Davoodi, and Ali Emrouznejad. A genetic algorithm for solving bus terminal location problem using data envelopment analysis with multi-objective programming. Annals of Operations Research, 309(1):259--276, August 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10479-021-04244-4> ]
[31] Erfan Babaee Tirkolaee, Alireza Goli, and Abbas Mardani. A novel two-echelon hierarchical location-allocation-routing optimization for green energy-efficient logistics systems. Annals of Operations Research, 324(1-2):795--823, nov 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10479-021-04363-y> ]
[32] Muer Yang, Sameer Kumar, Xinfang Wang, and Michael J. Fry. Scenario-robust pre-disaster planning for multiple relief items. Annals of Operations Research, 335(3):1241--1266, September 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10479-021-04237-3> ]
[33] Xiaoting Shang, Kai Yang, Bin Jia, Ziyou Gao, and Hao Ji. Heuristic algorithms for the bi-objective hierarchical multimodal hub location problem in cargo delivery systems. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 91:412--437, March 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2020.09.057> ]
[34] Xuehong Gao, Chanseok Park, Xiaopeng Chen, En Xie, Guozhong Huang, and Dingli Zhang. Globally optimal facility locations for continuous-space facility location problems. Applied Sciences, 11(16):7321, August 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app11167321> ]
[35] Yoshihiko Suhara, Mohsen Bahrami, Burcin Bozkaya, and Alex ‘Sandy’ Pentland. Validating gravity-based market share models using large-scale transactional data. Big Data, 9(3):188--202, June 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/big.2020.0161> ]
[36] Samunderu Eyden and Brose Sven. Reconfiguring a multi-period facility model – an empirical test in a dynamic setting. BOHR International Journal of Operations Management Research and Practices, 1(1):17--27, 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.54646/bijomrp.003> ]
[37] Hosang Hyun, Moonseo Park, Dowan Lee, and Jeonghoon Lee. Tower crane location optimization for heavy unit lifting in high-rise modular construction. Buildings, 11(3):121, March 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings11030121> ]
[38] Jaroslav Janáček and Marek Kvet. Efficient incrementing heuristics for generalized p-location problems. Central European Journal of Operations Research, 29(3):989--1000, January 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10100-020-00722-5> ]
[39] Kristóf Kovács and Boglárka Tóth. Optimized location of light sources to cover a rectangular region. Central European Journal of Operations Research, 30(3):1129--1149, June 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10100-021-00753-6> ]
[40] Yadong Li and Xuemei Li. Quantity decisions of two-stage competitive location model based on different location modes. Complex & Intelligent Systems, 9(3):2509--2520, June 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40747-021-00385-y> ]
[41] Sang Won Bae, Arpita Baral, and Priya Ranjan Sinha Mahapatra. Maximum-width empty square and rectangular annulus. Computational Geometry, 96:101747, June 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.comgeo.2021.101747> ]
[42] Therese Biedl, Ahmad Biniaz, and Anna Lubiw. Minimum ply covering of points with disks and squares. Computational Geometry, 94:101712, March 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.comgeo.2020.101712> ]
[43] Jongmin Choi and Hee-Kap Ahn. Efficient planar two-center algorithms. Computational Geometry, 97:101768, August 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.comgeo.2021.101768> ]
[44] Sang-Sub Kim, Rolf Klein, David Kübel, Elmar Langetepe, and Barbara Schwarzwald. Geometric firefighting in the half-plane. Computational Geometry, 95:101728, April 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.comgeo.2020.101728> ]
[45] Xuehou Tan and Bo Jiang. On the upper bound on the average distance from the Fermat-Weber center of a convex body. Computational Geometry, 97:101769, August 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.comgeo.2021.101769> ]
[46] Mohammad Shokouhifar. Swarm intelligence rfid network planning using multi-antenna readers for asset tracking in hospital environments. Computer Networks, 198:108427, October 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.comnet.2021.108427> ]
[47] Harsha Gwalani, Chetan Tiwari, and Armin R. Mikler. Evaluation of heuristics for the p-median problem: Scale and spatial demand distribution. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 88:101656, July 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2021.101656> ]
[48] Kadir Biçe and Sakine Batun. Closed-loop supply chain network design under demand, return and quality uncertainty. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 155:107081, May 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2020.107081> ]
[49] Jack Brimberg, Raca Todosijević, Dragan Urošević, and Nenad Mladenović. Efficient flow models for the uncapacitated multiple allocation p-hub median problem on non-triangular networks. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 162:107723, December 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2021.107723> ]
[50] Jin Xin Cao, Zongxi Zhang, and Yuguang Zhou. A location-routing problem for biomass supply chains. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 152:107017, February 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2020.107017> ]
[51] Vinícius Martins Santos Gandra, Hatice Çalık, Tony Wauters, Túlio A.M. Toffolo, Marco Antonio M. Carvalho, and Greet Vanden Berghe. The impact of loading restrictions on the two-echelon location routing problem. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 160:107609, October 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2021.107609> ]
[52] Nafiseh Ghorbani-Renani, Andrés D. González, and Kash Barker. A decomposition approach for solving tri-level defender-attacker-defender problems. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 153:107085, March 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2020.107085> ]
[53] Fariba Goodarzian, Samuel Fosso Wamba, K. Mathiyazhagan, and Atour Taghipour. A new bi-objective green medicine supply chain network design under fuzzy environment: Hybrid metaheuristic algorithms. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 160:107535, October 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2021.107535> ]
[54] Javier Guerrero-Lorente, Adriana F. Gabor, and Eva Ponce-Cueto. Corrigendum to “Omnichannel logistics network design with integrated customer preference for deliveries and returns” [Comput. Ind. Eng. 144 (2020) 106433]. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 160:107569, October 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2021.107569> ]
[55] Jingni Guo, Qian Du, and Zhenggang He. A method to improve the resilience of multimodal transport network: Location selection strategy of emergency rescue facilities. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 161:107678, November 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2021.107678> ]
[56] Yuhan Guo, Junyu Yu, Youssef Boulaksil, Hamid Allaoui, and Fangxia Hu. Solving the sustainable supply chain network design problem by the multi-neighborhoods descent traversal algorithm. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 154:107098, April 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2021.107098> ]
[57] Vahid Hajipour, Seyed Taghi Akhavan Niaki, Majid Akhgar, and Mehdi Ansari. The healthcare supply chain network design with traceability: A novel algorithm. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 161:107661, November 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2021.107661> ]
[58] Xiaofan Lai, Xiaolong Lu, Xinyao Yu, and Ning Zhu. Multi-period integrated planning for vaccination station location and medical professional assignment under uncertainty. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 161:107673, November 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2021.107673> ]
[59] Martha Lucía Sabogal-De La Pava, Carlos Julio Vidal-Holguín, Diego Fernando Manotas-Duque, and Juan José Bravo-Bastidas. Sustainable supply chain design considering indicators of value creation. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 157:107294, July 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2021.107294> ]
[60] Mahdieh Mirzaei, S. Mohammad J. Mirzapour Al-e hashem, and Mohsen Akbarpour Shirazi. A maximum-flow network interdiction problem in an uncertain environment under information asymmetry condition: Application to smuggling goods. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 162:107708, December 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2021.107708> ]
[61] Seyed Sina Mohri and Hossein Haghshenas. An ambulance location problem for covering inherently rare and random road crashes. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 151:106937, January 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2020.106937> ]
[62] Marcela María Morales Chavez, Yasel Costa, and William Sarache. A three-objective stochastic location-inventory-routing model for agricultural waste-based biofuel supply chain. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 162:107759, December 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2021.107759> ]
[63] Raviarun A. Nadar, J.K. Jha, and Jitesh J. Thakkar. Strategic location of ambulances under temporal variation in demand and travel time using variable neighbourhood search based approach. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 162:107780, December 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2021.107780> ]
