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EWGLA and ISOLDE 2027
by Serena Fugaro (NBS - Staff) 18 May '26

18 May '26

Dear EWGLA community, Following the cancellation of the ISOLDE 2026 meeting in February, which we also shared on our mailing list, we received a proposal from the ISOLDE Steering Committee to transform the EWGLA 2027 meeting in İstanbul into a joint EWGLA-ISOLDE meeting in the EWGLA format. This proposal has been discussed with the EWGLA 2027 Scientific Committee, including the EWGLA Board and the EWGLA 2027 Chairs, and we are pleased to announce that: the EWGLA 2027 meeting will be held in Istanbul and will be a joint EWGLA-ISOLDE event. The original dates of 16–18 June 2027 will be kept, with the possibility of extending to include 15 June. Therefore, we recommend marking 15–18 June 2027 in your calendars. Further details will be shared with you. We look forward to meeting the entire Location community in İstanbul. Best regards,  EWGLA Board Diego, Hatice and Serena Dr Serena Fugaro (she/her) Lecturer in Business Analytics Innovation, Technology and Operations Management Group (ITOM) Norwich Business School University of East Anglia NR4 7TJ ???? s.fugaro(a)uea.ac.uk [cid:3b7df95f-32fc-4585-b3b8-7e9d03c15c37]

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Location related references Collection May 2026
by Frank Plastria 04 May '26

04 May '26

Dear fellow Locater, You will find below my collection of references for May 2026. It is subdivided into the 53 most recent references from 2023-2026 on the one hand, and 47 earlier ones on the other hand all from 2018. The attached BibTeX file contains the full 100 item May collection. Enjoy, Sincerely Frank Plastria %%%%%%%%% RECENT %%%%%%%%%%%%% [1] Bernardetta Addis, Giuliana Carello, and Gaël Reynal. A dynamic capacitated facility location problem with modular capacities and best service assignment: A comparison of formulations. Networks, 87(4):428--442, February 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/net.70032> ] [2] Kannan Balakrishnan, Manoj Changat, M.V. Dhanyamol, Andreas M. Hinz, Hrishik Koley, and Divya Sindhu Lekha. The median of Sierpiński triangle graphs. Discrete Applied Mathematics, 387:306--317, 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dam.2026.03.021> ] [3] Anne G. Balter, Cláudia Nunes, Diogo Pereira, and Peter M. Kort. Multiple cartel-like equilibria in Hotelling’s model. European Journal of Operational Research, 333(3):940--955, April 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2026.04.008> ] [4] Nils Boysen, Michael Schneider, and Ivan Žulj. Energy management for electric vehicles in facility logistics: A survey from an operational research perspective. European Journal of Operational Research, 333(2):321--336, 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2025.12.031> ] [5] Christina Büsing, Timo Gersing, and Sophia Wrede. Insights into the computational complexity of the single-source capacitated facility location problem with customer preferences. Annals of Operations Research, 359(3):2457--2482, March 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10479-026-07110-3> ] [6] Qingyun Chen, Nick Gravin, and Sungjin Im. Strategic facility location via predictions. In Marios Mavronicolas, Qi Qi, and Grant Schoenebeck, editors, Web and Internet Economics, pages 401--419. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-08560-3_23> ] [7] Wei-Kun Chen, Wei-Yang Zhang, Yan-Ru Wang, Shahin Gelareh, and Yu-Hong Dai. An efficient branch-and-cut approach for large-scale competitive facility location problems with limited choice rule. European Journal of Operational Research, 333(2):349--364, 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2026.02.010> ] [8] Yasin Demirel, Esra Türk, and Tarık Türk. Optimizing retail location selection strategies using spatial statistics and GIS: A decision support framework for supermarket chains in emerging urban centers. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, 19(1):62, March 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12061-026-09833-z> ] [9] Nader Ghaffarinasab and Morton E. O’Kelly. Solution approaches for the uncapacitated r-allocation p-hub center problem. Computers & Operations Research, 192:107497, August 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2026.107497> ] [10] Ida Gjergji, Lucas Kletzander, and Nysret Musliu. Large neighborhood search and hyper-heuristics for the capacitated p-median problem. Journal of Heuristics, 32(1):7, January 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10732-025-09580-3> ] [11] Fang Guo, Yi Wang, and Zhihong Huang. Integrated optimization of rural passenger-freight transport with leasing cost uncertainty: A robust location-routing framework. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 210:104782, June 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2026.104782> ] [12] Norman Karimazondo, Narissara Nuthammachot, and Warangkana Jutidamrongphan. Landfill site selection in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe: Integrating fuzzy-AHP and GIS within an R-based decision support framework. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, 19(1):50, February 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12061-026-09825-z> ] [13] Anirudh Kishore Bhoopalam, Niels Agatz, and Martin Savelsbergh. Scenario‐based platoon lane network design. Networks, 87(4):443--459, February 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/net.70033> ] [14] Junhyeok Lee and Youngchul Shin. E-commerce supply chain network with flexible leasing capacity of fulfillment centers using robust optimization. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 210:104727, June 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2026.104727> ] [15] Yanfeng Li and Jie Zhang. Multi-echelon location routing problem with vehicle-drone delivery and transshipment for cold chain transportation. Annals of Operations Research, 359(3):2523--2562, January 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10479-026-07051-x> ] [16] Hongmei Li, Dongxia Qu, and Taibo Luo. A robust model on the location of temporary medical centers considering secondary disasters. Expert Systems with Applications, 312:131532, May 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2026.131532> ] [17] Zhifeng Lin, Yuhao Jiang, Zuodong Liu, and Jiarui Chen. High-performance placement for VLSI logic synthesis. Algorithms, 19(4):280, April 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/a19040280> ] [18] Iñigo Martín Melero, Juan Carlos Gonçalves-Dosantos, Mercedes Landete, and Joaquín Sánchez-Soriano. Under-capacitated p-median location problem. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 210:104768, June 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2026.104768> ] [19] Fábio Pires Mourão, Elisangela Martins de Sá, Sérgio Ricardo de Souza, and Marcone Jamilson Freitas Souza. A tabu search algorithm for the single source capacitated partial set covering location problem. Journal of Heuristics, 32(1):10, February 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10732-026-09581-w> ] [20] Chen Peng, Yang Yang, Enjian Yao, Long Pan, and Yuting Zhu. Coordinate fixed and mobile charging station deployment and scheduling for fluctuating demand. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 155:105331, June 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2026.105331> ] [21] Hossein Poursoltani, Mahboobeh Honarvar, and Hamidreza Abedsoltan. Developing an integrated model of hierarchical hub location and inventory control for perishable products in urban and rural areas: a case study in food supply chain. Computers & Operations Research, 192:107481, August 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2026.107481> ] [22] Fernando Real-Rojas, Victor M. Tenorio, Luis Cadarso, and Antonio G. Marques. Rapid transit network design via convex optimization: The role of sparsity and entropy-based regularizers. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 208:103448, June 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trb.2026.103448> ] [23] Yangguang Shi and Zhenyu Xue. Prediction-augmented mechanism design for weighted facility location. In Min Li, Mingji Xia, and Peng Zhang, editors, Theory and Applications of Models of Computation, pages 262--274. Springer Nature Singapore, 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-95-4839-2_20> ] [24] Zhu Sifeng, Zhang Jiaxu, Zhang Zonghui, Bao Lei, Hao Zhipeng, Zhang Qinghua, Chen Guoqiang, Qiao Rui, Xu Mengmeng, and Zhu Hai. Optimal deployment decision-making of unmanned platforms in space-air-ground-sea integrated network scenarios. Expert Systems with Applications, 315:131630, 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2026.131630> ] [25] Vishwanath R. Singireddy, Manjanna Basappa, and Joseph S.B. Mitchell. Algorithms for k-dispersion for points in convex position in the plane. Discrete Applied Mathematics, 386:205--216, June 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dam.2026.02.008> ] [26] Karlheinz Spindler. The Fermat-Torricelli problem revisited. Mathematische Semesterberichte, 73:51–76, December 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00591-025-00402-y> ] [27] Muhammed Telçeken and Berkay Aydeniz. Artificial intelligence-assisted indoor signal propagation and modem placement optimization. Computing, 108(3):37, February 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00607-026-01628-x> ] [28] Meng Wan, Songsong Liu, Richard Allmendinger, and Rui Su. Multi-objective robust optimization for facility location problem of personalized medicine supply chain. European Journal of Operational Research, 333(3):807--822, January 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2026.01.003> ] [29] Zongshan Wang, Ali Ala, Vladimir Simic, Dragan Pamucar, and Nezir Aydin. Enhancing optimization models for multi-commodity sustainable supply chain networks and managing environmental challenges. Operational Research, 26(1):20, January 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12351-025-01010-3> ] [30] Xun Weng, Wenke She, Hongqiang Fan, Jingtian Zhang, and Lifen Yun. A reliable location model for charging piles of automated guided vehicles in the logistics center based on queuing. Expert Systems with Applications, 311:131321, May 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2026.131321> ] [31] Hanyin Xiao, Ruiqing Sun, Zhikang Zhang, and Weidong Li. An LP-rounding based algorithm for hard capacitated uniform facility location problem with soft penalties. In Min Li, Mingji Xia, and Peng Zhang, editors, Theory and Applications of Models of Computation, pages 251--261. Springer Nature Singapore, 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-95-4839-2_19> ] [32] Xinru Xu, Wenjing Liu, and Qizhi Fang. Constrained distributed heterogeneous two-facility location problems with max-variant cost. In Min Li, Mingji Xia, and Peng Zhang, editors, Theory and Applications of Models of Computation, pages 121--134. Springer Nature Singapore, 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-95-4839-2_10> ] [33] Ta-Hui Yang, Ching-Hui Tang, and Wan-Tien O. Cruise network design under sequential duopolistic entry. Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan, 34(1):42--52, 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.51400/2709-6998.2807> ] [34] Yingying Yang, Hoa T. Bui, and Ryan Loxton. An exact method for the bi-objective p-median max-sum diversity problem. European Journal of Operational Research, 333(3):689--700, February 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2026.02.030> ] [35] Stefano Colombo. Equilibrium location of storage facilities. Spatial Economic Analysis, pages 1--15, June 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17421772.2025.2512255> ] [36] Giulia Caselli, Manuel Iori, and Ivana Ljubić. Bilevel optimization with sustainability perspective: A survey on applications. European Journal of Operational Research, 332(2):357--375, September 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2025.08.051> ] [37] Rossana Cavagnini, Alberto Santini, and Michael Schneider. Recent developments in location-routing problems. European Journal of Operational Research, 332(3):711--729, September 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2025.09.040> ] [38] Neelima Gupta, Rajni Dabas, and Naveen Garg. Capacitated facility location with outliers and uniform facility costs. Mathematical Programming, 216(1-2):275--294, 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10107-025-02243-y> ] [39] Ahmed W. A. Hammad, Vivian W. Y. Tam, and Assed N. Haddad. A bi-level mixed integer non-linear programming model to solve the billboard location problem in cities. International Journal of Construction Management, 25(16):1929--1937, April 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15623599.2025.2491759> ] [40] Panteleimon Iosif, Nikolaos Ploskas, and Kostas Stergiou. A heuristic constraint programming method for the p-median problem with distance constraints. The European Journal on Artificial Intelligence, 39(2):223–250, June 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/30504554251344177> ] [41] Jincheol Lee, Gyeongjun Kim, and Keemin Sohn. Transformation of bi-level transit network design problem into single-objective unconstrained optimization. Networks and Spatial Economics, 26(1):189--237, October 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11067-025-09698-8> ] [42] Mengzhen Li, Chenchen Wu, Dachuan Xu, and Yicheng Xu. Approximating per-scenario bound for the two-stage stochastic facility location problem. In Fedor V. Fomin and Mingyu Xiao, editors, Computing and Combinatorics, chapter 3, pages 32--43. Springer Nature Singapore, August 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-95-0215-8_3> ] [43] Chen-Yen Lin, Chung-Cheng Lu, and Paul M. Schonfeld. Public charging facility location modeling with route choice behavior of multiple user classes. Networks and Spatial Economics, 26(1):239--258, October 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11067-025-09701-2> ] [44] Constantia Malekkou and Demetris Trihinas. Retailer service point placement via customer geo-location clustering. In Achilleas Achilleos, Stefano Forti, George Angelos Papadopoulos, and Ilias Pappas, editors, Pervasive Digital Services for People’s Well-Being, Inclusion and Sustainable Development, pages 263--275. Springer Nature Switzerland, September 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-06164-5_19> ] [45] Mohammadjavad Nosrati-Zegoloujeh, Farid Momayezi, and Alimohammad Lotfi. A two-stage stochastic programming approach to design the fish supply chain network considering export revenues and carbon emission: a real case study. Operational Research, 26(1):5, November 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12351-025-00994-2> ] [46] Abdolreza Roshani, Glenn Parry, and Philip Walker-Davies. Mathematical formulations and a relax-and-fix heuristic algorithm for capacitated reliable fixed-charge facility location problems. Journal of Heuristics, 32(1):5, December 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10732-025-09577-y> ] [47] Lingxiao Yang, Jianfeng Zheng, and Jian Wang. Hub port location and routing for a single-hub feeder network: Effect of liner shipping network connectivity. Transport Policy, 160:212--227, January 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2024.11.009> ] [48] Gawon Yun and Douglas N. Hales. Drivers of location advantages in the medical device industry: a qualitative study. Operations Management Research, 19(1):15, November 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12063-025-00578-5> ] [49] Ziqing Zhang, Lin Wang, Zhijia Tan, and Sirui Wang. Locating and scheduling mobile pre-cooling stations for agricultural products. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 77(5):1179--1203, 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01605682.2025.2520984> ] [50] Jordi Zomer, Nikola Bešinović, Mathijs M. de Weerdt, and Rob M.P. Goverde. The maintenance scheduling and location choice problem for railway rolling stock. European Journal of Operational Research, 332(2):474--491, December 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2025.12.005> ] [51] Hela Frikha and Fedia Daami. A multi-objective mathematical programming model for location-routing of COVID-19 healthcare waste in Tunisia. Annals of Operations Research, 360:515–536, 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10479-024-06308-7> ] [52] Mustapha Oudani, Karim Zkik, Amine Belhadi, Sachin Kamble, Anass Sebbar, and Hanane El Raoui. Organizational resilience of the airline industry using an integrated epidemic and airline hub location model with traffic prediction. Annals of Operations Research, 360:225–250, 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10479-024-06111-4> ] [53] Chunjian Shang, Liang Ma, and Yong Liu. Green location routing problem with flexible multi-compartment for source-separated waste: A Q-learning and multi-strategy-based hyper-heuristic algorithm. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 121:105954, May 2023. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.engappai.2023.105954> ] %%%%%%%%% OLDER %%%%%%%%%%%%% [1] Maria Isabel Gomes, Lourdes B. Afonso, Nelson Chibeles-Martins, and Joana M. Fradinho. Multi-start local search procedure for the maximum fire risk insured capital problem. In Jon Lee, Giovanni Rinaldi, and A. Ridha Mahjoub, editors, Combinatorial Optimization, pages 219--227. Springer International Publishing, 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96151-4_19> ] [2] Ravishankar Krishnaswamy, Shi Li, and Sai Sandeep. Constant approximation for k-median and k-means with outliers via iterative rounding. In Proceedings of the 50th Annual ACM SIGACT Symposium on Theory of Computing, pages 646 -- 659. ACM, jun 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3188745.3188882> ] [3] Kaibo Liu and Jianjun Shi. A Systematic Approach for Business Data Analytics With a Real Case Study, pages 933--954. IGI Global, 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3909-4.ch043> ] [4] Elisangela Martins de Sá, Reinaldo Morabito, and Ricardo Saraiva de Camargo. Efficient Benders decomposition algorithms for the robust multiple allocation incomplete hub location problem with service time requirements. Expert Systems with Applications, 93:50--61, March 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2017.10.005> ] [5] Mobina Masaeli, Sibel A. Alumur, and James H. Bookbinder. Shipment scheduling in hub location problems. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 115:126--142, September 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trb.2018.07.003> ] [6] Mina Mazraeh Farahani, S. Kamal Chaharsooghi, T. Van Woensel, and Lucas P. Veelenturf. Capacitated network-flow approach to the evacuation-location problem. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 115:407--426, January 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2017.11.026> ] [7] P. Memari, R. Tavakkoli-Moghaddam, M. Partovi, and A. Zabihian. Fuzzy dynamic location-allocation problem with temporary multi-medical centers in disaster management. IFAC-PapersOnLine, 51(11):1554--1560, 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2018.08.275> ] [8] Mitchell A. Millstein and James F. Campbell. Total Hockey optimizes omnichannel facility locations. Interfaces, 48(4):340--356, August 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/inte.2018.0942> ] [9] Robin Milosz and Sylvie Hamel. Exploring the median of permutations problem. Journal of Discrete Algorithms, 52–53:92--111, September 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jda.2018.11.007> ] [10] D.G. Mogale, Mukesh Kumar, Sri Krishna Kumar, and Manoj Kumar Tiwari. Grain silo location-allocation problem with dwell time for optimization of food grain supply chain network. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 111:40--69, March 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2018.01.004> ] [11] Farid Momayezi, S. Kamal Chaharsooghi, Mohammad Mehdi Sepehri, and Ali Husseinzadeh Kashan. The capacitated modular single-allocation hub location problem with possibilities of hubs disruptions: modeling and a solution algorithm. Operational Research, 21(1):139--166, November 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12351-018-0438-6> ] [12] Tiago Montanher, Arnold Neumaier, Mihály Csaba Markót, Ferenc Domes, and Hermann Schichl. Rigorous packing of unit squares into a circle. Journal of Global Optimization, 73(3):547--565, October 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10898-018-0711-5> ] [13] Alfredo Moreno, Douglas Alem, Deisemara Ferreira, and Alistair Clark. An effective two-stage stochastic multi-trip location-transportation model with social concerns in relief supply chains. European Journal of Operational Research, 269(3):1050--1071, September 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2018.02.022> ] [14] Bruna Mota, Maria Isabel Gomes, Ana Carvalho, and Ana Paula Barbosa-Povoa. Sustainable supply chains: An integrated modeling approach under uncertainty. Omega, 77:32--57, June 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2017.05.006> ] [15] M. Mousazadeh, S. Ali Torabi, M.S. Pishvaee, and F. Abolhassani. Accessible, stable, and equitable health service network redesign: A robust mixed possibilistic-flexible approach. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 111:113--129, March 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2018.01.006> ] [16] Arcan Nalca, Tamer Boyaci, and Saibal Ray. Brand positioning and consumer taste information. European Journal of Operational Research, 268(2):555--568, July 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2018.01.058> ] [17] Mohammad Mahdi Nasiri, Vahid Mahmoodian, Ali Rahbari, and Shabnam Farahmand. A modified genetic algorithm for the capacitated competitive facility location problem with the partial demand satisfaction. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 124:435--448, October 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2018.07.045> ] [18] Kien Trung Nguyen, Huong Nguyen-Thu, and Nguyen Thanh Hung. On the complexity of inverse convex ordered 1-median problem on the plane and on tree networks. Mathematical Methods of Operations Research, 88(2):147--159, February 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00186-018-0632-6> ] [19] Suriyaphong Nilsang, Chumpol Yuangyai, Chen-Yang Cheng, and Udom Janjarassuk. Locating an ambulance base by using social media: a case study in Bangkok. Annals of Operations Research, 283(1–2):497--516, June 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10479-018-2918-8> ] [20] S. Nobakhtian and A. Raeisi Dehkordi. A fast algorithm for the rectilinear distance location problem. Mathematical Methods of Operations Research, 88(1):81--98, January 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00186-018-0629-1> ] [21] Reut Noham and Michal Tzur. Designing humanitarian supply chains by incorporating actual post-disaster decisions. European Journal of Operational Research, 265(3):1064--1077, March 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2017.08.042> ] [22] Murat Oğuz, Tolga Bektaş, and Julia A. Bennell. Multicommodity flows and Benders decomposition for restricted continuous location problems. European Journal of Operational Research, 266(3):851--863, May 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2017.11.033> ] [23] Eunjin Oh, Jean-Lou De Carufel, and Hee-Kap Ahn. The geodesic 2-center problem in a simple polygon. Computational Geometry, 74:21--37, October 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.comgeo.2018.02.008> ] [24] Mahmood Pariazar and Mustafa Y. Sir. A multi-objective approach for supply chain design considering disruptions impacting supply availability and quality. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 121:113--130, July 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2018.05.026> ] [25] Seyed Hamid Reza Pasandideh, Seyed Taghi Akhavan Niaki, and Reza Abdollahi. Modeling and solving a bi-objective joint replenishment-location problem under incremental discount:MOHSA and NSGA-II. Operational Research, 20(4):2365--2396, September 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12351-018-0423-0> ] [26] Konstantin Pavlikov. Improved formulations for minimum connectivity network interdiction problems. Computers & Operations Research, 97:48--57, September 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2018.04.012> ] [27] Robin H. Pearce and Michael Forbes. Disaggregated Benders decomposition and branch-and-cut for solving the budget-constrained dynamic uncapacitated facility location and network design problem. European Journal of Operational Research, 270(1):78--88, October 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2018.03.021> ] [28] Khosro Pichka, Amirsaman H. Bajgiran, Matthew E.H. Petering, Jaejin Jang, and Xiaohang Yue. The two echelon open location routing problem: Mathematical model and hybrid heuristic. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 121:97--112, July 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2018.05.010> ] [29] Surya Prakash, Sameer Kumar, Gunjan Soni, Vipul Jain, and Ajay Pal Singh Rathore. Closed-loop supply chain network design and modelling under risks and demand uncertainty: an integrated robust optimization approach. Annals of Operations Research, 290(1–2):837--864, May 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10479-018-2902-3> ] [30] Ram Prashanth Radha Krishnan, James C. Benneyan, and Sibel B. Sonuc. Optimization of medical supply chains and forward store locations for recurrent homecare patient demand with periodic interruptions. American Journal of Operations Research, 08(03):203--220, 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ajor.2018.83012> ] [31] Justo Puerto, Federica Ricca, and Andrea Scozzari. Extensive facility location problems on networks: an updated review. TOP, 26(2):187--226, April 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11750-018-0476-5> ] [32] Justo Puerto, Federica Ricca, and Andrea Scozzari. Rejoinder on: Extensive facility location problems on networks: an updated review. TOP, 26(2):236--238, April 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11750-018-0477-4> ] [33] Aaron Pulver and Ran Wei. Optimizing the spatial location of medical drones. Applied Geography, 90:9--16, jan 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2017.11.009> ] [34] Md Abdul Quddus, Sudipta Chowdhury, Mohammad Marufuzzaman, Fei Yu, and Linkan Bian. A two-stage chance-constrained stochastic programming model for a bio-fuel supply chain network. International Journal of Production Economics, 195:27--44, January 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2017.09.019> ] [35] José Miguel Quesada Pérez, Jean-Charles Lange, and Jean-Sébastien Tancrez. A multi-hub express shipment service network design model with flexible hub assignment. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 120:116--131, December 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2018.10.009> ] [36] Masoud Rabbani, Ali Sabbaghnia, Mahdi Mobini, and Jafar Razmi. A graph theory-based algorithm for a multi-echelon multi-period responsive supply chain network design with lateral-transshipments. Operational Research, 20(4):2497--2517, September 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12351-018-0425-y> ] [37] Maryam Radman and Kourosh Eshghi. Designing a multi-service healthcare network based on the impact of patients’ flow among medical services. OR Spectrum, 40(3):637--678, May 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00291-018-0519-1> ] [38] A. Raeisi Dehkordi. The optimal solution set of the multi-source Weber problem. Bulletin of the Iranian Mathematical Society, 45(2):495--514, July 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41980-018-0145-3> ] [39] Donya Rahmani. Designing a robust and dynamic network for the emergency blood supply chain with the risk of disruptions. Annals of Operations Research, 283(1–2):613--641, July 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10479-018-2960-6> ] [40] Prasanna Ramamoorthy, Sachin Jayaswal, Ankur Sinha, and Navneet Vidyarthi. Multiple allocation hub interdiction and protection problems: Model formulations and solution approaches. European Journal of Operational Research, 270(1):230--245, October 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2018.03.031> ] [41] Mohammad. Rohaninejad, Rashed Sahraeian, and Reza Tavakkoli-Moghaddam. An accelerated Benders decomposition algorithm for reliable facility location problems in multi-echelon networks. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 124:523--534, October 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2018.07.047> ] [42] Mark Rozanov and Arie Tamir. The nestedness property of location problems on the line. TOP, 26(2):257--282, March 2018. 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Location related references Collection April 2026
by Frank Plastria 04 Apr '26

04 Apr '26

Dear fellow Locater, You will find below my collection of references for April 2026. It is subdivided into the 28 most recent references from 2024-2026 on the one hand, and 72 earlier ones on the other hand ranging back from 2023 to 2018. The attached BibTeX file contains the full 100 item April collection. Enjoy, Sincerely Frank Plastria %%%%%%%%% RECENT %%%%%%%%%%%%% [1] José-Fernando Camacho-Vallejo and Dámaris Dávila. Nested evolutionary algorithms for solving a bi-level warehouse location problem that considers inventory decisions. Annals of Operations Research, 358(2):895--928, August 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10479-024-06182-3> ] [2] Kien Trung Nguyen, Huong Nguyen-Thu, Huy Minh Le, and Tran Thanh Hiep. Combinatorial algorithms for the minmax robust median subtree problem on tree networks with interval vertex weights. Asian-European Journal of Mathematics, 18(02):2450107, October 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s1793557124501079> ] [3] Pawel Kalczynski, Jack Brimberg, and Zvi Drezner. On the probability that the optimal solution of the Weber location problem is at a demand point. Mathematical Methods of Operations Research, 102(2–3):229--244, September 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00186-025-00906-2> ] [4] Van Huy Pham, Ngan Nguyen, Minh-Quang Cao, Hong-Phuong Dang, and Thu-Le Tran. Stability radius and an upgrading model of median location on trees. Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research, 43(02):2550030, July 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0217595925500307> ] [5] Mehmet Tanyas and Ozden Ozkanlisoy. Designating optimal location of urban consolidation centres in the city of Istanbul: A triple-staged approach in the context of sustainable supply chain management. Research in Transportation Economics, 114:101672, December 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.retrec.2025.101672> ] [6] Gideon Gottschalg, Arne K. Strauss, Nikola Ivanov, Bojana Mirković, and Juan Blasco Puyuelo. Vertiport location planning for urban air mobility airport shuttle services under demand uncertainty. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 207:104957, May 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2026.104957> ] [7] Taehoon Ahn and Sang Won Bae. Constrained two-line center problems. Computational Geometry, 134:102258, September 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.comgeo.2026.102258> ] [8] Amal Benhamiche, Pierre Fouilhoux, Lucas Létocart, Nancy Perrot, and Alexis Schneider. Complexity of the virtual network embedding with uniform demands. Annals of Operations Research, 358(3):1141--1167, February 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10479-026-07088-y> ] [9] Zhen Di, Yuhang Zhou, and Jianguo Qi. Urban delivery network location–routing problem under a metro–truck intermodal transportation mode. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 215:111939, May 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2026.111939> ] [10] Amir M. Fathollahi-Fard and Zhiwu Li. Adaptive large neighborhood search algorithm for redesigning a closed-loop supply chain network considering capacity configurations. Computers & Operations Research, 190:107415, June 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2026.107415> ] [11] Zhaomiao Guo. Optimize information sharing locations in locally connected mobility systems. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 186:105580, May 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2026.105580> ] [12] Bo He, Jiawei Xu, Chengcheng Yan, and Zheng Peng. Solving the chiplet placement problem via accelerated perturbed ADMM. Computers & Operations Research, 190:107430, June 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2026.107430> ] [13] Hyunhwa Kim, Denissa Sari Darmawi Purba, and Eleftheria Kontou. Bidirectional energy supply logistics using uncrewed electric aerial and ground vehicles: A two-echelon location-routing problem with resource-constrained demand allocation and time windows. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 209:104726, May 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2026.104726> ] [14] Mirosław Kowaluk, Andrzej Lingas, and Mia Persson. Fast approximate -center clustering in high-dimensional spaces. Algorithms, 19(3):243, March 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/a19030243> ] [15] Josiah Lansang and Faramarz F. Samavati. Spherical geodesic bounds and a k-circle coverage formulation. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 15(3):135, March 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijgi15030135> ] [16] Lianyu Liu and Zaiwu Gong. Coalition-based facility location optimization for urban UAV logistics. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 186:105624, May 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2026.105624> ] [17] Yanchao Lu, Runsheng Zhang, Ruoxuan Wang, Bochen Fu, Kaiming Lu, Pengfei Fan, Lei Yu, and Guohua Song. Trajectory data–driven modeling and optimization of urban freight charging networks. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 154:105288, May 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2026.105288> ] [18] Miklós Molnár and Basma Mostafa Hassan. Steiner tree approximations in graphs and hypergraphs. Algorithms, 19(3):232, March 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/a19030232> ] [19] Alireza Saberi, Mahdi Alinaghian, Mohammad Reza Asadi, and Erfan Babaee Tirkolaee. Multi-depot periodic capacitated arc routing problem with intermediate facilities for waste collection. Computers & Operations Research, 190:107412, June 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2026.107412> ] [20] Mina Valaei, Ahmed Saif, Hassan Sarhadi, and Hamid Afshari. Robust prepositioning and allocation of maritime search and rescue vessels with incident location uncertainty. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 209:104693, May 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2026.104693> ] [21] Conrado Vidotte Plaza, Okan Arslan, Gilbert Laporte, Glaydston Mattos Ribeiro, Laura Bahiense, and Glaubos Clímaco. The charger location problem with routing and driver working hours for long-haul electric heavy-duty trucks. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 186:105598, May 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2026.105598> ] [22] Yong Wang, Shiqi Zhang, Jing Liu, Yuanhan Wei, and Haizhong Wang. The logistics vehicle charging station location selection and routing problem with partial recharging and shared fleets. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 209:104723, May 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2026.104723> ] [23] Zuopeng Xiao, Yonglin Li, and Xiangyu Du. How do heterogeneous micro-scale built spaces influence the location of parcel delivery microhubs? evidence from the case of Shenzhen, China. Research in Transportation Business & Management, 66:101616, March 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2026.101616> ] [24] Haitao Xu and Jingru Zhang. The k-center problem of uncertain points on graphs. Information Processing Letters, 193:106621, April 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ipl.2026.106621> ] [25] Kai Yang, Dayou Gao, Jiaqi Gao, Yicun Chen, and Mengru Shen. Optimal location of fixed and portable traffic sensors for path flow estimation: A two-stage stochastic program with Wasserstein distance. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 215:111920, May 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2026.111920> ] [26] Jialu Yang, Danesh Hosseinpanahi, Bo Zou, and Jane Lin. Powering long haul freight: hydrogen refueling station siting using pipeline infrastructure. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 154:105226, May 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2026.105226> ] [27] Ta-Hui Yang, Ching-Hui Tang, and Wan-Tien O. Cruise network design under sequential duopolistic entry. Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan, 34(1):42--52, 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.51400/2709-6998.2807> ] [28] Büşra Yılmaz, Murat Oturakçı, Uğur Eliiyi, Deniz Türsel Eliiyi, and Esra Ekinci. Dry port site selection in Türkiye: Spatial and optimization-based analysis. Research in Transportation Business & Management, 66:101596, March 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2026.101596> ] %%%%%%%%% OLDER%%%%%%%%%%%%% [1] Elisangela Martins de Sá, Reinaldo Morabito, and Ricardo Saraiva de Camargo. Benders decomposition applied to a robust multiple allocation incomplete hub location problem. Computers & Operations Research, 89:31--50, January 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2017.08.001> ] [2] Alfredo Marín, Luisa I. Martínez-Merino, Antonio M. Rodríguez-Chía, and Francisco Saldanha-da Gama. Multi-period stochastic covering location problems: Modeling framework and solution approach. European Journal of Operational Research, 268(2):432--449, July 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2018.01.040> ] [3] Vladimir Marianov, H.A. Eiselt, and Armin Lüer-Villagra. Effects of multipurpose shopping trips on retail store location in a duopoly. European Journal of Operational Research, 269(2):782--792, September 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2018.02.024> ] [4] Bodo Manthey and Matthijs B. Tijink. Perturbation resilience for the facility location problem. Operations Research Letters, 46(2):215--218, March 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orl.2018.01.003> ] [5] I. Mallidis, S. Despoudi, R. Dekker, E. Iakovou, and D. Vlachos. The impact of sulphur limit fuel regulations on maritime supply chain network design. Annals of Operations Research, 294(1–2):677--695, August 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10479-018-2999-4> ] [6] Seyed Reza Madani, Ali Shahandeh Nookabadi, and Seyed Reza Hejazi. A bi-objective, reliable single allocation p-hub maximal covering location problem: Mathematical formulation and solution approach. Journal of Air Transport Management, 68:118--136, May 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jairtraman.2017.09.001> ] [7] Nick Loree and Felipe Aros-Vera. Points of distribution location and inventory management model for post-disaster humanitarian logistics. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 116:1--24, August 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2018.05.003> ] [8] Ivana Ljubić and Eduardo Moreno. Outer approximation and submodular cuts for maximum capture facility location problems with random utilities. European Journal of Operational Research, 266(1):46--56, April 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2017.09.023> ] [9] Bo Lin and Ruriko Yoshida. Tropical Fermat--Weber points. SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics, 32(2):1229--1245, jan 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1137/16m1071122> ] [10] Cheng-Chang Lin and Chuan-Chih Lin. The p-center flow-refueling facility location problem. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 118:124--142, December 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trb.2018.10.008> ] [11] Cheng-Chang Lin and Shwu-Chiou Lee. Hub network design problem with profit optimization for time-definite LTL freight transportation. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 114:104--120, June 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2018.03.007> ] [12] Ling-Ling Li, Yan-Fang Yang, Ching-Hsin Wang, and Kuo-Ping Lin. Biogeography-based optimization based on population competition strategy for solving the substation location problem. Expert Systems with Applications, 97:290--302, May 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2017.12.039> ] [13] Hongmei Li, Taibo Luo, Yinfeng Xu, and Jiuping Xu. Minimax regret vertex centdian location problem in general dynamic networks. Omega, 75:87--96, March 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2017.02.004> ] [14] Bin Li, Ivan Hernandez, Ashlea Bennett Milburn, and Jose Emmanuel Ramirez-Marquez. Integrating uncertain user-generated demand data when locating facilities for disaster response commodity distribution. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 62:84--103, June 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2017.09.003> ] [15] Xueping Li, Mohammad Ramshani, and Yu Huang. Cooperative maximal covering models for humanitarian relief chain management. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 119:301--308, May 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2018.04.004> ] [16] Deqiang Li, Laijun Zhao, Chenchen Wang, Wenjun Sun, and Jian Xue. Selection of China’s imported grain distribution centers in the context of the Belt and Road initiative. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 120:16--34, December 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2018.10.007> ] [17] Shimin Li and Haitao Wang. Dispersing points on intervals. Discrete Applied Mathematics, 239:106--118, April 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dam.2017.12.028> ] [18] Zhi-Chun Li and Qian Liu. Optimal deployment of emergency rescue stations in an urban transportation corridor. Transportation, 47(1):445--473, June 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11116-018-9897-0> ] [19] Aaron M. Lessin, Brian J. Lunday, and Raymond R. Hill. A bilevel exposure-oriented sensor location problem for border security. Computers & Operations Research, 98:56--68, October 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2018.05.017> ] [20] Markus Leitner, Ivana Ljubić, Juan-José Salazar-González, and Markus Sinnl. The connected facility location polytope. Discrete Applied Mathematics, 234:151--167, January 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dam.2016.08.010> ] [21] Cristiana L. Lara, Francisco Trespalacios, and Ignacio E. Grossmann. Global optimization algorithm for capacitated multi-facility continuous location-allocation problems. Journal of Global Optimization, 71(4):871--889, February 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10898-018-0621-6> ] [22] Ömer Burak Kınay, Bahar Yetis Kara, Francisco Saldanha-da Gama, and Isabel Correia. Modeling the shelter site location problem using chance constraints: A case study for Istanbul. European Journal of Operational Research, 270(1):132--145, October 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2018.03.006> ] [23] Heba A. Kurdi, Shiroq Al-Megren, Reham Althunyan, and Asma Almulifi. Effect of exit placement on evacuation plans. European Journal of Operational Research, 269(2):749--759, September 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2018.01.050> ] [24] Ling-Chieh Kung and Wei-Hung Liao. An approximation algorithm for a competitive facility location problem with network effects. European Journal of Operational Research, 267(1):176--186, May 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2017.11.037> ] [25] Aleksandr V. Kononov, Artem A. Panin, and Aleksandr V. Plyasunov. A new model of competitive location and pricing with the uniform split of the demand. In Optimization Problems and Their Applications, pages 16--28. Springer International Publishing, 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93800-4_2> ] [26] D. Kirszenblat, K. G. Sirinanda, M. Brazil, P. A. Grossman, J. H. Rubinstein, and D. A. Thomas. Minimal curvature-constrained networks. Journal of Global Optimization, 72(1):71--87, February 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10898-018-0625-2> ] [27] Sojung Kim, Sumin Kim, and James R. Kiniry. Two-phase simulation-based location-allocation optimization of biomass storage distribution. Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, 86:155--168, August 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.simpat.2018.05.006> ] [28] Dongwook Kim, Kyungsik Lee, and Ilkyeong Moon. Stochastic facility location model for drones considering uncertain flight distance. Annals of Operations Research, 283(1–2):1283--1302, December 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10479-018-3114-6> ] [29] A. V. Kel’manov and A. V. Motkova. Approximation scheme for a quadratic euclidean weighted 2-clustering problem. Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis, 28(1):17--23, January 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/s105466181801008x> ] [30] Mouna Kchaou Boujelben and Youssef Boulaksil. Modeling international facility location under uncertainty: A review, analysis, and insights. IISE Transactions, 50(6):535--551, February 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24725854.2017.1408165> ] [31] Zühal Kartal, Mohan Krishnamoorthy, and Andreas T. Ernst. Heuristic algorithms for the single allocation p-hub center problem with routing considerations. OR Spectrum, 41(1):99--145, July 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00291-018-0526-2> ] [32] Hossein Karimi. The capacitated hub covering location-routing problem for simultaneous pickup and delivery systems. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 116:47--58, February 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2017.12.020> ] [33] Gokhan Karakose and Ronald G. McGarvey. Capacitated path-aggregation constraint model for arc disruption in networks. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 109:225--238, January 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2017.11.012> ] [34] Malin Johansson and Jan Olhager. Comparing offshoring and backshoring: The role of manufacturing site location factors and their impact on post-relocation performance. International Journal of Production Economics, 205:37--46, November 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2018.08.027> ] [35] Vishv Jeet and Erhan Kutanoglu. Part commonality effects on integrated network design and inventory models for low-demand service parts logistics systems. International Journal of Production Economics, 206:46--58, December 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2018.09.017> ] [36] Armin Jabbarzadeh, Michael Haughton, and Amir Khosrojerdi. Closed-loop supply chain network design under disruption risks: A robust approach with real world application. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 116:178--191, February 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2017.12.025> ] [37] Chandra Ade Irawan, Martino Luis, Said Salhi, and Arif Imran. The incorporation of fixed cost and multilevel capacities into the discrete and continuous single source capacitated facility location problem. Annals of Operations Research, 275(2):367--392, August 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10479-018-3014-9> ] [38] Chandra Ade Irawan and Dylan Jones. Formulation and solution of a two-stage capacitated facility location problem with multilevel capacities. Annals of Operations Research, 272(1–2):41--67, January 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10479-017-2741-7> ] [39] Christina Ioannidou and Jesse R. O’Hanley. Eco-friendly location of small hydropower. European Journal of Operational Research, 264(3):907--918, February 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2016.06.067> ] [40] Suzan Iloglu and Laura A. Albert. An integrated network design and scheduling problem for network recovery and emergency response. Operations Research Perspectives, 5:218--231, 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orp.2018.08.001> ] [41] Jaemin Hwang, Jin Su Lee, Seung‐Young Kho, and Dong‐Kyu Kim. Hierarchical hub location problem for freight network design. IET Intelligent Transport Systems, 12(9):1062--1070, August 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/iet-its.2018.5289> ] [42] Katharina T. Huber, Vincent Moulton, Marie-France Sagot, and Blerina Sinaimeri. Geometric medians in reconciliation spaces of phylogenetic trees. Information Processing Letters, 136:96--101, August 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ipl.2018.04.001> ] [43] Han Huang. John ellipsoid and the center of mass of a convex body. Discrete & Computational Geometry, 60(4):809--830, September 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00454-017-9924-5> ] [44] Aaron B. Hoskins and Hugh R. Medal. Stochastic programming solution for placement of satellite ground stations. Annals of Operations Research, 283(1–2):267--288, March 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10479-018-2798-y> ] [45] Insu Hong, Michael Kuby, and Alan T. Murray. A range-restricted recharging station coverage model for drone delivery service planning. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 90:198--212, May 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2018.02.017> ] [46] Stefan Hoffmann, Thomas Kampermann, and Egon Wanke. Minimizing the number of max-power users in ad-hoc wireless networks with minimum node degree requirements. Information Processing Letters, 136:25--29, August 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ipl.2018.03.015> ] [47] Hassan Heidari-Fathian and Seyed Hamid Reza Pasandideh. Green-blood supply chain network design: Robust optimization, bounded objective function & Lagrangian relaxation. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 122:95--105, August 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2018.05.051> ] [48] Jia He, Hai Yang, Tie-Qiao Tang, and Hai-Jun Huang. An optimal charging station location model with the consideration of electric vehicle’s driving range. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 86:641--654, January 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2017.11.026> ] [49] Xiaozhou He, Zhihui Liu, Bing Su, Yinfeng Xu, Feifeng Zheng, and Binhai Zhu. Efficient algorithms for computing one or two discrete centers hitting a set of line segments. Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, 37(4):1408--1423, November 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10878-018-0359-6> ] [50] Qiao-Chu He and Tao Hong. Integrated facility location and production scheduling in multi-generation energy systems. Operations Research Letters, 46(1):153--157, January 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orl.2017.12.001> ] [51] Aliakbar Hasani and Hadi Mokhtari. Redesign strategies of a comprehensive robust relief network for disaster management. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 64:92--102, December 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2018.01.003> ] [52] Mahdi Hamzeei and James Luedtke. Service network design with equilibrium-driven demands. IISE Transactions, 50(11):959--969, October 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24725854.2018.1479900> ] [53] Mostafa Hajiaghaei-Keshteli and Amir Mohammad Fathollahi-Fard. A set of efficient heuristics and metaheuristics to solve a two-stage stochastic bi-level decision-making model for the distribution network problem. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 123:378--395, September 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2018.07.009> ] [54] M.K. Khakim Habibi, Hamid Allaoui, and Gilles Goncalves. Collaborative hub location problem under cost uncertainty. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 124:393--410, October 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2018.07.028> ] [55] Gabriel Gutiérrez-Jarpa, Gilbert Laporte, and Vladimir Marianov. Corridor-based metro network design with travel flow capture. Computers & Operations Research, 89:58--67, January 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2017.08.007> ] [56] Yonatan Gur, Daniela Saban, and Nicolas E. Stier-Moses. The competitive facility location problem in a duopoly: Advances beyond trees. Operations Research, 66(4):1058--1067, August 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/opre.2017.1694> ] [57] Fang Guo, Jun Yang, and Jianyi Lu. The battery charging station location problem: Impact of users’ range anxiety and distance convenience. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 114:1--18, June 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2018.03.014> ] [58] Hüseyin Güden. New complexity results for the p-hub median problem. Annals of Operations Research, 298(1–2):229--247, April 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10479-018-2824-0> ] [59] Jian Guan, Geng Lin, and Hui-Bin Feng. A learning-based probabilistic tabu search for the uncapacitated single allocation hub location problem. Computers & Operations Research, 98:1--12, October 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2018.04.020> ] [60] Johanna Grames, Dieter Grass, Peter M. Kort, and Alexia Prskawetz. Optimal investment and location decisions of a firm in a flood risk area using impulse control theory. Central European Journal of Operations Research, 27(4):1051--1077, March 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10100-018-0532-0> ] [61] Kagan Gokbayrak. Robust gateway placement in wireless mesh networks. Computers & Operations Research, 97:84--95, September 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2018.04.018> ] [62] A. Ghodratnama, H. R. Arbabi, and A. Azaron. A bi˗objective hub location-allocation model considering congestion. Operational Research, 20(4):2427--2466, May 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12351-018-0404-3> ] [63] Ali Ghavamifar, Ahmad Makui, and Ata Allah Taleizadeh. Designing a resilient competitive supply chain network under disruption risks: A real-world application. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 115:87--109, July 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2018.04.014> ] [64] Nader Ghaffarinasab, Alireza Motallebzadeh, Younis Jabarzadeh, and Bahar Y. Kara. Efficient simulated annealing based solution approaches to the competitive single and multiple allocation hub location problems. Computers & Operations Research, 90:173--192, February 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2017.09.022> ] [65] Nader Ghaffarinasab, Tom Van Woensel, and Stefan Minner. A continuous approximation approach to the planar hub location-routing problem: Modeling and solution algorithms. Computers & Operations Research, 100:140--154, December 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2018.07.022> ] [66] Nader Ghaffarinasab and Alireza Motallebzadeh. Hub interdiction problem variants: Models and metaheuristic solution algorithms. European Journal of Operational Research, 267(2):496--512, June 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2017.11.058> ] [67] Nader Ghaffarinasab and Bahar Y. Kara. Benders decomposition algorithms for two variants of the single allocation hub location problem. Networks and Spatial Economics, 19(1):83--108, October 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11067-018-9424-z> ] [68] Nader Ghaffarinasab and Reza Atayi. An implicit enumeration algorithm for the hub interdiction median problem with fortification. European Journal of Operational Research, 267(1):23--39, May 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2017.11.035> ] [69] Nader Ghaffarinasab. An efficient matheuristic for the robust multiple allocation p-hub median problem under polyhedral demand uncertainty. Computers & Operations Research, 97:31--47, September 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2018.04.021> ] [70] W. Geremew, N. M. Nam, A. Semenov, V. Boginski, and E. Pasiliao. A DC programming approach for solving multicast network design problems via the Nesterov smoothing technique. Journal of Global Optimization, 72(4):705--729, June 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10898-018-0671-9> ] [71] M. Gentili and Pitu B. Mirchandani. Review of optimal sensor location models for travel time estimation. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 90:74--96, May 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2018.01.021> ] [72] Tran Hoai Ngoc Nhan, Kien Trung Nguyen, and Huong Nguyen-Thu. The minmax regret reverse 1-median problem on trees with uncertain vertex weights. 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PhD Summer Academy at Zaragoza Logistics Center (Spain), June 1-11
by Teresa Melo 30 Mar '26

30 Mar '26

Dear colleagues, I would like to draw your attention to the following event: Zaragoza Logistics Center (ZLC), a higher-education institution affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the University of Zaragoza (Spain) is organizing an intensive two-week program designed for PhD students and young researchers in Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Management Science, AI, Statistics, and Data-driven Decision Making. From June 1-11, 2026, in Zaragoza, Spain, the PhD Summer Academy will offer an exceptional opportunity to advance doctoral research with rigorous, state-of-the-art methodologies and engage with world-class faculty. Participants will delve into cutting-edge topics presented by leading experts: * Freight Transport and Distribution: Concepts and Optimization Models (Tolga Bektaş, University of Liverpool, UK) * Data-driven Optimization (Stefan Minner, Technical University of Munich, Germany) * Supply Chain Network Design Problems: Recent Approaches and Emerging Trends (Teresa Melo, Saarland University of Applied Sciences, Germany) * Humanitarian and Emergency Response Logistics (Ozlem Ergun, Northeastern University, USA) Details about the program and the application process are available at: https://www.zlc.edu.es/education/phd-summer-academy/ Kind regards Teresa Prof. Dr. Teresa Melo Business School Saarland University of Applied Sciences (htw saar) Waldhausweg 14 D 66123 Saarbruecken Germany Tel.: +49 681 58 67 - 588 Email: teresa.melo(a)htwsaar.de<mailto:teresa.melo@htwsaar.de> Web: www.htwsaar.de<http://www.htwsaar.de/>

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NATCOR Courses in Edinburgh this June
by Sergio García Quiles 27 Mar '26

27 Mar '26

Dear colleagues, We are organizing two courses in Edinburgh: * NATCOR Course on Convex Optimization, 8-12 June 2026. * NATCOR Course on Optimization Under Uncertainty, 15-19 June 2026. The courses are aimed mostly at (but not restricted to) Ph.D. students doing research in operational research and related areas (business analytics, engineering, computer science). Both courses will start with an introduction to the topic, moving on to more advanced state-of-the-art concepts and with an important emphasis on applications. Being full-week courses which include several social activities, it is a great opportunity to network with peer Ph.D. students and with the teaching team, consisting of world-leading experts on the area. Teaching teams are: * Convex Optimization: Miguel Anjos (University of Edinburgh, UK), Julian Hall (HIGHS/University of Edinburgh, UK), Tamás Terlaky (Lehigh University, USA), Margherita Porcelli (University of Florence, Italy), Alper Yildirim (University of Edinburgh, UK), and Filippo Zanetti (HIGHS/University of Edinburgh, UK). * Optimization Under Uncertainty: Kerem Akartunali (University of Strathclyde, UK), Merve Bodur (University of Edinburgh, UK), Vinh Doan (University of Warwick, UK), Nalan Gulpinar (Durham University, UK), and Francesca Maggioni (University of Bergamo, Italy). Note that, very conveniently, the courses are back-to-back, and the Convex Optimization course follows the SIAM Conference on Optimization, also held in Edinburgh from June 2 to June 5. More details on the courses and registration, including the course schedule and topics covered, can be found at https://www.natcor.ac.uk/courses/. Since capacity is limited, early registration is strongly encouraged. Kind regards, Sergio García Quiles Reader in Operational Research School of Mathematics University of Edinburgh, UK The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. Is e buidheann carthannais a th’ ann an Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann, clàraichte an Alba, àireamh clàraidh SC005336.

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Re: Brian Boffey passing
by Said Salhi 24 Mar '26

24 Mar '26

Dear EWGLA members It is with sadness that I would like to let you that Professor Brian Boffey, one of the original founders of ewgla, has died on the 21 february 2026. His wife Pam has informed me last week by post. Though we were still in contact over xmas he was having a serious and terminal illness. Brian and I jointly organised the 9th meeting EWGLA 9 in 1996 at Birmingham. Attach is Brian order of service. God bless Him, his wife Pam, his family and all his friends and colleagues Take care Said Said Salhi | Professor Emeritus in OR/MS (FORS,FIMA,FCILT) Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the Operational Research Society (JORS) https://www.theorsociety.com/publications/journals/jors/ Kent Business School | University of Kent s.salhi(a)kent.ac.uk<mailto:s.salhi@kent.ac.uk> https://www.kent.ac.uk/kent-business-school/people/894/salhi-said https://research.kent.ac.uk/clho/ My Authored Book (2017)- Heuristic Search: Emerging Science of Problem Solving http://www.springer.com/gb/book/9783319493541 My Co-Edited OR Handbook (2022) S.Salhi and J.Boylan The Palgrave Handbook of Operations Research https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-96935-6?noAccess=true#page… ________________________________

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IFORS 2026
by Hatice ÇALIK 18 Mar '26

18 Mar '26

Dear EWGLA members, We are organizing the Location Analysis I stream of IFORS as Europe chairs. The conference will take place in Vienna (Austria) on 12-17 July 2026. https://www.ifors2026.at/home/ If you would like to present your research within a Location Analysis session, please use the following session code in submission: f64f705c Feel free to share this e-mail with your colleagues who are not yet EWGLA members. As always, we will do our best to cluster the relevant talks in the same sessions. Thank you and we look forward to your submissions. Kind regards, Hatice -- Dr. Hatice Çalık Research Expert [A blue and white logo Description automatically generated] KU Leuven, Department of Electrical Engineering (ESAT) Electrical Energy Systems and Applications (ELECTA) Kasteelpark Arenberg 10 - box 2445, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium [cid:image003.png@01DAF3D2.BAADB940] [A green and black logo Description automatically generated] Energy Transmission Competence Hub EnergyVille, Electrical Networks Thor Park 8310 - box 2445, 3600 Genk, Belgium hatice.calik(a)energyville.be

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Location related references Collection March 2026
by Frank Plastria 07 Mar '26

07 Mar '26

Dear fellow Locater, You will find below my collection of references for March 2026. It is subdivided into the 34 most recent references from 2024-2026 on the one hand, and 67 earlier ones on the other hand ranging back from 2023 to 2018. The attached BibTeX file contains the full 101 item March collection. Enjoy, Sincerely Frank Plastria %%%%%%%%% RECENT %%%%%%%%%%%%% [1] Jeppe Rich. Let’s walk! The fallacy of urban first- and last-mile public transport. Transportation, 53:511–533, June 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11116-024-10505-5> ] [2] Katja Schimohr, Eva Heinen, and Joachim Scheiner. The impact of relocations on distances traveled for commuting and grocery shopping: structural equation models of panel data. Transportation, 53:309–335, June 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11116-024-10498-1> ] [3] Yani Xue, Miqing Li, Hamid Arabnejad, Diana Suleimenova, Alireza Jahani, Bernhard C. Geiger, Freek Boesjes, Anastasia Anagnostou, Simon J.E. Taylor, Xiaohui Liu, and Derek Groen. Many-objective simulation optimization for camp location problems in humanitarian logistics. International Journal of Network Dynamics and Intelligence, 3(3):100017, September 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.53941/ijndi.2024.100017> ] [4] Zhen Zhang, Zi-Yun Huang, Zhi-Ping Tian, Li-Mei Liu, Xue-Song Xu, and Qi-Long Feng. On the budgeted priority p-median problem in high-dimensional euclidean spaces. Journal of the Operations Research Society of China, 14(1):309--324, March 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40305-023-00533-w> ] [5] Francisco Canas and Luís Gouveia. On location-routing formulations for the hamiltonian p -median problem. European Journal of Operational Research, 331(1):62--76, October 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2025.10.023> ] [6] Katharina Eberhardt, Sonja Rosenberg, Florian Klaus Kaiser, and Frank Schultmann. A cooperative covering model for optimizing critical supply networks under disruption risks. Annals of Operations Research, 357(2–3):909--944, October 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10479-025-06909-w> ] [7] Xiangling Hu, Ying Dai, Fei Yang, and Zujun Ma. A stochastic location-inventory problem in multi-period closed-loop leased pallet pooling systems with palletized transport. European Journal of Operational Research, 330(3):780--799, September 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2025.09.029> ] [8] Nadia Jaoui, Walid Klibi, Nizar El Hachemi, Tarik Aouam, and Michel Fender. Multi-cycle production network design under supply uncertainty. European Journal of Operational Research, 330(3):816--837, September 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2025.09.008> ] [9] Pawel Kalczynski, Jack Brimberg, and Zvi Drezner. The Weber problem with demand uniformly generated in discs. European Journal of Operational Research, 330(3):733--744, October 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2025.10.006> ] [10] Martine Labbé, Mercedes Landete, Marina Leal, and Lorena Nácher. Mixed-integer models for complete-linkage clustering. Annals of Operations Research, 358(1):469--494, October 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10479-025-06872-6> ] [11] Yong Liu, Weidong Chen, and Junyuan Qiu. Online platform-based reverse logistics network design for mobile phones with resilience capability: Stochastic programming and Benders decomposition. International Journal of Production Economics, 294:109813, October 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109813> ] [12] Kit Daniel Searle, Christa Searle, and Jörg Kalcsics. Infrastructure design for a hydrogen refuelling network with pipelines. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 77(3):908--929, June 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01605682.2025.2509704> ] [13] Hannan Tureci-Isik, Melih Çelik, and Ece Sanci. The stochastic location-routing problem with parallel truck–drone operations for humanitarian aid delivery. European Journal of Operational Research, 331(1):242--259, September 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2025.08.057> ] [14] Sergiy Yakovlev, Sergiy Shekhovtsov, Lyudmyla Kirichenko, Olha Matsyi, Dmytro Podzeha, and Dmytro Chumachenko. Continuous maximum coverage location problem with arbitrary shape of service areas and regional demand. Symmetry, 17(5):676, April 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/sym17050676> ] [15] Bingkun Chen, Zhuo Chen, Xiaoyue Cathy Liu, Ran Wei, and Arman Malekloo. Co-hub charging planning for electric bus and paratransit using fuzzy multi-objective optimization. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 153:105233, April 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2026.105233> ] [16] Xinhao Cui, Shitao Wang, Bo Li, Dezhen Yang, Ziguang Ji, Yi Ren, and Yiyong Xiao. Joint optimization of support center location and USV-UAV collaborative routing for maritime network under uncertainty: a bilevel programming model. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 214:111845, April 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2026.111845> ] [17] Xiaochen Feng, Diego Ruiz-Hernandez, and Antonino Sgalambro. On the quickest evacuation location problem in humanitarian operations: multi-objective modelling and matheuristic solution. European Journal of Operational Research, 331(3):719--740, June 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2025.10.046> ] [18] Xiangling Hu, Ying Dai, Fei Yang, and Zujun Ma. A two-stage stochastic programming model for the location-inventory problem in multi-period closed-loop leased pallet pooling systems. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 214:111894, April 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2026.111894> ] [19] Waquar Kaleem, Taner Cokyasar, Jeffrey Larson, Omer Verbas, Tanveer Hossain Bhuiyan, and Anirudh Subramanyam. Extreme-scale EV charging infrastructure planning for last-mile delivery using high-performance parallel computing. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 205:103403, March 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trb.2026.103403> ] [20] Alexandra Lassota, Adrian Vetta, and Bernhard von Stengel. The Condorcet dimension of metric spaces. Operations Research Letters, 65:107396, March 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orl.2025.107396> ] [21] Hongyan Li, Dongmei Yu, and Mengyuan Zhang. Resilient emergency facilities location–allocation under cascading uncertainty: A two-stage robust optimization model. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 104:102395, April 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2025.102395> ] [22] Meiyu Liu, Shanshan Gao, and Naiqi Liu. A new robust capacitated hub interdiction problem under ambiguous demand and its Benders decomposition. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 208:104716, April 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2026.104716> ] [23] Yuhao Liu, Zhibin Chen, and Joseph Y J Chow. Robust location for quarantine facilities under decentralized room assignment: A bi-level mixed-integer programming approach. European Journal of Operational Research, 331(3):741--755, June 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2025.12.006> ] [24] Zhaofang Mao, Yida Xu, and Enyuan Fu. An adaptive large neighborhood decomposition search-based approach for the location-routing problem with pickup facilities and heterogeneous demands. Computers & Operations Research, 189:107398, May 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2026.107398> ] [25] Thomas Pammer and Markus Sinnl. A matheuristic for solving the single row facility layout problem. Computers & Operations Research, 189:107397, May 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2026.107397> ] [26] Mohaddeseh Roshan, Jessica Olivares-Aguila, and Waguih ElMaraghy. A scenario-adaptive optimization model for circular intertwined supply network design under uncertainty. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 214:111849, April 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2026.111849> ] [27] Elif Zeynep Serper and Sibel A. Alumur. Optimizing hub networks for truck platooning under uncertainty in cost savings. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 208:104692, April 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2026.104692> ] [28] Hazem J. Smadi, Nader A. Al Theeb, and Razan A. Khatatbeh. Optimization of integrated distribution systems with electric vehicles equipped with battery swapping technology. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 214:111827, April 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2026.111827> ] [29] Kung-Jeng Wang and Natalia Febri. Joint optimization of vending machine deployment and shelf display design with synchronized merchandise replenishment. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 214:111848, April 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2026.111848> ] [30] Yuehui Wu, Shan Zhang, Jianfeng Zheng, Zeren Xing, and Shuangyuan Yu. A two-echelon single-allocation incomplete hub location routing problem arising in multimodal intra-city express delivery systems. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 214:111907, April 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2026.111907> ] [31] Bing Yu, Yong Liu, and Liang Ma. A double-layer model and algorithm for the location allocation of emergency stockpiles in an epidemic situation. Annals of Operations Research, 357(2–3):1305--1340, January 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10479-025-07019-3> ] [32] Lifen Yun, Runfeng Yu, Hongqiang Fan, Yuanjie Tang, and Xun Weng. A multi-channel retail store location model considering customer retry purchasing patterns. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 208:104674, April 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2026.104674> ] [33] Tao Zhang, Shuaian Wang, and Xu Xin. Humanitarian relief logistics network design considering facility location, inventory pre-positioning and evacuation planning: A two-stage distributionally robust optimization approach. Computers & Operations Research, 189:107390, May 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2026.107390> ] [34] Laijun Zhao, Weijie Xie, Huiyong Li, Changzhi Wu, Shuo Sun, Pingle Yang, and Lixin Zhou. A p-robust location-allocation model for resilience-oriented collaborative emergency response network in urban agglomerations. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 208:104698, April 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2026.104698> ] %%%%%%%%% OLDER%%%%%%%%%%%%% [1] Abbas Bazzi, Samuel Fiorini, Sebastian Pokutta, and Ola Svensson. No small linear program approximates vertex cover within a factor 2 − ε. Mathematics of Operations Research, 44(1):147--172, September 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/moor.2017.0918> ] [2] Vladimir Beresnev and Andrey Melnikov. Exact method for the capacitated competitive facility location problem. Computers & Operations Research, 95:73--82, July 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2018.02.013> ] [3] Oded Berman, Iman Hajizadeh, Dmitry Krass, and Alireza Rahimi-Vahed. Reconfiguring a set of coverage-providing facilities under travel time uncertainty. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 62:1--12, June 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2017.05.002> ] [4] Víctor Blanco, Justo Puerto, and Román Salmerón. Locating hyperplanes to fitting set of points: A general framework. Computers & Operations Research, 95:172--193, July 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2018.03.009> ] [5] Maurizio Boccia, Teodor Gabriel Crainic, Antonio Sforza, and Claudio Sterle. Multi-commodity location-routing: Flow intercepting formulation and branch-and-cut algorithm. Computers & Operations Research, 89:94--112, January 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2017.08.013> ] [6] S. Borne, E. Gourdin, O. Klopfenstein, and A.R. Mahjoub. A branch-and-cut algorithm for the capacitated multi-failure survivable network design problem. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 124:582--603, October 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2018.05.043> ] [7] Eleonora Bottani, Francesca Mannino, Giuseppe Vignali, and Roberto Montanari. A routing and location model for food waste recovery in the retail and distribution phase. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, 21(6):557--578, April 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13675567.2018.1458826> ] [8] Yann Briheche, Frederic Barbaresco, Fouad Bennis, and Damien Chablat. Theoretical complexity of grid cover problems used in radar applications. Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 179(3):1086--1106, August 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10957-018-1354-x> ] [9] Norbert Bus, Nabil H. Mustafa, and Saurabh Ray. Practical and efficient algorithms for the geometric hitting set problem. 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Hedetniemi, and Christian Moore. Distribution centers in graphs. Discrete Applied Mathematics, 243:186--193, July 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dam.2018.02.009> ] [25] Zhen Di, Lixing Yang, Jianguo Qi, and Ziyou Gao. Transportation network design for maximizing flow-based accessibility. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 110:209--238, April 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trb.2018.02.013> ] [26] Hande Dilek, Özgen Karaer, and Emre Nadar. Retail location competition under carbon penalty. European Journal of Operational Research, 269(1):146--158, August 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2017.10.060> ] [27] Ian Shivraj Doolun, S.G. Ponnambalam, Nachiappan Subramanian, and Kanagaraj G. Data driven hybrid evolutionary analytical approach for multi objective location allocation decisions: Automotive green supply chain empirical evidence. Computers & Operations Research, 98:265--283, October 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2018.01.008> ] [28] Tammy Drezner and Zvi Drezner. Cooperative cover of uniform demand. Networks and Spatial Economics, 19(3):819--831, December 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11067-018-9429-7> ] [29] Tammy Drezner, Zvi Drezner, and Pawel Kalczynski. A directional approach to gradual cover. TOP, 27(1):70--93, November 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11750-018-00493-y> ] [30] Tammy Drezner, Zvi Drezner, and Anita Schöbel. The Weber obnoxious facility location model: A Big Arc Small Arc approach. Computers & Operations Research, 98:240--250, October 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2018.06.006> ] [31] Tammy Drezner, Zvi Drezner, and Dawit Zerom. Competitive facility location with random attractiveness. Operations Research Letters, 46(3):312--317, May 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orl.2018.02.008> ] [32] Fabian Dunke, Iris Heckmann, Stefan Nickel, and Francisco Saldanha-da Gama. Time traps in supply chains: Is optimal still good enough? European Journal of Operational Research, 264(3):813--829, February 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2016.07.016> ] [33] Özgün Elçi, Nilay Noyan, and Kerem Bülbül. Chance-constrained stochastic programming under variable reliability levels with an application to humanitarian relief network design. Computers & Operations Research, 96:91--107, August 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2018.03.011> ] [34] Özgün Elçi and Nilay Noyan. A chance-constrained two-stage stochastic programming model for humanitarian relief network design. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 108:55--83, February 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trb.2017.12.002> ] [35] Sourour Elloumi, Olivier Hudry, Estel Marie, Agathe Martin, Agnès Plateau, and Stéphane Rovedakis. Optimization of wireless sensor networks deployment with coverage and connectivity constraints. Annals of Operations Research, 298(1–2):183--206, June 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10479-018-2943-7> ] [36] P. Escalona, V. Marianov, F. Ordóñez, and R. Stegmaier. On the effect of inventory policies on distribution network design with several demand classes. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 111:229--240, March 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2017.10.019> ] [37] Juan Carlos Espinoza Garcia and Laurent Alfandari. Robust location of new housing developments using a choice model. Annals of Operations Research, 271(2):527--550, January 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10479-017-2750-6> ] [38] Hongqiang Fan, Jiaqi Ma, and Xiaopeng Li. A reliable location model for heterogeneous systems under partial capacity losses. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 97:235--257, December 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2018.10.014> ] [39] Wenbo Fan, Yu Mei, and Weihua Gu. Optimal design of intersecting bimodal transit networks in a grid city. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 111:203--226, May 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trb.2018.03.007> ] [40] Mohammad Saleh Farham, Haldun Süral, and Cem Iyigun. Generalization of the restricted planar location problems: Unified metaheuristic algorithms. Computers & Operations Research, 99:48--66, November 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2018.04.022> ] [41] Mohammad Saleh Farham, Haldun Süral, and Cem Iyigun. A column generation approach for the location-routing problem with time windows. Computers & Operations Research, 90:249--263, February 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2017.09.010> ] [42] Hamed Farrokhi-Asl, Ahmad Makui, Armin Jabbarzadeh, and Farnaz Barzinpour. Solving a multi-objective sustainable waste collection problem considering a new collection network. Operational Research, 20(4):1977--2015, August 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12351-018-0415-0> ] [43] Mohammad Fattahi, Kannan Govindan, and Esmaeil Keyvanshokooh. A multi-stage stochastic program for supply chain network redesign problem with price-dependent uncertain demands. Computers & Operations Research, 100:314--332, December 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2017.12.016> ] [44] Saeed Fazayeli, Alireza Eydi, and Isa Nakhai Kamalabadi. Location-routing problem in multimodal transportation network with time windows and fuzzy demands: Presenting a two-part genetic algorithm. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 119:233--246, May 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2018.03.041> ] [45] Qilong Feng, Jiaxin Hu, Neng Huang, and Jianxin Wang. Improved PTAS for the constrained k-means problem. Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, 37(4):1091--1110, August 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10878-018-0340-4> ] [46] Jianguang Feng and Ada Che. Novel integer linear programming models for the facility layout problem with fixed-size rectangular departments. Computers & Operations Research, 95:163--171, July 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2018.03.013> ] [47] Matteo Fischetti, Michele Monaci, and Markus Sinnl. A dynamic reformulation heuristic for generalized interdiction problems. European Journal of Operational Research, 267(1):40--51, May 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2017.11.043> ] [48] Bernard Fortz, Luís Gouveia, and Martim Joyce-Moniz. Optimal design of switched ethernet networks implementing the multiple spanning tree protocol. Discrete Applied Mathematics, 234:114--130, January 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dam.2016.07.015> ] [49] Fateme Fotuhi and Nathan Huynh. A reliable multi-period intermodal freight network expansion problem. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 115:138--150, January 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2017.11.007> ] [50] Gaëtan Fournier and Marco Scarsini. Location games on networks: Existence and efficiency of equilibria. Mathematics of Operations Research, 44(1):212--235, August 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/moor.2017.0921> ] [51] L. Franco, F. Velasco, L. Gonzalez-Abril, and Juan A. Mesa. Single-facility location problems in two regions with l1- and linf-norms separated by a straight line. European Journal of Operational Research, 269(2):577--589, September 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2018.02.008> ] [52] Christian Friedrich, Armin Klausnitzer, and Rainer Lasch. Integrated slicing tree approach for solving the facility layout problem with input and output locations based on contour distance. European Journal of Operational Research, 270(3):837--851, November 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2018.01.001> ] [53] Sébastien Gadat, Ioana Gavra, and Laurent Risser. How to calculate the barycenter of a weighted graph. Mathematics of Operations Research, 43(4):1085--1118, November 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/moor.2017.0896> ] [54] SuneLauth Gadegaard, Andreas Klose, and LarsRelund Nielsen. An improved cut-and-solve algorithm for the single-source capacitated facility location problem. EURO Journal on Computational Optimization, 6(1):1--27, March 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13675-017-0084-4> ] [55] Andrei Gagarin and Padraig Corcoran. Multiple domination models for placement of electric vehicle charging stations in road networks. Computers & Operations Research, 96:69--79, August 2018. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2018.03.014> ] [56] Laura Galli, Adam N. Letchford, and Sebastian J. Miller. New valid inequalities and facets for the simple plant location problem. European Journal of Operational Research, 269(3):824--833, September 2018. 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ISOLDE XVII Conference - Cancelled
by Diana Ramirez-Rios 10 Feb '26

10 Feb '26

Dear colleagues, It is with a great sadness that we are announcing the cancellation of our ISOLDE XVII Conference proposed this year in Chicago. Thank you to all who submitted your abstracts, we appreciate your contributions and interest in participating in ISOLDE. Nonetheless, after extending the deadline a couple of times, we ended up receiving 47 abstracts. Ultimately, these numbers are not enough to cover the high fixed costs of holding a conference in Chicago, even after trying to downsize the conference for a smaller group. Even though this year's event is cancelled, our planning committee has discussed about the next steps to save ISOLDE. So please stay tuned for future updates about this. Best regards, Diana Ramirez-Rios, University at Buffalo, dgramire(a)buffalo.edu<mailto:dgramire@buffalo.edu> Gita Taherkhani, Loyola University Chicago, gtaherkhani(a)luc.edu<mailto:gtaherkhani@luc.edu> ISOLDE XVII Co-chairs

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Location related references Collection February 2026
by Frank Plastria 04 Feb '26

04 Feb '26

Dear fellow Locater, You will find below my collection of references for February 2026. It is subdivided into the 41 most recent references from 2025-2026 on the one hand, and 59 earlier ones on the other hand ranging back from 2024 to 2018. The attached BibTeX file contains the full 100 item February collection. Enjoy, Sincerely Frank Plastria %%%%%%%%% RECENT %%%%%%%%%%%%% [1] Lina Aboueljinane and Youness Frichi. A metamodeling based simulation approach to investigate ambulance multi-period redeployment in emergency medical services. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 213:111802, March 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2026.111802> ] [2] Siqian Cheng, Jiankun Hu, and Youfang Huang. Pandemic resilience through subway-based multi-center logistics: an immune genetic approach. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 213:111792, March 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2025.111792> ] [3] Arun Kumar Das. Charging station placement for limited energy robots. Discrete Applied Mathematics, 381:129--136, March 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dam.2025.11.020> ] [4] Jinbiao Huo, Zhiyuan Liu, Ziyuan Gu, and Churong Chen. A hybrid ranking and selection procedure to solve simulation-based discrete network design problems. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 183:105438, February 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2025.105438> ] [5] Mingzhang Liang, Min Xu, and Shuaian Wang. Joint design of transit and bike-sharing systems by multi-objective optimization considering stochastic user equilibrium. Omega, 141:103484, June 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2025.103484> ] [6] Bei Lin, Xiaoyu Ji, Yingtong Wang, and Yingfu He. Robust infrastructure design for carbon capture utilization and storage considering carbon emission uncertainty. Omega, 141:103512, June 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2026.103512> ] [7] Xu Luo, Yong Liu, and Jiawei Wu. Dynamic location–allocation–routing scheduling for long-range maritime rescue operations using shipboard helicopters: A Q-learning-based hyper-heuristic approach. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 212:111722, February 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2025.111722> ] [8] Van Son Nguyen, Quang Dung Pham, Quoc Trung Bui, and Thuy Chau Tran. A proposed local search strategy and neighborhoods for solving a new variant of e-commerce districting problem. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 213:111843, March 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2026.111843> ] [9] Shan Shan, Chongjun Ouyang, Yong Li, and Yuanwei Liu. Exploiting pinching-antenna systems in multicast communications. IEEE Transactions on Communications, 74:419--432, 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/tcomm.2025.3626012> ] [10] Wenbing Shui and Liuquan Chen. A bi-objective optimization model integrating bilateral accessibility for overseas warehouse location selection: complex network analysis and ε-constraint-based column generation algorithm. Expert Systems with Applications, 304:130837, April 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2025.130837> ] [11] Qingyun Tian, Yun Hui Lin, Kaidi Yang, and David Z.W. Wang. Locating and pricing park-and-ride service in the era of autonomous vehicles. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 204:103376, February 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trb.2025.103376> ] [12] David Pinzon Ulloa, Ammar Metnani, and Emma Frejinger. A capacitated collection-and-delivery-point location problem with random utility maximizing customers. Computers & Operations Research, 188:107349, April 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2025.107349> ] [13] Mohammad Mahdi Vali-Siar, Hamid Tikani, Emrah Demir, and Yousof Shamstabar. Resilient supply chain network design under super-disruption considering inter-arrival time dependency: a new data-driven stochastic optimization approach. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 207:104615, March 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2025.104615> ] [14] Qi Wang, Yankui Liu, and Guoqing Zhang. Robust design and pricing of electric vehicle battery reuse network by tailored branch-and-cut algorithm. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 207:104643, March 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2025.104643> ] [15] Yanjiao Wang, Naiqi Liu, and Xuejie Bai. Robustifying resilient supply chain against ambiguous facility disruptions under new risk-averse criteria. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 213:111824, March 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2026.111824> ] [16] Jianhua Xiao, Yifu Yang, Jiuhong Xiao, Shuyi Wang, and George Q. Huang. Multi-period hub-and-spoke network design considering flow-dependent economies of scale. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 207:104646, March 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2025.104646> ] [17] Jiping Xing, Zhou Jia, Tong Wu, Tianli Tang, and Zhiyuan Liu. Bayesian optimization for traffic sensor deployment: Integrating network flow estimation into location planning. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 207:104593, March 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2025.104593> ] [18] Yongjian Yang, Chenglong Li, Dujuan Wang, Yunqiang Yin, and T.C.E. Cheng. A two-stage adaptive robust optimization model for the location-routing problem with drone delivery and uncertainty in humanitarian relief. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 207:104601, March 2026. 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ISOLDE - Deadline coming up: January 30, 2026!
by Diana Ramirez-Rios 29 Jan '26

29 Jan '26

Dear colleagues, We are at the final stretch; the deadline is in 2 days! Please consider submitting your 2-page abstracts to attend our next ISOLDE XVII conference. ISOLDE XVII June 21-25, 2026 ISOLDE XVII - International Symposium on Location Decisions<https://isoldexvii-2026.org/> The 17th International Symposium on Location Decisions (ISOLDE XVII) invites both researchers and practitioners to submit papers in the field of location theory and analysis for its 2026 conference. We invite participation from all areas related to location theory including, but not limited to: * Continuous Facility Location * Network Facility Location * Discrete Facility Location * Competitive Facility Location * Hub Facility Location * Location and Logistics * Location Decisions in Traffic Planning * Network Design * Stochastic Facility Location * Location-Routing Problems * Undesirable Facility Location * Applications of Location Models * Territorial Design and Districting * Humanitarian Logistics and Emergency Response * Clustering and Partitioning in Facility Location * Covering and Set Covering Models for Service Design * Decomposition Approaches for Large-Scale Location Problems * Location-Routing with Assignment Optimization * Facility Layout within Location Decisions * Game-Theoretic Models in Competitive Location * Equilibrium Analysis in Network Facility Design Abstract Submission Guidelines * Abstracts should include title, author's name(s) and affiliation(s). * The presenting author must be indicated by underlining his/her name. * Maximum two pages. * Word files (.doc or .docx) and PDF files (.pdf) are acceptable. * Confirmation e-mail will be sent to the corresponding author immediately after receipt of the submission. * Submission deadline is January 30, 2026. Submission Process Please follow the instructions included in the conference website: Call for Papers - ISOLDE XVII<https://isoldexvii-2026.org/call-for-papers>. Authors must create an account in the Microsoft CMT website and submit your paper using the following link: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/ISOLDE2026. About the Conference ISOLDE XVII will take place from June 21-25, 2026, at Loyola University in Downtown Chicago, IL. The conference, held every three years, involves scientists and practitioners, whose research interests deal with quantitative and qualitative methods for location theory, modeling and planning. All related areas of economics, engineering, geography, mathematics and operations research from both academic and business points of view are welcome to participate. Logistics Note ISOLDE conferences have been characterized by hosting the event in two different geographic locations. Based on survey feedback received from our community, we have decided to keep the conference in a single city. Many respondents indicated that cost is a major factor in their ability to attend, and hosting the second portion in a hotel would have significantly increased expenses. Despite the present uncertainties and huge financial risk involved in organizing the conference in its original form, we are still keeping up with the ISOLDE spirit by hosting the conference in two "locations" within the same city. The first and second half of the event will both be held in downtown Chicago, likely at a different facility or building. We will also provide a boat excursion in the middle of the conference. More about our venues and accommodations: https://isoldexvii-2026.org/venues Please consider joining us and celebrate location analysis in the middle of the FIFA World Cup! We look forward to hosting you next year in Chicago! Best regards, Diana Ramirez-Rios, University at Buffalo, dgramire(a)buffalo.edu<mailto:dgramire@buffalo.edu> Gita Taherkhani, Loyola University Chicago, gtaherkhani(a)luc.edu<mailto:gtaherkhani@luc.edu> ISOLDE XVII Co-chairs

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Hub location and network design at IFORS in Vienna
by Sibel Alumur Alev 22 Jan '26

22 Jan '26

Dear friends and colleagues, Stefan Nickel and I are organizing a "Hub Location and Network Design" stream at the upcoming IFORS conference, which will be held July 12-17, 2026, in Vienna. I'm pasting our stream description below. If you would like to present, you can submit your abstract using the code 7d2ac1c7 or simply by writing to me. We will then organize the talks into sessions scheduled back-to-back, so that we can all participate together. Even if you do not present in Hub Location sessions, I hope you can still join us at the next IFORS conference. For more information, please visit the conference site: https://ifors2026.at/home/ Best regards, Sibel Hub Location and Network Design Hub location and network design stream will bring together research on the strategic and tactical aspects of locating hub facilities and designing efficient networks to support transportation, logistics, and distribution systems. Contributions may include new mathematical models, solution algorithms, and empirical studies that address the selection and configuration of hub-and-spoke systems, the allocation of demand nodes to hubs, the design of interhub connections, and the integration of cost, service, sustainability, and uncertainty considerations in network design problems. Topics of interest span classical hub location formulations and multi-objective extensions, resilient and robust network designs under disruptions, multimodal and hierarchical hub configurations, and innovative optimization and heuristic methods that advance both theory and real-world applications in freight, passenger, and service networks. Sibel Alumur Alev, Ph.D., P.L.Eng. Professor Associate Chair for Graduate Studies Department of Management Science and Engineering Faculty of Engineering | University of Waterloo Office: CPH 4321 | 200 University Avenue West | Waterloo | Ontario | N2L 3G1 | Canada Email: sibel.alumur(a)uwaterloo.ca<mailto:sibel.alumur@uwaterloo.ca>

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Help Us Plan ISOLDE XVII – Quick Survey
by Diana Ramirez-Rios 13 Jan '26

13 Jan '26

Dear ISOLDE Community, We’re excited to announce that the ISOLDE XVII Conference will be held in Chicago on June 22–26, 2026. As part of the planning process, we kindly ask you to complete a brief survey to help us estimate conference costs based on the expected number of attendees. Your participation is greatly appreciated and will play an important role in ensuring the success of the event. ???? https://forms.gle/ZHuMMvprpNqWzEeW9 Please take a moment to respond at your earliest convenience and feel free to forward this message to colleagues who may be interested. Thank you for your support, and we look forward to seeing you in Chicago! Best regards, Diana Ramirez-Rios, University at Buffalo, dgramire(a)buffalo.edu<mailto:dgramire@buffalo.edu> Gita Taherkhani, Loyola University Chicago, gtaherkhani(a)luc.edu<mailto:gtaherkhani@luc.edu> ISOLDE XVII Co-chairs

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Call for Nominations for the Lifetime Achievement in Location Analysis Award
by Sibel Alumur Alev 10 Jan '26

10 Jan '26

Dear Colleagues: We invite nominations for the Lifetime Achievement in Location Analysis Award (LALA). This prestigious, triennial award recognizes an individual who has made significant lifetime contributions to location analysis research over the course of their career. The LALA Award is presented every third year at the closing dinner of the International Symposium on Locational Decisions (ISOLDE). The next presentation will take place at ISOLDE XVII, to be held June 21-25, 2026, at Loyola University, Downtown Chicago, Illinois. Additional information about the ISOLDE XVII symposium is available at: https://isoldexvii-2026.org/ Nomination Deadline LALA Nominations will be received until April 1, 2026. Nomination Materials Nominations (including self-nominations) should be submitted by email and must include the following three items: 1. A letter of nomination outlining the nominee's significant contributions and explaining why they should be considered for the award. 2. An up-to-date curriculum vitae of the nominee. 3. Information on citations and service to the profession provided by the nominee. Selection Committee * Dr. Karmel S. Shehadeh, SOLA President (Chair), University of Southern California * Dr. Sibel Alumur Alev, University of Waterloo * Dr. Rajan Batta, University at Buffalo Submission Instructions Please submit all nomination materials by April 1, 2026, to: kshehade(a)usc.edu<mailto:kshehade@usc.edu>. The email subject line should read: [LALA Nomination] Questions regarding the nomination process may be directed to the same email address. Sincerely, The LALA Selection Committee

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Location related references Collection January 2026
by Frank Plastria 07 Jan '26

07 Jan '26

Dear fellow Locater, Find below my collection of references for January 2026. I subdivided it into the 22 most recent references from 2025-2026 on the one hand, and 78 earlier ones on the other hand ranging back from 2024 to 2019. The attached BibTeX file contains the full 100 item January collection. Enjoy, With my best wishes for the starting year. Sincerely Frank Plastria %%%%%%%%% RECENT %%%%%%%%%%%%% [1] Christof Brandstetter and Markus Sinnl. Mixed‐integer linear programming approaches for nested p ‐center problems with absolute and relative regret objectives. Networks, 87(1):62--82, October 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/net.70010> ] [2] Dietmar Cieslik. Network design problems. In P.M Pardalos and O.A. Prokopyev, editors, Encyclopedia of Optimization, pages 1--7. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54621-2_437-1> ] [3] L. R. Foulds and Horst W. Hamacher. Facilities layout problems. In P.M Pardalos and O.A. Prokopyev, editors, Encyclopedia of Optimization, pages 1--6. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54621-2_171-1> ] [4] Yun Gu. Cross-border multi-level warehouse network optimization: Modeling and application based on mixed-integer linear programming. Operations Research Perspectives, 15:100366, December 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orp.2025.100366> ] [5] Horst W. Hamacher and Stefan Nickel. Multifacility and restricted location problems. In P.M Pardalos and O.A. Prokopyev, editors, Encyclopedia of Optimization, pages 1--5. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54621-2_414-1> ] [6] Donald W. Hearn. Single facility location: Circle covering problem. In P.M Pardalos and O.A. Prokopyev, editors, Encyclopedia of Optimization, pages 1--4. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54621-2_620-1> ] [7] Kaan Kılıç, Melike Meterelliyoz, İlay Güvenç Pelit, and Mehmet Soysal. Modeling a humanitarian‐aid covering tour problem with location selection and vehicle assignment decisions. International Transactions in Operational Research, 33(3):1559--1608, August 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/itor.70088> ] [8] Jia Liu, Yi Xiong, Yi Deng, and Sirui Wang. Data-driven reliable shelter location during hurricane evacuation. IISE Transactions, 58(3):358--376, June 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24725854.2025.2505479> ] [9] Nelson Maculan, Marcia Fampa, Hacène Ouzia, and Renan Pinto. Mathematical optimization models for the Euclidean Steiner tree problem in Rd. 4OR, 23(4):353--382, October 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10288-025-00604-z> ] [10] Dung Tran, Nader Azizi, and Thomas Welsh Archibald. Stochastic profit maximization and pricing in hub location problems with elastic demand: Mathematical formulations and exact algorithms. European Journal of Operational Research, 329(2):498--517, August 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2025.08.007> ] [11] Simon Weekx, Ona Van den bergh, and Lieselot Vanhaverbeke. Predicting electric vehicle charging demand to support public charging infrastructure location planning. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 34:101639, November 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2025.101639> ] [12] Andrei Comăneci. Simplicial Fermat–Weber problems are dual to minimum cost flow problems. In Andreas Ott, Wolfgang Reichel, and John Alasdair Warwicker, editors, Applications of Mathematics in Sciences, Engineering, and Economics, MathSEE Symposium, Karlsruhe, September 27–29, 2023, volume PROMS 515 of Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, pages 33--42. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-01279-1_2> ] [13] Kun Jin, Wei Wang, Jingtong Dai, De Zhao, and Xuedong Hua. Identifying the critical charging stations in electrified transportation networks under cyberattacks. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 211:111649, January 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2025.111649> ] [14] Jingwen Li, Xiang Zhang, Fengxin Dai, Liang Tang, and Sitong Liu. Robust optimization of emergency resource location and coupling allocation considering multiple uncertainties. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 103:102391, February 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2025.102391> ] [15] Abdulkadir Memduhoğlu, Nir Fulman, Nizar Polat, and Tacettin Ataş. Large language models as virtual experts? Evaluating AHP-based criteria weighting performance for solar power plant site selection. Expert Systems with Applications, 299:130171, March 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2025.130171> ] [16] Sarbast Moslem and Rabia Bovkir. Spatial location optimization of e-Hub in Dublin, Ireland: A GIS-based spherical fuzzy AHP with parsimonious preference information. Expert Systems with Applications, 301:130498, March 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2025.130498> ] [17] Omar Muhammed Neda. A dual placement strategy for DG and D-STATCOM units using multi-objective optimization in an Iraqi radial distribution system. Expert Systems with Applications, 299:130230, March 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2025.130230> ] [18] Willy Magloire Nkounga, Khaled Almaksour, Arnaud Allais, Hervé Caron, Christophe Saudemont, and Benoit Robyns. Sizing methodology and optimal location of superconducting fault current limiter in dc substations for railways applications. Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, 242:1--18, April 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matcom.2025.11.010> ] [19] Ruiting Wang, Ha-Kyung Kwon, Katherine H. Jordan, Scott J. Moura, Madhur Boloor, and Michael L. Machala. Leveraging commuting patterns and workplace charging to advance equitable EV charger access. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 150:105089, January 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2025.105089> ] [20] Noor Yaseen, Waqas Ahmed, and Naveed Wassan. Life cycle approach to optimal placement of electric charging infrastructure with solar photovoltaic integration. Research in Transportation Business & Management, 64:101516, January 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101516> ] [21] Ali Younes, Mohamed O. Abu Ghazala, Tamer A. Al-Sabbagh, Hamdy N. Eid, and Mohamed A. El-Shenawy. Spatial suitability and facility location planning for ammunition depots in Egypt: An integrated GIS-based MCDM approach. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 103:102354, February 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2025.102354> ] [22] Chengwei Zhao, Ruihuan Liu, Qifeng Wan, Xuanhua Xu, and Jishan He. A human–machine collaboration driven criteria system intelligent construction method for sustainable offshore wind farm site selection. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 211:111611, January 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2025.111611> ] %%%%%%% OLDER %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% [1] Takeshi Ebina and Katsumasa Nishide. A dynamic model of repositioning with a markov-switching regime. Annals of Operations Research, 355(3):2901--2937, July 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10479-024-06173-4> ] [2] Karla Hoffman and Manfred Padberg. Set covering, packing, and partitioning problems. In P.M Pardalos and O.A. Prokopyev, editors, Encyclopedia of Optimization, pages 1--7. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54621-2_599-1> ] [3] Carlile Lavor, Leo Liberti, and Nelson Maculan. Molecular distance geometry problem. In P.M Pardalos and O.A. Prokopyev, editors, Encyclopedia of Optimization, pages 1--8. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54621-2_400-1> ] [4] Yannis Marinakis. Location routing problem. In P.M Pardalos and O.A. Prokopyev, editors, Encyclopedia of Optimization, pages 1--9. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54621-2_345-1> ] [5] Samuel Nucamendi‐Guillén, José Emmanuel Gómez‐Rocha, José‐Fernando Camacho‐Vallejo, Javier A. Moraga Pardo, and Rosa G. González‐Ramírez. The latency location routing problem with split deliveries: mathematical formulation and metaheuristic algorithm. International Transactions in Operational Research, 33(3):1609--1635, December 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/itor.13606> ] [6] Leonidas Pitsoulis and Panos M. Pardalos. Quadratic assignment problem. In P.M Pardalos and O.A. Prokopyev, editors, Encyclopedia of Optimization, pages 1--35. Springer International Publishing, 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54621-2_534-1> ] [7] Ke Su, Bing Lu, Huang Ngo, Panos M. Pardalos, and Ding-Zhu Du. Steiner tree problems. In P.M Pardalos and O.A. Prokopyev, editors, Encyclopedia of Optimization, pages 1--15. Springer International Publishing, 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54621-2_645-1> ] [8] ChangJun Wang and Li-Meng-Tao Zhong. Reliable design of humanitarian supply chain under correlated disruptions: a two-stage distributionally robust approach. Annals of Operations Research, 355(3):2999--3047, March 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10479-024-05916-7> ] [9] Lakmali Weerasena, Chathuri Aththanayake, and Damitha Bandara. Advances in the decision-making of set covering models under uncertainty. Annals of Operations Research, 355(3):2817--2842, May 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10479-024-05915-8> ] [10] Ivana Ljubić. Connected facility location problems. In P.M Pardalos and O.A. Prokopyev, editors, Encyclopedia of Optimization, pages 1--11. Springer International Publishing, 2023. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54621-2_870-1> ] [11] Beste Basciftci. Distributionally robust optimization in facility location problems. In P.M Pardalos and O.A. Prokopyev, editors, Encyclopedia of Optimization, pages 1--10. Springer International Publishing, September 2022. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54621-2_786-1> ] [12] Lina Mallozzi. Optimal transport in location-allocation problems. In P.M Pardalos and O.A. Prokopyev, editors, Encyclopedia of Optimization, pages 1--7. Springer International Publishing, September 2022. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54621-2_826-1> ] [13] Yongjia Song. Network interdiction: Models and methods. In P.M Pardalos and O.A. Prokopyev, editors, Encyclopedia of Optimization, pages 1--10. Springer International Publishing, September 2022. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54621-2_731-1> ] [14] Marduch Tadaros and Athanasios Migdalas. Location of collection facilities in reverse logistics: Lithium-ion batteries. In P.M Pardalos and O.A. Prokopyev, editors, Encyclopedia of Optimization, pages 1--5. Springer International Publishing, September 2022. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54621-2_816-1> ] [15] Diana Puspita Sari, Nur Aini Masruroh, and Anna Maria Sri Asih. Extended maximal covering location and vehicle routing problems in designing smartphone waste collection channels: A case study of Yogyakarta province, Indonesia. Sustainability, 13(16):8896, August 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13168896> ] [16] Benjamin Biesinger, Bin Hu, and Günther R. Raidl. A memetic algorithm for competitive facility location problems. In Pablo Moscato and Natalie Jane de Vries, editors, Business and Consumer Analytics: New Ideas, pages 637--660. Springer International Publishing, 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-06222-4_15> ] [17] Teodora Dan and Patrice Marcotte. Competitive facility location with selfish users and queues. Operations Research, 67(2):479--497, March 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/opre.2018.1781> ] [18] Boglárka G.-Tóth, Laura Anton-Sanchez, José Fernández, Juana L. Redondo, and Pilar M. Ortigosa. A continuous competitive facility location and design problem for firm expansion. In Hoai An Le Thi, Hoai Minh Le, and Tao Pham Dinh, editors, Optimization of Complex Systems: Theory, Models, Algorithms and Applications - WCGO 2019-6th World Congress on Global Optimization, July 8–10 2019, Metz, France, pages 1013--1022. Springer International Publishing, June 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21803-4_100> ] [19] Feifei He, Lihua Zeng, Dongming Li, and Zhenhui Ren. Study of LED array fill light based on parallel particle swarm optimization in greenhouse planting. Information Processing in Agriculture, 6(1):73--80, March 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.inpa.2018.08.006> ] [20] Jean-Francois Hangouet. How IGN (France) computed the so-called 'centre of gravity' of physical Europe in 1989 and 2004. arXiv 1910.04252, 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/ARXIV.1910.04252> ] [21] Golbarg Kazemi Tutunchi and Yahya Fathi. Effective methods for solving the bi-criteria p-center and p-dispersion problem. Computers & Operations Research, 101:43--54, January 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2018.08.009> ] [22] Mouna Kchaou Boujelben and Celine Gicquel. Efficient solution approaches for locating electric vehicle fast charging stations under driving range uncertainty. Computers & Operations Research, 109:288--299, September 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2019.05.012> ] [23] Milad Keshvari Fard and Laurent Alfandari. Trade-offs between the stepwise cost function and its linear approximation for the modular hub location problem. Computers & Operations Research, 104:358--374, April 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2018.11.014> ] [24] Najam Khan and Ekaterina Koromyslova. Location optimization of a coal power plant to balance costs against plant’s emission exposure. American Journal of Operations Research, 09(01):31--58, 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ajor.2019.91003> ] [25] Melahat Khodemani-Yazdi, Reza Tavakkoli-Moghaddam, Mahdi Bashiri, and Yaser Rahimi. Solving a new bi-objective hierarchical hub location problem with an M/M/c queuing framework. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 78:53--70, February 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.engappai.2018.10.004> ] [26] Armin Klausnitzer and Rainer Lasch. Optimal facility layout and material handling network design. Computers & Operations Research, 103:237--251, March 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2018.11.002> ] [27] Raphael Kramer, Manuel Iori, and Thibaut Vidal. Mathematical models and search algorithms for the capacitated p-center problem. INFORMS Journal on Computing, 32(2):444--460, October 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/ijoc.2019.0889> ] [28] Aalok Kumar and Ramesh Anbanandam. Location selection of multimodal freight terminal under steep sustainability. Research in Transportation Business & Management, 33:100434, December 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2020.100434> ] [29] Sung Il Kwag and Young Dae Ko. Optimal design for the halal food logistics network. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 128:212--228, August 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2019.06.005> ] [30] Ömer Burak Kınay, Francisco Saldanha-da Gama, and Bahar Y. Kara. On multi-criteria chance-constrained capacitated single-source discrete facility location problems. Omega, 83:107--122, March 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2018.02.007> ] [31] Mercedes Landete and Gilbert Laporte. Facility location problems with user cooperation. TOP, 27(1):125--145, January 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11750-018-00496-9> ] [32] Phillip J. Lederer. Location-price competition with delivered pricing and elastic demand. Networks and Spatial Economics, 20(2):449--477, November 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11067-019-09484-3> ] [33] Aaron M. Lessin, Brian J. Lunday, and Raymond R. Hill. A multi-objective, bilevel sensor relocation problem for border security. IISE Transactions, 51(10):1091--1109, May 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24725854.2019.1576952> ] [34] Min Li, Dachuan Xu, Dongmei Zhang, and Juan Zou. The seeding algorithms for spherical k-means clustering. Journal of Global Optimization, 76(4):695--708, May 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10898-019-00779-w> ] [35] Yuchao Li, Wei Wang, and Zishen Yang. The connected vertex cover problem in k-regular graphs. Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, 38(2):635--645, March 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10878-019-00403-3> ] [36] Xiaopeng Li, Hugh Medal, and Xiaobo Qu. Connected infrastructure location design under additive service utilities. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 120:99--124, February 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trb.2018.12.007> ] [37] Boliang Lin, Siqi Liu, Ruixi Lin, Jiaxi Wang, Min Sun, Xiaodong Wang, Chang Liu, Jianping Wu, and Jie Xiao. The location-allocation model for multi-classification-yard location problem. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 122:283--308, February 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2018.12.013> ] [38] Yang Liu, Na Cui, and Jianghua Zhang. Integrated temporary facility location and casualty allocation planning for post-disaster humanitarian medical service. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 128:1--16, August 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2019.05.008> ] [39] Kanglin Liu, Qiaofeng Li, and Zhi-Hai Zhang. Distributionally robust optimization of an emergency medical service station location and sizing problem with joint chance constraints. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 119:79--101, January 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trb.2018.11.012> ] [40] A.D. López-Sánchez, J. Sánchez-Oro, and A.G. Hernández-Díaz. GRASP and VNS for solving the p-next center problem. Computers & Operations Research, 104:295--303, April 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2018.12.017> ] [41] Diogo Lourenço and Carla Sá. Spatial competition for students: What does (not) matter? The Annals of Regional Science, 63(1):147--162, July 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00168-019-00930-1> ] [42] Armin Lüer-Villagra, H.A. Eiselt, and Vladimir Marianov. A single allocation p-hub median problem with general piecewise-linear costs in arcs. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 128:477--491, February 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2018.12.058> ] [43] Gongyuan Lu, Xuesong Zhou, Monirehalsadat Mahmoudi, Tie Shi, and Qiyuan Peng. Optimizing resource recharging location-routing plans: A resource-space-time network modeling framework for railway locomotive refueling applications. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 127:1241--1258, January 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2018.03.015> ] [44] Martino Luis, Chandra A. Irawan, and Arif Imran. A two-stage method for the capacitated multi-facility location-allocation problem. International Journal of Operational Research, 35(3):366--377, 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJOR.2019.101200> | arXiv<http://arxiv.org/abs/https:/www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1504/IJOR…> | http<https://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/abs/10.1504/IJOR.2019.101200> ] [45] Andrea Maier and Horst W. Hamacher. Complexity results on planar multifacility location problems with forbidden regions. Mathematical Methods of Operations Research, 89(3):433--484, May 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00186-019-00670-0> ] [46] Andrea Maier, Thomas Ullmert, and Horst W. Hamacher. Planar multifacility location problems with tree structure and finite dominating sets. Discrete Optimization, 33:19--42, August 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.disopt.2019.02.001> ] [47] Lina Mallozzi, Justo Puerto, and Moisés Rodríguez-Madrena. On location-allocation problems for dimensional facilities. Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 182(2):730--767, January 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10957-018-01470-y> ] [48] Vladimir Marianov, H. A. Eiselt, and Armin Lüer-Villagra. The follower competitive location problem with comparison-shopping. Networks and Spatial Economics, 20(2):367--393, September 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11067-019-09481-6> ] [49] A. Marín and M. Pelegrín. Adding incompatibilities to the simple plant location problem: Formulation, facets and computational experience. Computers & Operations Research, 104:174--190, April 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2018.12.018> ] [50] Pedro Martín and Diego Yáñez. Geometric clustering in normed planes. Computational Geometry, 78:50--60, June 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.comgeo.2018.10.004> ] [51] Lili Mei, Minming Li, Deshi Ye, and Guochuan Zhang. Facility location games with distinct desires. Discrete Applied Mathematics, 264:148--160, July 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dam.2019.02.017> ] [52] Marija Mikić, Raca Todosijević, and Dragan Urošević. Less is more: General variable neighborhood search for the capacitated modular hub location problem. Computers & Operations Research, 110:101--115, October 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2019.05.020> ] [53] Masashi Miyagawa. Optimal number and length of point-like and line-like facilities of grid and random patterns. TOP, 28(1):213--230, October 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11750-019-00532-2> ] [54] Jan Moellmann and Valerie M. Thomas. Social enterprise factory location and allocation model: Small scale manufacturing for East Africa. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 68:100694, December 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2019.02.009> ] [55] Mehrdad Mohammadi, Payman Jula, and Reza Tavakkoli-Moghaddam. Reliable single-allocation hub location problem with disruptions. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 123:90--120, March 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2019.01.008> ] [56] Ahmed Mohammed, I. Harris, A. Soroka, and R. Nujoom. A hybrid MCDM-fuzzy multi-objective programming approach for a G-resilient supply chain network design. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 127:297--312, January 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2018.09.052> ] [57] Seyed Sina Mohri and Meisam Akbarzadeh. Locating key stations of a metro network using bi-objective programming: discrete and continuous demand mode. Public Transport, 11(2):321--340, August 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12469-019-00205-0> ] [58] Hamid Mokhtar, A.A.N. Perwira Redi, Mohan Krishnamoorthy, and Andreas T. Ernst. An intermodal hub location problem for container distribution in Indonesia. Computers & Operations Research, 104:415--432, April 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2018.08.012> ] [59] Hamid Mokhtar, Mohan Krishnamoorthy, and Andreas T. Ernst. The 2-allocation p-hub median problem and a modified Benders decomposition method for solving hub location problems. Computers & Operations Research, 104:375--393, April 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2018.09.006> ] [60] Boris Mordukhovich and Nguyen Nam. The Fermat-Torricelli problem and Weiszfeld’s algorithm in the light of convex analysis. Journal of Applied and Numerical Optimization, 1(3):205--215, 2019. [ .pdf<http://jano.biemdas.com/issues/JANO2019-3-2.pdf> ] [61] Carlos Francisco Moreno-García and Francesc Serratosa. Generalised median of graph correspondences. Pattern Recognition Letters, 125:389--395, July 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.patrec.2019.05.015> ] [62] Mahdi Mostajabdaveh, Walter J. Gutjahr, and F. Sibel Salman. Inequity-averse shelter location for disaster preparedness. IISE Transactions, 51(8):809--829, February 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24725854.2018.1496372> ] [63] Robin Mueller-Bady, Martin Kappes, Inmaculada Medina-Bulo, and Francisco Palomo-Lozano. An evolutionary hybrid search heuristic for monitor placement in communication networks. Journal of Heuristics, 25(6):861--899, May 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10732-019-09414-z> ] [64] Sebastian Neumayer, Max Nimmer, Simon Setzer, and Gabriele Steidl. On the robust PCA and Weiszfeld’s algorithm. Applied Mathematics & Optimization, 82(3):1017--1048, April 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00245-019-09566-1> ] [65] Eunjin Oh and Hee-Kap Ahn. Assigning weights to minimize the covering radius in the plane. Computational Geometry, 81:22--32, August 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.comgeo.2018.10.007> ] [66] Eunjin Oh, Sang Won Bae, and Hee-Kap Ahn. Computing a geodesic two-center of points in a simple polygon. Computational Geometry, 82:45--59, September 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.comgeo.2019.05.001> ] [67] Paweł Olender and Włodzimierz Ogryczak. A revised variable neighborhood search for the discrete ordered median problem. European Journal of Operational Research, 274(2):445--465, April 2019. 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VeRoLog Doctoral Dissertation Prize 2026
by Kris BRAEKERS 07 Jan '26

07 Jan '26

Dear colleagues, VeRoLog, the EURO working group on Vehicle Routing and Logistics optimization, is organizing its 2026 doctoral dissertation prize. The prize is open to PhD theses in operations research for transportation and logistics that were defended between January 1, 2025 and December 31, 2025. The deadline for applying is February 28, 2026. Please find all application details in the attached file. Best regards, The VeRoLog DDP 2026 jury Kris Braekers, Tânia Ramos, Remy Spliet Prof. dr. Kris Braekers Hoogleraar - Professor Onderzoeksgroep Logistiek - Research Group Logistics T+32(0)11 26 91 20 <https://www.facebook.com/UHasseltBEW> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/log-uhasselt> <https://www.uhasselt.be/Research-group-Logistics> www.uhasselt.be/Research-group-Logistics Universiteit Hasselt - Campus Diepenbeek Agoralaan Gebouw D - B-3590 Diepenbeek Kantoor Units-AB 101

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Location related references - december 2025 collection
by Frank Plastria 04 Dec '25

04 Dec '25

Dear locater, Here is my last entry in 2025. Once more find below (and attached in BibteX) 100 references, already 23 published in 2026 issues, the 9 remaining of my 2025 collection and a good 64-pack of 2019, with a few snippets from the period in between. I restarted my bibliographic mails in the summer of 2023, after a ten-year silence on my front following my retirement from my university at the legal age of 65. But in the meantime I continued consulting the new appearing literature and collected all observed titles that were of potential interest of EWGLA members. This means that I had a large collection in stock that were not yet sent to this Ewgla list: all those from 2013 to 2023, and new ones appeared almost daily. As these were not in a suitable shape to communicate, and conversion to adequate BibTeX is a somewhat time-consuming task, I decided to work in monthly entries consisting on the one hand of the most recent new references found and on the other hand of the earlier collected ones in batches, working backwards in time. At first my monthly collections were of around 50 items, but this turned out to be too slow at bridging the full 10 year gap: I estimate the total number since 2013 at some 5000 titles, so this pace would have taken around 8 years to finish the backlog, much too long in my opinion and at my current age of 77! This is the reason why I increased the size of my monthly collections to 100, to be fairly sure to be able to finish this task within my lifetime and not leave a glaring hole in the location bibliography. Eventually someone else will have to take over for the future (I do not trust AI for that task). I sincerely hope that this quite high monthly number remains readable and useful to you. Let me wish you already a happy new year Sincerely Frank Plastria %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% [1] Paulo Abreu, Daniel Santos, and Ana Barbosa-Povoa. Improving coverage and equity in ambulance planning at the tactical and operational levels: A data-driven optimization model. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 210:111534, December 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2025.111534> ] [2] Reihaneh Ahadzadeh, Ehsan Dehghani, and Peiman Ghasemi. Towards sustainable closed-loop photovoltaic supply chains: A hybrid framework integrating reinforcement learning and mathematical models. Expert Systems with Applications, 296:129182, January 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2025.129182> ] [3] Md Tanvir Ashraf and Kakan Dey. Multiscale model for road weather information system location selection considering road weather characteristics and network topology. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 203:104741, January 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2025.104741> ] [4] Andrea C. Burgess, John Marcoux, and David A. Pike. Firefighting with a distance-based restriction. Discrete Applied Mathematics, 378:480--491, January 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dam.2025.08.026> ] [5] Sonia Cafieri and Frédéric Messine. Covering a rectangle with 6 circles: a reliable mathematical programming approach. Journal of Global Optimization, 93(3):733--745, October 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10898-025-01557-7> ] [6] Brenda Cobeña and Claudio Contardo. Column generation and local search for the profit-oriented hub-line location problem with elastic demands. Omega, 138:103419, January 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2025.103419> ] [7] Emily M. Craparo, Armin Fügenschuh, Christoph Hof, and Mumtaz Karatas. Optimizing source and receiver placement in multistatic sonar networks to monitor fixed targets. 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Robust optimization of a bi-objective closed-loop supply chain network for perishable goods considering queue system. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 136:277--292, October 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2019.07.018> ] [12] Maryam Darvish, Claudia Archetti, Leandro C. Coelho, and M. Grazia Speranza. Flexible two-echelon location routing problem. European Journal of Operational Research, 277(3):1124--1136, September 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2019.04.002> ] [13] Soumen Kumar Das, Sankar Kumar Roy, and Gerhard Wilhelm Weber. Heuristic approaches for solid transportation-p-facility location problem. Central European Journal of Operations Research, 28(3):939--961, January 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10100-019-00610-7> ] [14] Mansoor Davoodi. k-balanced center location problem: A new multi-objective facility location problem. Computers & Operations Research, 105:68--84, May 2019. 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Optimizing fortification plan of capacitated facilities with maximum distance limits. OPSEARCH, 56(1):151--173, January 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12597-019-00354-7> ] [19] Ranadeep Dey, Parag Kumar Guha Thakurta, and Samarjit Kar. Efficient energy aware area coverage in WSNs: a 2L-Voronoi guided PSO approach. OPSEARCH, 62(4):1768--1798, October 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12597-024-00876-9> ] [20] Kerim Dogan, Mumtaz Karatas, and Ertan Yakici. A model for locating preventive health care facilities. Central European Journal of Operations Research, 28(3):1091--1121, April 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10100-019-00621-4> ] [21] Guanpeng Dong, Jing Ma, Ran Wei, and Jonathan Haycox. Electric vehicle charging point placement optimisation by exploiting spatial statistics and maximal coverage location models. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 67:77--88, February 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2018.11.005> ] [22] Tammy Drezner, Zvi Drezner, and Pawel Kalczynski. Directional approach to gradual cover: a maximin objective. Computational Management Science, 17(1):121--139, July 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10287-019-00353-5> ] [23] Zvi Drezner, Ryan Gelfand, and Taly D. Drezner. Sensitivity of large scale facility location solutions. Journal of Supply Chain and Operations Management, 17(2):157--168, 2019. [24] Okan Dukkanci, Meltem Peker, and Bahar Y. Kara. Green hub location problem. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 125:116--139, May 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2019.03.005> ] [25] Okan Dukkanci, Bahar Y. Kara, and Tolga Bektaş. The green location-routing problem. Computers & Operations Research, 105:187--202, May 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2019.01.011> ] [26] Okan Dukkanci. A truck–drone delivery problem with location and routing decisions under uncertainty. Omega, 139:103446, February 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2025.103446> ] [27] Karin Edmark. Location choices of Swedish independent schools. The Annals of Regional Science, 63(1):219--239, August 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00168-019-00933-y> ] [28] Görkem Emirhüseyinoğlu and Ali Ekici. Dynamic facility location with supplier selection under quantity discount. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 134:64--74, August 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2019.05.023> ] [29] Rentsen Enkhbat, Masaru Kamada, Erdene-Oldokh Enkhtsolmon, and Hidetoshi Fukagawa. Optimization and optimal control approach to Japanese Sangaku six equal circles problem. Journal of Mathematical Sciences, 279(6):782--793, March 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10958-024-07060-w> ] [30] Güneş Erdoğan, Neophytos Stylianou, and Christos Vasilakis. An open source decision support system for facility location analysis. Decision Support Systems, 125:113116, October 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dss.2019.113116> ] [31] Rasul Esmaeilbeigi, Richard Middleton, Rodolfo García-Flores, and Mojtaba Heydar. Benders decomposition for a reverse logistics network design problem in the dairy industry. Annals of Operations Research, 354(2):495--546, October 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10479-021-04309-4> ] [32] Inmaculada Espejo and Alfredo Marín. Discrete location models with customers’ choice and path improvements. Omega, 139:103458, February 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2025.103458> ] [33] A. Esposito Amideo, M.P. Scaparra, and K. Kotiadis. Optimising shelter location and evacuation routing operations: The critical issues. European Journal of Operational Research, 279(2):279--295, December 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2018.12.009> ] [34] Tasnim Ibn Faiz and Md Noor-E-Alam. Data center supply chain configuration design: A two-stage decision approach. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 66:119--135, June 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2018.07.008> ] [35] Reza Zanjirani Farahani, Samira Fallah, Rubén Ruiz, Sara Hosseini, and Nasrin Asgari. OR models in urban service facility location: A critical review of applications and future developments. European Journal of Operational Research, 276(1):1--27, July 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2018.07.036> ] [36] Matteo Fischetti, Ivana Ljubić, Michele Monaci, and Markus Sinnl. Interdiction games and monotonicity, with application to knapsack problems. INFORMS Journal on Computing, 31(2):390--410, April 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/ijoc.2018.0831> ] [37] Javier de Frutos and Guiomar Martín-Herrán. Spatial vs. non-spatial transboundary pollution control in a class of cooperative and non-cooperative dynamic games. European Journal of Operational Research, 276(1):379--394, July 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2018.12.045> ] [38] Hao Fu, William H.K. Lam, Hu Shao, X.P. Xu, H.P. Lo, Bi Yu Chen, N.N. Sze, and Agachai Sumalee. Optimization of traffic count locations for estimation of travel demands with covariance between origin-destination flows. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 108:49--73, November 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2019.09.004> ] [39] Ling Gai, Zhiyue Peng, Jiming Zhang, and Jiafu Zhang. Emergency medical center location problem with people evacuation solved by extended TODIM and objective programming. Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, 42(4):1004--1029, December 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10878-019-00502-1> ] [40] Pan Gao, Min Li, Zhongming Wu, and Zhenzhen Zhang. Two-stage distributionally robust optimization approach for drone-supported facility location and post-disaster relief distribution. Omega, 139:103462, February 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2025.103462> ] [41] Bernard Gendron. Revisiting Lagrangian relaxation for network design. Discrete Applied Mathematics, 261:203--218, May 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dam.2018.07.003> ] [42] Abdolsalam Ghaderi and Robert L. Burdett. An integrated location and routing approach for transporting hazardous materials in a bi-modal transportation network. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 127:49--65, July 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2019.04.011> ] [43] Mahdi Ben Ghorbel, David Rodriguez-Duarte, Hakim Ghazzai, Md. Jahangir Hossain, and Hamid Menouar. Joint position and travel path optimization for energy efficient wireless data gathering using unmanned aerial vehicles. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 68(3):2165--2175, March 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/tvt.2019.2893374> ] [44] Yahel Giat. A location model for boycotting with an application to kosher certification. European Journal of Operational Research, 273(3):1109--1118, March 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2018.09.001> ] [45] Chloe Kim Glaeser, Marshall Fisher, and Xuanming Su. Optimal retail location: Empirical methodology and application to practice: Finalist–2017 M&SOM practice-based research competition. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 21(1):86--102, January 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/msom.2018.0759> ] [46] Mehdi Golpayegani and Jafar Fathali. Greedy algorithms for the inverse center line location problem. Expert Systems with Applications, 296:129064, January 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2025.129064> ] [47] Pedro Henrique González, Glaubos Clímaco, Geraldo Regis Mauri, Bruno Salezze Vieira, Glaydston Mattos Ribeiro, Romulo Dante Orrico Filho, Luidi Simonetti, Leonardo Roberto Perim, and Ivone Catarina Simões Hoffmann. New approaches for the traffic counting location problem. Expert Systems with Applications, 132:189--198, October 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2019.04.068> ] [48] Kannan Govindan, Ahmad Jafarian, and Vahid Nourbakhsh. 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[ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00168-019-00952-9> ] [52] Mahima Gupta, Harpreet Kaur, and Surya Prakash Singh. Multi-echelon agri-food supply chain network design integrating operational and strategic objectives: a case of public distribution system in India. Annals of Operations Research, 354(2):605--662, October 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10479-021-04240-8> ] [53] Thomas Hacardiaux and Jean-Sébastien Tancrez. Assessing the environmental benefits of horizontal cooperation using a location-inventory model. Central European Journal of Operations Research, 28(4):1363--1387, January 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10100-018-0599-7> ] [54] Atefeh Hassanpour, Jafar Bagherinejad, and Mahdi Bashiri. A robust leader-follower approach for closed loop supply chain network design considering returns quality levels. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 136:293--304, October 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2019.07.031> ] [55] Zhou He, Guanghua Han, T.C.E. Cheng, Bo Fan, and Jichang Dong. Evolutionary food quality and location strategies for restaurants in competitive online-to-offline food ordering and delivery markets: An agent-based approach. International Journal of Production Economics, 215:61--72, September 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2018.05.008> ] [56] Anderson Kenji Hirose, Cassius Tadeu Scarpin, and José Eduardo Pécora Junior. Goal programming approach for political districting in Santa Catarina State: Brazil. Annals of Operations Research, 287(1):209--232, June 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10479-019-03295-y> ] [57] Seyyed-Mahdi Hosseini-Motlagh, Mohammad Reza Ghatreh Samani, and Firoozeh Abbasi Saadi. Strategic optimization of wheat supply chain network under uncertainty: a real case study. Operational Research, 21(3):1487--1527, September 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12351-019-00515-y> ] [58] Amin Hosseininasab and Fatma Gzara. Effects of feasibility cuts in Lagrangian relaxation for a two-stage stochastic facility location and network flow problem. Optimization Letters, 14(1):171--193, February 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11590-019-01401-4> ] [59] Seyed Ashkan Hosseini Shekarabi, Reza Kiani Mavi, Flavio Romero Macau, Ali Papi, and Ashkan Teymouri. Machine learning-enriched distributionally robust optimization and hybrid decomposition to joint optimization of transportation hub network design and pricing. Computers & Operations Research, 186:107291, February 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2025.107291> ] [60] Dušan Hrabec, Jakub Kůdela, Radovan Šomplák, Vlastimír Nevrlý, and Pavel Popela. Circular economy implementation in waste management network design problem: a case study. Central European Journal of Operations Research, 28(4):1441--1458, June 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10100-019-00626-z> ] [61] Qing-Mi Hu, Laijun Zhao, Huiyong Li, and Rongbing Huang. Integrated design of emergency shelter and medical networks considering diurnal population shifts in urban areas. IISE Transactions, 51(6):614--637, January 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24725854.2018.1519744> ] [62] Hao Hu, Xiang Li, Yuanyuan Zhang, Changjing Shang, and Sicheng Zhang. Multi-objective location-routing model for hazardous material logistics with traffic restriction constraint in inter-city roads. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 128:861--876, February 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2018.10.044> ] [63] Shaolong Hu and Zhijie Sasha Dong. Supplier selection and pre-positioning strategy in humanitarian relief. Omega, 83:287--298, March 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2018.10.011> ] [64] Yi Hua and Xuewu Wang. An RL-NSGA-DP algorithm for optimization of robot placement and trajectory allocation in mobile robotic grinding of wind turbine blades. Expert Systems with Applications, 298:129876, March 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2025.129876> ] [65] Martin Hughes, Marc Goerigk, and Michael Wright. A largest empty hypersphere metaheuristic for robust optimisation with implementation uncertainty. Computers & Operations Research, 103:64--80, March 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2018.10.013> ] [66] Christina Iliopoulou and Konstantinos Kepaptsoglou. Integrated transit route network design and infrastructure planning for on-line electric vehicles. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 77:178--197, December 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2019.10.016> ] [67] Chandra Ade Irawan, Said Salhi, and Kusmaningrum Soemadi. The continuous single-source capacitated multi-facility Weber problem with setup costs: formulation and solution methods. Journal of Global Optimization, 78(2):271--294, December 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10898-019-00862-2> ] [68] Hoon Jang and Jun-Ho Lee. A hierarchical location model for determining capacities of neonatal intensive care units in Korea. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 68:100695, December 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2019.03.001> ] [69] Hoon Jang, Kyosang Hwang, Taeho Lee, and Taesik Lee. Designing robust rollout plan for better rural perinatal care system in Korea. European Journal of Operational Research, 274(2):730--742, April 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2018.10.018> ] [70] Hoda Jannati and Ramtin Khosravi. On the security of one-round meeting location determination protocol. Information Processing Letters, 146:35--38, June 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ipl.2019.02.004> ] [71] Ľudmila Jánošíková, Marek Kvet, Peter Jankovič, and Lýdia Gábrišová. An optimization and simulation approach to emergency stations relocation. Central European Journal of Operations Research, 27(3):737--758, February 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10100-019-00612-5> ] [72] Sai Ji, Dachuan Xu, Donglei Du, and Chenchen Wu. Approximation algorithms for the fault-tolerant facility location problem with penalties. Discrete Applied Mathematics, 264:62--75, July 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dam.2019.01.003> ] [73] Jianlin Jiang, Su Zhang, Yibing Lv, Xin Du, and Ziwei Yan. An ADMM-based location–allocation algorithm for nonconvex constrained multi-source Weber problem under gauge. Journal of Global Optimization, 76(4):793--818, June 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10898-019-00796-9> ] [74] Patrick Jochem, Eckhard Szimba, and Melanie Reuter-Oppermann. How many fast-charging stations do we need along European highways? Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 73:120--129, August 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2019.06.005> ] [75] Ho Gi Jung. K-center algorithm for hierarchical binary template matching. Pattern Recognition Letters, 125:584--590, July 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.patrec.2019.06.019> ] [76] Pawel Kalczynski and Zvi Drezner. Locating multiple facilities using the max-sum objective. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 129:136--143, March 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2019.01.029> ] [77] Pawel Kalczynski and Zvi Drezner. The obnoxious facilities p-center problem with forbidden regions. Computers & Operations Research, 185:107297, January 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2025.107297> ] [78] Bomboma Kalgora. Intermodal terminal localisation using a linear programming approach: The case study of Togo and West African landlocked countries. Journal of Transportation Technologies, 09(02):215--231, 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/jtts.2019.92014> ] [79] Haim Kaplan, Sasanka Roy, and Micha Sharir. Finding axis-parallel rectangles of fixed perimeter or area containing the largest number of points. Computational Geometry, 81:1--11, August 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.comgeo.2019.01.007> ] [80] Mumtaz Karatas and Ertan Yakıcı. An analysis of p-median location problem: Effects of backup service level and demand assignment policy. European Journal of Operational Research, 272(1):207--218, January 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2018.06.017> ] [81] Yulia Karpova, Fulgencia Villa, and Eva Vallada. Modeling the process of responding to health emergencies: Main aspects and problems related to evaluating ambulance relocation strategies. Computers & Operations Research, 186:107307, February 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2025.107307> ] [82] Ioannis Katsikarelis, Michael Lampis, and Vangelis Th. Paschos. Structural parameters, tight bounds, and approximation for (k,r)-center. Discrete Applied Mathematics, 264:90--117, July 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dam.2018.11.002> ] [83] Firoozeh Kaveh, Reza Tavakkoli-Moghaddam, Chefi Triki, Yaser Rahimi, and Amin Jamili. A new bi-objective model of the urban public transportation hub network design under uncertainty. Annals of Operations Research, 296(1–2):131--162, November 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10479-019-03430-9> ] [84] Steven Lamontagne, Margarida Carvalho, Emma Frejinger, and Ribal Atallah. What makes a good public EV charging station? a revealed preference study. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 149:105066, December 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2025.105066> ] [85] Lin Lin and Pratik J. Parikh. Subsidized trauma network design problem. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 210:111370, December 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2025.111370> ] [86] Yuan Liu, Shuaian Wang, and Lu Zhen. Strategic optimization of onboard carbon capture and storage for maritime supply chain management. International Journal of Production Economics, 290:109808, December 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109808> ] [87] H.W. Ljósheim, S. Jenkins, K.D. Searle, and J.K. Wolff. Optimal placement of electric vehicle slow-charging stations: A continuous facility location problem under uncertainty. Computers & Operations Research, 185:107289, January 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2025.107289> ] [88] Anna Lubiw and Anurag Murty Naredla. The geodesic edge center of a simple polygon. Discrete & Computational Geometry, 74(4):944--998, September 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00454-025-00768-9> ] [89] Gonzalo Méndez-Vogel, Sebastián Dávila-Gálvez, Pedro Jara-Moroni, Jorge Zamorano, and Vladimir Marianov. Maximum capture location problem with random utilities and overflow penalties. Computers & Operations Research, 185:107285, January 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2025.107285> ] [90] Waleed Najy, Khaled Elbassioni, and Ali Diabat. A column generation algorithm for a stochastic location-inventory network design problem. Operations Research Letters, 64:107386, January 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orl.2025.107386> ] [91] Seyed Parsa Parvasi, MirMohammad Musavi, Seyed Ali Torabi, Wei Yim Yap, and Jasmine Siu Lee Lam. Enhancing transportation service management with bi-level optimization: Competitive pricing and hub location. European Journal of Operational Research, 328(3):815--831, February 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2025.07.033> ] [92] Fernando Senna, Leandro C. Coelho, Reinaldo Morabito, and Pedro Munari. The two-echelon location-routing problem: A comparative analysis of novel and existing compact formulations. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 205:104494, January 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2025.104494> ] [93] Liang Shen, Qi Yang, Xiang Xu, Ting Wu, Song Zhang, and Hu Shao. A generalized three-stage optimization model for emergency medical services under uncertainties: Integrating rescue station locations, ambulance deployment, and vehicle dispatch. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 205:104499, January 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2025.104499> ] [94] Miguel Ángel Vecina, Fulgencia Villa, Eva Vallada, and Yulia Karpova. Enhancing management efficiency in emergency vehicles logistic using realistic data from geographic information system. Operations Research, Data Analytics and Logistics, 45:200478, December 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ordal.2025.200478> ] [95] ChangJun Wang, Jia Chen, Dong Yang, Bing Wang, and XiaoZhi Wang. Tactical planning of the wind turbine manufacturing supply chain: modeling, solution methods, and real case study. Expert Systems with Applications, 296:129206, January 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2025.129206> ] [96] Tao Wu, Jingwen Zhang, Canrong Zhang, Zhe Liang, and Xiaoning Zhang. Benders decomposition for stochastic facility location and production planning. Computers & Operations Research, 186:107316, February 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2025.107316> ] [97] Wuyang Yu. Robust model for commercial complex location problem with uncertain customer thresholds. Optimization Letters, 19(9):1831--1853, February 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11590-025-02186-5> ] [98] Wuyang Yu. A novel stochastic-robust optimization model for emergency supplies prepositioning under uncertain scenario probabilities. Expert Systems with Applications, 297:129380, February 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2025.129380> ] [99] Yuan Yuan, Lin Zhao, Shenfei Pei, and Feiping Nie. Efficient greedy optimization method for k-means. Pattern Recognition, 171:112140, March 2026. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2025.112140> ] [100] Bolong Zhou, Wenjia Zeng, and Hai Yang. Multi-trip UAV-UGV delivery network design with release times. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 181:105389, December 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2025.105389> ]

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FW: EURO Support for NATCOR Bursaries
by Hatice ÇALIK 19 Nov '25

19 Nov '25

From: Sarah Fores <office(a)euro-online.org> Date: Tuesday, 18 November 2025 at 18:03 To: mscontacts(a)euro-online.org <mscontacts(a)euro-online.org>, Member Society Presidents & Reps (EURO) <societies(a)euro-online.org>, ewg(a)euro-online.org <ewg(a)euro-online.org> Cc: Ana Paula Barbosa-Povoa <apovoa(a)tecnico.ulisboa.pt>, EURO office <office(a)euro-online.org> Subject: EURO Support for NATCOR Bursaries Dear National Societies and EURO working groups, I would be grateful if you could advertise the following Call for NATCOR bursaries to your members. Thanks and Best wishes Sarah https://www.euro-online.org/web/pages/1568/natcor-bursaries NATCOR (http://www.natcor.ac.uk/) a National Taught Course Centre in Operational Research, delivers taught courses to PhD students, from across Europe, on a number of different topics in OR. Attending Courses EURO is advertising a competition for bursaries for courses run in 2026. *BRAND NEW* Optimization Under Uncertainty. The University of Edinburgh 15 - 19 June 2026 Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM). University of Portsmouth 9-7 September 2026 System Dynamics. Online, via Teams Commencing 6 July 2026 Heuristic Optimisation and Learning. University of Nottingham 13-17 April 2026 Convex Optimizaton. The University of Edinburgh 8 - 12 June 2026 The NATCOR course fees and on-site accommodation (if applicable) will be funded by EURO for successful candidates. Typically, accommodation for any residential courses will be four nights bed and breakfast. If additional or alternative accommodation is required, candidates will need to arrange and pay for this. Also any extra costs incurred will need to be settled personally. Please also be reminded that successful candidates requiring visas will need to apply for these in good time. Also please note the recent changes to travel requirements for European nationals visiting the United Kingdom. Eligible Europeans will need an ETA to travel from 2 April 2025. Further guidelines can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/apply-for-an-electronic-travel-authorisation-eta Eligibility Applicants must be PhD students, from one of the EURO member countries or studying in one of the EURO member countries (see https://www.euro-online.org/web/pages/1457/current-member-societies) UK applicants may also be eligible for one of the NATCOR bursaries (see https://www.natcor.ac.uk/bursaries/) Applicants must have good English Language skills as all NATCOR courses will be in English. Preference will be given to students in their first or second years but all are welcome to apply. Preference will also be given to applicants who have not previously received support from EURO for NATCOR or other PhD schools. Application To apply for a bursary, candidates from a EURO member society country, or studying in a EURO member society country, should submit a zip file containing the application form (downloadable from the web page), their curriculum vitae (including their academic track record), and a letter of recommendation from their supervisor. Applicants should declare if they are receiving any additional support from their PhD funding body or other sponsor. Current Call - Important Dates Submit documents (see above) to https://www.euro-online.org/awards/natcor2026/registration.php. Deadline for applications: January 31, 2026 Notification of acceptance: February 28, 2026 -- Dr Sarah Fores, FORS Manager of EURO [IFORS 2026]<https://ifors2026.at/home/>

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Location related references Collection November 2025
by Frank Plastria 06 Nov '25

06 Nov '25

Dear fellow Locaters, Pleased to send you below my November 2025 collection: once again 100 entries, many new ones from 2025 and the continuation of the 2019 harvest. Note that some 2026 references start to appear, but I kept these for later. Enjoy Frank Plastria %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% [1] Ali Abdoli, Ali Fallahi, and Hadi Mokhtari. A supply chain redesign problem considering facility functionality transformation. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 204:104396, December 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2025.104396> ] [2] Víctor Blanco, Ricardo Gázquez, and Marina Leal. Incorporation of regional preferences in facility location: Insights into efficiency and satisfaction trade-offs. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 203:104328, November 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2025.104328> ] [3] Fatma Serra Çiftçi, Ayşe Taşkıran, and Muhammet Enis Bulak. How to achieve sustainable emergency management? A case study for Istanbul city with a stochastic approach. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 209:111456, November 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2025.111456> ] [4] Agatha Clarice da Silva-Ovando, Daniela Granados-Rivera, Gonzalo Mejía, Christopher Mejía-Argueta, and Edgar Gutiérrez-Franco. Designing competitive nanostore networks for enhanced food accessibility: Insights from a competitive facility location model. Logistics, 9(3):118, August 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/logistics9030118> ] [5] Kasra Fathollahzadeh, Mehran Saeedi, Matin Ghasempour Anaraki, and Meysam Rabiee. Sustainable cast iron supply chain network design: Robust multi-objective optimization with scenario reduction via genetic algorithm. International Journal of Production Economics, 289:109730, November 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109730> ] [6] Jingsheng Feng, Xiaojian Hu, Liangcheng Xu, Suizhi Luo, and Jingxian Chen. Reliable logistics network design joint optimization problem applying demand sensitivity to correlated disruptions. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 209:111472, November 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2025.111472> ] [7] Ensieh Ghaedyheidary and Samir Elhedhli. Electric versus diesel: Green supply chain network design with carbon footprint labeling. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 179:105277, October 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2025.105277> ] [8] Aseem Kinra, Debarshee Bhardwaj, and Herbert Kotzab. Factors and their multilevel relationships in global facility location decision making: An integrative review and framework for offshoring and backshoring decisions. International Journal of Production Economics, 289:109736, November 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109736> ] [9] Sunhyeon Kwon, Hwayong Choi, and Sungsoo Park. Greedy search algorithm for r-interdiction covering problem with fortification based on deep learning. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 209:111408, November 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2025.111408> ] [10] Rahmad Inca Liperda, A.A.N. Perwira Redi, and Meilinda Fitriani Nur Maghfiroh. A location routing approach for mass evacuation planning with electric trucks: An application to volcano-related disasters in Indonesia. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 102:102295, December 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2025.102295> ] [11] Yuanzhe Liu, Huili Pei, Yaxi Zhang, and Naiqi Liu. Designing a bi-level waste disposal network by integrating environmental protection and sustainable development. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 102:102315, December 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2025.102315> ] [12] Almir Monteiro, Rafael Schneider, Laura Bahiense, Vanessa de Almeida Guimarães, and Pedro Henrique González. Testing facility location with constrained queue time problem: A case study on Brazilian capital cities. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 102:102298, December 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2025.102298> ] [13] Mariana Montero-Vega and Miquel Estrada. Moving-micro hubs: Redefining last-mile logistics with autonomous hub vehicles (AHVs) and delivery robots (ADRs). Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 203:104229, November 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2025.104229> ] [14] Ali Nazarinia, Amir Pirayesh, Olivier Dupouët, and Maïder Saint-Jean. Circular supply chain network design: A robust probabilistic multi-objective optimisation approach. International Journal of Production Economics, 289:109725, November 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109725> ] [15] Jeremy Nicholson, Fatma Gzara, and Aliaa Alnaggar. Unmanned aerial vehicle traffic network design with risk mitigation. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 204:104380, December 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2025.104380> ] [16] Joel-Novi Rodríguez-Escoto, Samuel Nucamendi-Guillén, and Elias Olivares-Benitez. Trade-off optimization of a location-routing problem involving open routes and flexible fleet: a case study in Guadalajara, Mexico. TOP, 33(3):511--547, January 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11750-024-00690-y> ] [17] Martin Ryner, Jan Kronqvist, and Johan Karlsson. A cutting plane algorithm for globally solving low-dimensional k-means problems. Optimization Letters, 19(8):1539--1556, August 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11590-025-02235-z> ] [18] Yi Shi and Xingli Wu. Multi-objective optimization for risk mitigation of medical waste disposal reverse logistics network. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 102:102322, December 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2025.102322> ] [19] Jiatong Song, W.Y. Szeto, Baicheng Li, Yi Wang, and Xingbin Zhan. A hybrid e-bike sharing system design problem considering multiple types of facilities. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 179:105267, October 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2025.105267> ] [20] Patrick Stokkink and Nikolas Geroliminis. On the optimal micro-hub locations in a multi-modal last-mile delivery system. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 203:104344, November 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2025.104344> ] [21] Weiwei Sun, Hu Shao, Junlin Li, Ting Wu, and Emily Zhu Fainman. Multi-type traffic sensor location problem for origin–destination estimation considering spatiotemporal correlation and sensor failure. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 179:105288, October 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2025.105288> ] [22] Belkiz Torgul, Sercan Demir, and Turan Paksoy. Revised p-median model for construction craftsman scheduling in the gig economy: A case study-based human-centric industry 5.0 approach. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 209:111501, November 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2025.111501> ] [23] Xihui Wang, Mengzhe Zhou, Jianfang Shao, and Qi Dong. A tripartite sequential game for relief prepositioning with framework agreements and catastrophe insurance. International Journal of Production Economics, 289:109737, November 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109737> ] [24] Ziyu Wang, Di Lv, Shuai Jia, Kai Wang, and Xiaobo Qu. Urban air mobility network design and operations strategy in an urban agglomeration. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 203:104316, November 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2025.104316> ] [25] Hongtai Yang, Jianzhang Wu, Zhaolin Zhang, Xiaobo Liu, and Andrea D’Ariano. Optimal design for an urban truck-drone collaborative delivery system enhanced with relay points. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 204:104425, December 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2025.104425> ] [26] Bing Zeng, Xinlian Yu, Zihao Zhang, and Ziyuan Pu. Optimizing charging station locations for mixed traffic of electric and gasoline vehicles: a stochastic user equilibrium approach. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 204:104438, December 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2025.104438> ] [27] Zixuan Zhao, Shaohua Wang, Cheng Su, and Haojian Liang. Multi-size facility allocation under competition: A model with competitive decay and reinforcement learning-enhanced genetic algorithm. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 14(9):347, September 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijgi14090347> ] [28] Drew Horton, Joshua Murrell, Daphne Skipper, Emily Speakman, and Tom Logan. A scalable optimization approach for equitable facility location: Methodology and transportation applications. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 201:103319, November 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trb.2025.103319> ] [29] Peter Kirst, Tomáš Bajbar, and Mario Merkel. A bisection method for solving distance-based clustering problems globally. TOP, 33(3):437--469, September 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11750-024-00684-w> ] [30] Fan Yuan, Da-Chuan Xu, Dong-Lei Du, and Dong-Mei Zhang. Local search yields a PTAS for fixed-dimensional k-means problem with penalties. Journal of the Operations Research Society of China, 12(2):351--362, July 2022. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40305-022-00394-9> ] [31] Timothy Ganesan, Pandian Vasant, and Igor Litvinchev. Chaotic simulator for bilevel optimization of virtual machine placements in cloud computing. Journal of the Operations Research Society of China, 10(4):703--723, February 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40305-020-00326-5> ] [32] Badr Afify, Sujoy Ray, Andrei Soeanu, Anjali Awasthi, Mourad Debbabi, and Mohamad Allouche. Evolutionary learning algorithm for reliable facility location under disruption. Expert Systems with Applications, 115:223--244, January 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2018.07.045> ] [33] Maichel M. Aguayo, Subhash C. Sarin, and John S. Cundiff. A branch-and-price approach for a biomass feedstock logistics supply chain design problem. IISE Transactions, 51(12):1348--1364, May 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24725854.2019.1589656> ] [34] İbrahim Akgün and Hamit Erdal. Solving an ammunition distribution network design problem using multi-objective mathematical modeling, combined AHP-TOPSIS, and GIS. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 129:512--528, March 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2019.02.004> ] [35] Aykan Akıncılar and Ece Akıncılar. A new idea for ambulance location problem in an environment under uncertainty in both path and average speed: Absolutely robust planning. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 137:106053, November 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2019.106053> ] [36] Maria Albareda-Sambola, Luisa I. Martínez-Merino, and Antonio M. Rodríguez-Chía. The stratified p-center problem. Computers & Operations Research, 108:213--225, August 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2019.04.013> ] [37] Mahdi Alinaghian, Mohammad Aghaie, and Mohammad S. Sabbagh. A mathematical model for location of temporary relief centers and dynamic routing of aerial rescue vehicles. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 131:227--241, May 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2019.03.002> ] [38] Morteza Alizadeh, Junfeng Ma, Nezam Mahdavi-Amiri, Mohammad Marufuzzaman, and Raed Jaradat. A stochastic programming model for a capacitated location-allocation problem with heterogeneous demands. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 137:106055, November 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2019.106055> ] [39] Faisal Alkaabneh, Ali Diabat, and Samir Elhedhli. A Lagrangian heuristic and GRASP for the hub-and-spoke network system with economies-of-scale and congestion. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 102:249--273, May 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2018.12.011> ] [40] Brou Mathias Allate. Terminal location models for intermodal transport network optimization. Open Journal of Applied Sciences, 09(05):307--315, 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ojapps.2019.95025> ] [41] Eduardo Álvarez Miranda and Markus Sinnl. An exact solution framework for the multiple gradual cover location problem. Computers & Operations Research, 108:82--96, August 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2019.04.003> ] [42] Mehdi Amiri-Aref, Reza Zanjirani Farahani, Mike Hewitt, and Walid Klibi. Equitable location of facilities in a region with probabilistic barriers to travel. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 127:66--85, July 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2019.04.010> ] [43] Mohsen Amiri, Saman Hassanzadeh Amin, and Reza Tavakkoli-Moghaddam. A Lagrangean decomposition approach for a novel two-echelon node-based location-routing problem in an offshore oil and gas supply chain. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 128:96--114, August 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2019.05.014> ] [44] Marco Amorim, Francisco Antunes, Sara Ferreira, and António Couto. An integrated approach for strategic and tactical decisions for the emergency medical service: Exploring optimization and metamodel-based simulation for vehicle location. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 137:106057, November 2019. 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Discrete Applied Mathematics, 254:10--16, February 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dam.2018.07.019> ] [49] Ashwin Arulselvan, Andreas Bley, and Ivana Ljubić. The incremental connected facility location problem. Computers & Operations Research, 112:104763, December 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2019.104763> ] [50] Pradeesha Ashok, Aniket Basu Roy, and Sathish Govindarajan. Local search strikes again: PTAS for variants of geometric covering and packing. Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, 39(2):618--635, June 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10878-019-00432-y> ] [51] Ece Aslan and Melih Çelik. Pre-positioning of relief items under road/facility vulnerability with concurrent restoration and relief transportation. IISE Transactions, 51(8):847--868, April 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24725854.2018.1540900> ] [52] Zahra Azadehranjbar, Ali Bozorgi-Amiri, and Arash Zandi. Warehouse redesigning in a three-echelon supply chain network with consideration of routing under uncertainty. RAIRO - Operations Research, 55:S147--S166, 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/ro/2019065> ] [53] Sang Won Bae. Computing a minimum-width square or rectangular annulus with outliers. Computational Geometry, 76:33--45, January 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.comgeo.2018.08.002> ] [54] Sang Won Bae, Matias Korman, and Yoshio Okamoto. Computing the geodesic centers of a polygonal domain. Computational Geometry, 77:3--9, March 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.comgeo.2015.10.009> ] [55] Mozhde Bagheri Hosseini, Farzad Dehghanian, and Majid Salari. Selective capacitated location-routing problem with incentive-dependent returns in designing used products collection network. European Journal of Operational Research, 272(2):655--673, January 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2018.06.038> ] [56] Hossein Baharmand, Tina Comes, and Matthieu Lauras. Bi-objective multi-layer location–allocation model for the immediate aftermath of sudden-onset disasters. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 127:86--110, July 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2019.05.002> ] [57] Xue Bai, Kwai-Sang Chin, and Zhili Zhou. A bi-objective model for location planning of electric vehicle charging stations with GPS trajectory data. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 128:591--604, February 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2019.01.008> ] [58] Sayan Bandyapadhyay, Santanu Bhowmick, Tanmay Inamdar, and Kasturi Varadarajan. Capacitated covering problems in geometric spaces. Discrete & Computational Geometry, 63(4):768--798, August 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00454-019-00127-5> ] [59] Aritra Banik, Bhaswar B. Bhattacharya, Sandip Das, and Sreeja Das. The 1-dimensional discrete Voronoi game. Operations Research Letters, 47(2):115--121, March 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orl.2019.01.003> ] [60] Pouya Barahimi and Hector A. Vergara. Reliable p-hub network design under multiple disruptions. Networks and Spatial Economics, 20(1):301--327, September 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11067-019-09483-4> ] [61] Mohadese Basirati, Mohammad Reza Akbari Jokar, and Erfan Hassannayebi. Bi-objective optimization approaches to many-to-many hub location routing with distance balancing and hard time window. Neural Computing and Applications, 32(17):13267--13288, December 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00521-019-04666-z> ] [62] Marios Batsaris, Dimitris Kavroudakis, Nikolaos A. Soulakellis, and Themistoklis Kontos. Location-allocation modeling for emergency evacuation planning in a smart city context: The case of earthquake in Mytilini, Lesvos, Greece. International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research, 10(4):28--43, October 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijagr.2019100103> ] [63] N. Orkun Baycik and Kelly M. Sullivan. Robust location of hidden interdictions on a shortest path network. IISE Transactions, 51(12):1332--1347, June 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24725854.2019.1597316> ] [64] Tolga Bektaş, Luís Gouveia, and Daniel Santos. Revisiting the hamiltonian p-median problem: A new formulation on directed graphs and a branch-and-cut algorithm. European Journal of Operational Research, 276(1):40--64, July 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2018.12.041> ] [65] V. Bélanger, A. Ruiz, and P. Soriano. Recent optimization models and trends in location, relocation, and dispatching of emergency medical vehicles. European Journal of Operational Research, 272(1):1--23, January 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2018.02.055> ] [66] Marcelo P. L. Benedito and Lehilton L. C. Pedrosa. Approximation algorithms for median hub location problems. Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, 38(2):375--401, February 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10878-019-00386-1> ] [67] Omer Ben-Porat and Moshe Tennenholtz. Multiunit facility location games. Mathematics of Operations Research, 44(3):865--889, August 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/moor.2018.0948> ] [68] Vladimir Beresnev and Andrey Melnikov. Approximation of the competitive facility location problem with MIPs. Computers & Operations Research, 104:139--148, April 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2018.12.010> ] [69] Fabrício Lacerda Biajoli, Antônio Augusto Chaves, and Luiz Antonio Nogueira Lorena. A biased random-key genetic algorithm for the two-stage capacitated facility location problem. Expert Systems with Applications, 115:418--426, January 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2018.08.024> ] [70] Víctor Blanco, Alberto Japón, and Justo Puerto. Optimal arrangements of hyperplanes for SVM-based multiclass classification. Advances in Data Analysis and Classification, 14(1):175--199, July 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11634-019-00367-6> ] [71] Steffen Borgwardt and Felix Happach. Good clusterings have large volume. Operations Research, 67(1):215--231, January 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/opre.2018.1779> ] [72] Juan S. Borrero, Oleg A. Prokopyev, and Denis Sauré. Sequential interdiction with incomplete information and learning. Operations Research, 67(1):72--89, January 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/opre.2018.1773> ] [73] Ikram Bouras, Rosa Figueiredo, Michael Poss, and Fen Zhou. On two new formulations for the fixed charge network design problem with shortest path constraints. Computers & Operations Research, 108:226--237, August 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2019.04.007> ] [74] Marcus Brazil, Marcus Volz, Martin Zachariasen, Charl Ras, and Doreen Thomas. New pruning rules for the Steiner tree problem and 2-connected Steiner network problem. Computational Geometry, 78:37--49, June 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.comgeo.2018.10.003> ] [75] Jack Brimberg and Zvi Drezner. Solving multiple facilities location problems with separated clusters. Operations Research Letters, 47(5):386--390, September 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orl.2019.07.007> ] [76] Jack Brimberg, Nenad Mladenović, Raca Todosijević, and Dragan Urošević. A non-triangular hub location problem. Optimization Letters, 14(5):1107--1126, January 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11590-019-01392-2> ] [77] Dirk Briskorn and Michael Dienstknecht. Mixed-integer programming models for tower crane selection and positioning with respect to mutual interference. European Journal of Operational Research, 273(1):160--174, February 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2018.07.033> ] [78] Sabina Buczkowska, Nicolas Coulombel, and Matthieu de Lapparent. A comparison of euclidean distance, travel times, and network distances in location choice mixture models. Networks and Spatial Economics, 19(4):1215--1248, March 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11067-018-9439-5> ] [79] Julia García Cabello. A decision model for bank branch site selection: Define branch success and do not deviate. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 68:100599, December 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2017.09.004> ] [80] Desmond Cai, Subhonmesh Bose, and Adam Wierman. On the role of a market maker in networked Cournot competition. Mathematics of Operations Research, 44(3):1122--1144, August 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/moor.2018.0961> ] [81] Hatice Çalık and Bernard Fortz. A Benders decomposition method for locating stations in a one-way electric car sharing system under demand uncertainty. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 125:121--150, July 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trb.2019.05.004> ] [82] Jean-Thomas Camino, Christian Artigues, Laurent Houssin, and Stéphane Mourgues. Linearization of euclidean norm dependent inequalities applied to multibeam satellites design. Computational Optimization and Applications, 73(2):679--705, March 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10589-019-00083-z> ] [83] David Canca, Alicia De-Los-Santos, Gilbert Laporte, and Juan A. Mesa. Integrated railway rapid transit network design and line planning problem with maximum profit. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 127:1--30, July 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2019.04.007> ] [84] Jin Xin Cao, Cong Cong Xue, Mei Ying Jian, and Xue Ru Yao. Research on the station location problem for public bicycle systems under dynamic demand. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 127:971--980, January 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2018.11.028> ] [85] Thomas Capelle, Cristián E. Cortés, Michel Gendreau, Pablo A. Rey, and Louis-Martin Rousseau. A column generation approach for location-routing problems with pickup and delivery. European Journal of Operational Research, 272(1):121--131, January 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2018.05.055> ] [86] Massimiliano Caramia and Stefano Giordani. Location of differentiated waste collection centers with user cooperation: a bilevel optimization approach. Optimization Letters, 14(1):85--99, October 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11590-019-01491-0> ] [87] Emilio Carrizosa, Alba V. Olivares-Nadal, and Pepa Ramírez-Cobo. Embedding the production policy in location-allocation decisions. 4OR, 18(3):357--380, November 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10288-019-00423-z> ] [88] Derya Celik Turkoglu and Mujde Erol Genevois. A comparative survey of service facility location problems. Annals of Operations Research, 292(1):399--468, September 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10479-019-03385-x> ] [89] Ching-Lueh Chang. On Las Vegas approximations for metric 1-median selection. Information Processing Letters, 146:44--48, June 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ipl.2019.02.007> ] [90] Darshan Chauhan, Avinash Unnikrishnan, and Miguel Figliozzi. Maximum coverage capacitated facility location problem with range constrained drones. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 99:1--18, February 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2018.12.001> ] [91] Hao Chen. Location problem of distribution center based on Baumer Walvar model: Taking Jiaji Logistics as an example. Open Journal of Business and Management, 07(02):1042--1052, 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ojbm.2019.72070> ] [92] Zhiwei Chen, Yucong Hu, Jutint Li, and Xing Wu. Optimal deployment of electric bicycle sharing stations: Model formulation and solution technique. Networks and Spatial Economics, 20(1):99--136, July 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11067-019-09469-2> ] [93] Anisa M. H. Chorwadwala and Souvik Roy. How to place an obstacle having a dihedral symmetry inside a disk so as to optimize the fundamental Dirichlet eigenvalue. Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 184(1):162--187, February 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10957-019-01483-1> ] [94] Cihan Tugrul Cicek, Hakan Gultekin, and Bulent Tavli. The location-allocation problem of drone base stations. Computers & Operations Research, 111:155--176, November 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2019.06.010> ] [95] François Clautiaux, Jérémy Guillot, and Pierre Pesneau. Exact approaches for solving a covering problem with capacitated subtrees. Computers & Operations Research, 105:85--101, May 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2019.01.008> ] [96] Narcis Coll, Marta Fort, and J. Antoni Sellarés. On the overlap area of a disk and a piecewise circular domain. Computers & Operations Research, 104:59--73, April 2019. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2018.11.007> ] [97] Stefano Colombo and Zemin Hou. 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EWGLA News
by SERENA FUGARO 05 Nov '25

05 Nov '25

Dear EWGLA members, We would like to update you with some news regarding this year’s meeting, grants, awards, the EURO2025 Locational Analysis stream as well as the EWGLA social accounts and the next EWGLA meeting. 1. The 30th EWGLA meeting took place at the Jerez de la Frontera campus of the Universidad de Cádiz from 17 to 19 September. Carmen-Ana Domínguez Bravo and Luisa I. Martínez Merino chaired the organisation. This year, the meeting was celebrated jointly with the 14th International Workshop on Locational Analysis and Related Problems (IWOLOCA). The meeting hosted two EWGLA plenary talks by Prof. Burcu Balçık and Prof. Anthony Papavasiliou and an IWOLOCA plenary by Prof. Vladimir Marianov, as well as 69 scientific talks, with 84 participants from 14 countries in attendance. We would like to thank the Organising and Scientific Committees, and all the participants, for being part of this special meeting! You can view the photo gallery at https://ewgla2025.uca.es/gallery/ to experience the warm atmosphere of the meeting for yourself or to relive it. 2. This year, the EWGLA board decided to support eight members for participation in EWGLA 30th. Unfortunately, only six of them could attend the conference and will receive the grants upon providing the reports required as part of the procedure. We congratulate all the grantees and provide the list of those attending the EWGLA meeting below. You can also watch the video memories they prepared at this link https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nKHU5aTAZ-1HoQZVE_937Z8tx4bye4rn/view?usp=… * Hannah Bakker (KIT) * Adam Dunajski (University of Edinburgh) * Zeynep Kurban (Bilkent University) * Íñigo Martín Melero (CERN) * Egehan Ugras (Bilkent University) * Isabel Wiemer (University of Duisburg-Essen) 3. The next EWGLA meeting will be organised in Istanbul on 16-18 June 2027 by Necati Aras, Sibel Salman and Yavuz Günalay. Find more details in the attached presentation by the organisers. 4. The EWGLA board organised the Locational Analysis stream at the 34th EURO Conference, which took place in Leeds from 22 to 25 June. This successful stream hosted 15 talks, organised into four sessions that addressed recent advances and important challenges in locational analysis. These sessions were well attended, with more than 25 participants in each, and hosted very engaging discussions. We would like to thank all participants for their contributions! 5. Several EWGLA members received awards and honours during the EURO conference, as listed below. Congratulations to our EWGLA members on their achievements. * Laureano Escudero was awarded the EURO Gold Medal, the highest distinction for OR. * Dolores Romero Morales was elected President-Elect and will become the new EURO president for 2027 - 2028. * EURO honoured its past presidents, including EWGLA members Laureano Escudero, Martine Labbe and Anita Schöbel, who were present on the stage in Leeds. * Ivana Ljubic’s research paper won the EURO Award for the Best EJOR Paper in the Review category. * Elisabeth Gaar’s research collaboration won the EURO Prize for OR for the Common Good. * Hannah Bakker’s PhD thesis was selected as a finalist for the EURO Doctoral Dissertation Award. * Serena Fugaro and Antonino Sgalambro’s joint research paper was selected as a finalist for the EURO Excellence in Practice Award. 6. EWGLA is now present both on LinkedIn and Bluesky. We encourage you to follow the LinkedIn page EWGLA - The EURO Working Group on Locational Analysis and the Bluesky profile @ewgla.bsky.social to stay updated with the EWGLA initiatives and activities. Please send us any achievements or news that you would like us to share with the community, and tag us in your location-related posts. Warm regards, Diego, Hatice and Serena --- Serena Fugaro, PhD Senior Post-Doctoral Research Associate Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo (CNR-IAC) Via dei Taurini, 19 00185 Roma, Italy [cid:d9f13fb9-3587-4ede-8135-dcd429efa09d]

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Location related references Collection October 2025
by Frank Plastria 06 Oct '25

06 Oct '25

Dear fellow locaters, As usual now, here is my October collection of 100 entries with still many new refs of 2025, the remaining part of my 2020 collection, and the start for 2019. Enjoy Frank Plastria %%%%%%%%% [1] J. Aguilar and M. D. R-Moreno. An optimal sensor configuration method using genetic algorithms for a fault-tolerant energy management for smart buildings. Computing, 107:188, August 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00607-025-01537-5> ] [2] Oscar H. Ariztegui?Beltr?n, David L. Cort?s?Murcia, William Guerrero Rueda, Mehrdad Mohammadi, and Olivier P?ton. The tree?of?hubs location problem with interhub stopovers. International Transactions in Operational Research, 33(2):826--859, June 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/itor.70068> ] [3] Federico Autelitano, Mirko Cavecchia, Luca Consolini, Manuel Iori, Marco Locatelli, and Felice Giuliani. Helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) for the management of road traffic accidents-related trauma: Optimizing the location of landing areas and helipads. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 33:101566, September 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2025.101566> ] [4] Farzad Avishan, Mehmet Berk Karasu, Melike ?ap, and ?hsan Yan?ko?lu. Optimization of drone base station locations and mobile charging drone routing for post-disaster communication. Computers & Operations Research, 184:107206, December 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2025.107206> ] [5] Bashar Bashir, Abdullah Alsalman, Arsalan Ahmed Othman, Ahmed K. Obaid, and Hussein Bashir. New approach to selecting civil defense centers in Al-Riyadh City (KSA) based on multi-criteria decision analysis and GIS. Land, 10(11):1108, October 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land10111108> ] [6] Joyendu Bhadury and H. A. Eiselt. 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Location related references Collection September 2025
by Frank Plastria 05 Sep '25

05 Sep '25

Dear fellow locaters, Here is my September collection of 100 entries with many new refs of 2025 and a good part of my remaining 2020 collection. Enjoy Frank Plastria %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% [1] Nader Azizi, Sergio García, and Chandra Ade Irawan. Discrete location problems with uncertainty. In Saïd Salhi and John Boylan, editors, The Palgrave Handbook of Operations Research, pages 43--71. Springer International Publishing, 2022. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96935-6_2> ] [2] G. Carlier, E. Chenchene, and K. Eichinger. Wasserstein medians: Robustness, PDE characterization, and numerics. SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis, 56(5):6483--6520, September 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1137/23m1624786> ] [3] Zvi Drezner. Continuous facility location problems. In Saïd Salhi and John Boylan, editors, The Palgrave Handbook of Operations Research, pages 269--306. Springer International Publishing, 2022. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96935-6_9> ] [4] Inmaculada Espejo, Alfredo Marín, Juan M. Muñoz-Ocaña, Raúl Páez, and Antonio M. Rodríguez-Chía. Exact solution method for stochastic single-allocation hub location problems. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 202:104295, October 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2025.104295> ] [5] Ahmed Fathy, Anas Bouaouda, and Fatma A. Hashim. Optimal arrangement of shaded photovoltaic array using new modified black-winged kite algorithm. Expert Systems with Applications, 289:128375, September 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2025.128375> ] [6] Javid Ghahremani-Nahr, Ramez Kian, and Abdolsalam Ghaderi. A food upcycling model by food bank collection-distribution networks. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 101:102247, October 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2025.102247> ] [7] Fariba Goodarzian and Peiman Ghasemi. A case-driven simulation-optimization model for sustainable medical logistics network. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 101:102271, October 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2025.102271> ] [8] Fengwei Guo, Chao Chen, Li Zeng, Tianle Pu, Feng Qing, and Changjun Fan. Finding key edges in complex network through line graph transformation and deep reinforcement learning. Expert Systems with Applications, 289:128121, September 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2025.128121> ] [9] Olli-Pekka Hilmola, Haihan Li, Per Hilletofth, and Daniella Fjellström. Evaluation of EU-27 countries as manufacturing location: strengths and weaknesses model. Operations Management Research, 18(3):913--926, January 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12063-024-00539-4> ] [10] Shaolong Hu, Qing-Mi Hu, Zhaoyang Lu, and Lingxiao Wu. Rescue network design considering uncertainty and deprivation cost in urban waterlogging disaster relief. European Journal of Operational Research, 327(1):280--294, November 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2025.04.025> ] [11] Aakash Kale, Amit Upadhyay, and Ramesh Anbanandam. A hierarchical facility location-allocation model for sustainable municipal solid waste management in urban cities. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 101:102259, October 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2025.102259> ] [12] Yulia Karpova, Fulgencia Villa, and Eva Vallada. Realistic strategies for dynamic ambulance relocation. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 101:102279, October 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2025.102279> ] [13] Golbarg Kazemi Tutunchi and Yahya Fathi. Representative subsets of non-dominated points in the bi-criteria p-median p-dispersion problem. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 146:106400, August 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2020.106400> ] [14] Mouna Kchaou-Boujelben and Céline Gicquel. Locating electric vehicle charging stations under uncertain battery energy status and power consumption. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 149:106752, November 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2020.106752> ] [15] Sven O. Krumke and Huy Minh Le. Robust absolute single machine makespan scheduling-location problem on trees. Operations Research Letters, 48(1):29--32, January 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orl.2019.11.001> ] [16] Hande Küçükaydın and Necati Aras. Gradual covering location problem with multi-type facilities considering customer preferences. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 147:106577, September 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2020.106577> ] [17] Abhaykumar Kumbhar, Hamidullah Binol, Simran Singh, İsmail Güvenç, and Kemal Akkaya. Heuristic approach for jointly optimising FeICIC and UAV locations in multi-tier LTE-advanced public safety HetNet. IET Communications, 14(20):3585--3598, nov 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/iet-com.2019.1315> ] [18] Yusuf Kuvvetli. Multi-objective and multi-period hydrogen refueling station location problem. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 45(55):30845--30858, nov 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.08.126> ] [19] Algirdas Lančinskas, Julius Žilinskas, Pascual Fernández, and Blas Pelegrín. Solution of asymmetric discrete competitive facility location problems using ranking of candidate locations. Soft Computing, 24(23):17705--17713, June 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00500-020-05106-0> ] [20] Algirdas Lančinskas, Pascual Fernández, Blas Pelegrín, and Julius Žilinskas. Discrete competitive facility location by ranking candidate locations. In Gintautas Dzemyda, Jolita Bernatavičienė, and Janusz Kacprzyk, editors, Data Science: New Issues, Challenges and Applications, pages 145--163. Springer International Publishing, 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39250-5_8> ] [21] Kyoungsun Lee and Leyla Ozsen. Tabu search heuristic for the network design model with lead time and safety stock considerations. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 148:106717, October 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2020.106717> ] [22] Menghong Li, Yingli Ran, and Zhao Zhang. A primal-dual algorithm for the minimum power partial cover problem. Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, 44(3):1913--1923, apr 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10878-020-00567-3> ] [23] Jianping Li, Yujie Zheng, Junran Lichen, and Wencheng Wang. On the minimum number of Steiner points of constrained 1-line-fixed Steiner tree in the euclidean plane R2. Optimization Letters, 15(2):669--683, August 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11590-020-01627-7> ] [24] Yuchen Li, Jianghua Zhang, and Guodong Yu. A scenario-based hybrid robust and stochastic approach for joint planning of relief logistics and casualty distribution considering secondary disasters. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 141:102029, September 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2020.102029> ] [25] Yun Hui Lin and Qingyun Tian. Exact approaches for competitive facility location with discrete attractiveness. Optimization Letters, 15(2):377--389, May 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11590-020-01596-x> ] [26] Yun Hui Lin, Yuan Wang, Dongdong He, and Loo Hay Lee. Last-mile delivery: Optimal locker location under multinomial logit choice model. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 142:102059, October 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2020.102059> ] [27] Boliang Lin, Yinan Zhao, and Ruixi Lin. Optimization for courier delivery service network design based on frequency delay. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 139:106144, January 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2019.106144> ] [28] Xufei Liu and Changhyun Kwon. Exact robust solutions for the combined facility location and network design problem in hazardous materials transportation. IISE Transactions, 52(10):1156--1172, January 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24725854.2019.1697017> ] [29] Hongrui Liu, Ayca Erdogan, Royce Lin, and H.-S. Jacob Tsao. Mathematical models of political districting for more representative governments. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 140:106265, February 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2019.106265> ] [30] Songsong Liu, Lazaros G. Papageorgiou, and Nilay Shah. Optimal design of low-cost supply chain networks on the benefits of new product formulations. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 139:106189, January 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2019.106189> ] [31] Egidio Lofrano, Marco Pingaro, Patrizia Trovalusci, and Achille Paolone. Optimal sensors placement in dynamic damage detection of beams using a statistical approach. Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 187(3):758--775, October 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10957-020-01761-3> ] [32] Vo Si Trong Long, Nguyen Mau Nam, Jacob Sharkansky, and Nguyen Dong Yen. Qualitative properties of k-center problems. Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 207(1), July 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10957-025-02753-x> ] [33] A. D. López-Sánchez, J. Sánchez-Oro, and M. Laguna. A new scatter search design for multiobjective combinatorial optimization with an application to facility location. INFORMS Journal on Computing, 33(2):629--642, September 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/ijoc.2020.0966> ] [34] Taibo Luo, Hongmei Li, Shaofeng Ru, Weitian Tong, and Yinfeng Xu. Multiple sink location problem in path networks with a combinational objective. Optimization Letters, 15(2):733--755, May 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11590-020-01597-w> ] [35] Wei Lv, Cheng-Yang Yu, Jie Liang, Wei-Kun Chen, and Yu-Hong Dai. Presolving and cutting planes for the generalized maximal covering location problem. European Journal of Operational Research, 327(2):394--406, May 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2025.05.017> ] [36] Hongguang Ma, Xiaoyu Guan, and Liang Wang. A single-facility competitive location problem in the plane based on customer choice rules. Journal of Data, Information and Management, 2(4):323--336, November 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42488-020-00036-w> ] [37] Hongkun Ma, X. Henry Wang, and Chenhang Zeng. Location choice and costly product differentiation in a mixed duopoly. The Annals of Regional Science, 66(1):137--159, July 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00168-020-01014-1> ] [38] Irene Martínez and Wen-Long Jin. Optimal location problem for variable speed limit application areas. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 138:221--246, August 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trb.2020.05.003> ] [39] F.Antonio Medrano. The complete vertex p-center problem. EURO Journal on Computational Optimization, 8(3–4):327--343, October 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13675-020-00131-y> ] [40] Nenad Mladenović, Jack Brimberg, and Dragan Urošević. Formulation space search metaheuristic. In Saïd Salhi and John Boylan, editors, The Palgrave Handbook of Operations Research, pages 405--445. Springer International Publishing, 2022. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96935-6_12> ] [41] S. Mohammadi, Soroush Avakh Darestani, Behnam Vahdani, and A. Alinezhad. A robust neutrosophic fuzzy-based approach to integrate reliable facility location and routing decisions for disaster relief under fairness and aftershocks concerns. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 148:106734, October 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2020.106734> ] [42] Shayan Mohseni and Mir Saman Pishvaee. Data-driven robust optimization for wastewater sludge-to-biodiesel supply chain design. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 139:105944, January 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2019.07.001> ] [43] Sobhan Mostafayi Darmian, Sahar Moazzeni, and Lars Magnus Hvattum. Multi-objective sustainable location-districting for the collection of municipal solid waste: Two case studies. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 150:106965, December 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2020.106965> ] [44] Muren, Hao Li, Samar K. Mukhopadhyay, Jian-jun Wu, Li Zhou, and Zhiping Du. Balanced maximal covering location problem and its application in bike-sharing. International Journal of Production Economics, 223:107513, May 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2019.09.034> ] [45] Waleed Najy and Ali Diabat. Benders decomposition for multiple-allocation hub-and-spoke network design with economies of scale and node congestion. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 133:62--84, March 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trb.2019.12.003> ] [46] Sina Nayeri, Mohammad Mahdi Paydar, Ebarhim Asadi-Gangraj, and Saeed Emami. Multi-objective fuzzy robust optimization approach to sustainable closed-loop supply chain network design. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 148:106716, October 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2020.106716> ] [47] Huan Ngo, Amit Kumar, and Sabyasachee Mishra. Optimal positioning of dynamic wireless charging infrastructure in a road network for battery electric vehicles. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 85:102385, August 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2020.102385> ] [48] Reut Noham and Michal Tzur. Design and incentive decisions to increase cooperation in humanitarian relief networks. IISE Transactions, 52(12):1297--1311, March 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24725854.2020.1727070> ] [49] Farjana Nur, Mario Aboytes-Ojeda, Krystel K. Castillo-Villar, and Mohammad Marufuzzaman. A two-stage stochastic programming model for biofuel supply chain network design with biomass quality implications. IISE Transactions, 53(8):845--868, May 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24725854.2020.1751347> ] [50] Penjani Hopkins Nyimbili and Turan Erden. GIS-based fuzzy multi-criteria approach for optimal site selection of fire stations in Istanbul, Turkey. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 71:100860, September 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2020.100860> ] [51] Paganini Barcellos de Oliveira, Ivan Contreras, Ricardo Saraiva de Camargo, and Gilberto de Miranda Júnior. A comparison of separation routines for Benders optimality cuts for two-level facility location problems. Expert Systems with Applications, 141:112928, March 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2019.112928> ] [52] Fadoua Oudouar, Mohamed Lazaar, and Zaoui El Miloud. A novel approach based on heuristics and a neural network to solve a capacitated location routing problem. Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, 100:102064, April 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.simpat.2019.102064> ] [53] Ruilin Ouyang, Michael R. Beacher, Dinghao Ma, and Md. Noor-E-Alam. Navigating concave regions in continuous facility location problems. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 143:106385, May 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2020.106385> ] [54] Weiwei Pan, Jingjing Shen, and Zi Xu. An efficient algorithm for nonconvex-linear minimax optimization problem and its application in solving weighted maximin dispersion problem. Computational Optimization and Applications, 78(1):287--306, November 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10589-020-00237-4> ] [55] Eduardo G. Pardo, Antonio García-Sánchez, Marc Sevaux, and Abraham Duarte. Basic variable neighborhood search for the minimum sitting arrangement problem. Journal of Heuristics, 26(2):249--268, January 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10732-019-09432-x> ] [56] Youngsoo Park, Peter Nielsen, and Ilkyeong Moon. Unmanned aerial vehicle set covering problem considering fixed-radius coverage constraint. Computers & Operations Research, 119:104936, July 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2020.104936> ] [57] Alice Paul and David P. Williamson. Easy capacitated facility location problems, with connections to lot-sizing. Operations Research Letters, 48(2):109--114, March 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orl.2019.12.006> ] [58] Conrado V. Plaza, Vanessa de A. Guimarães, Glaydston Ribeiro, and Laura Bahiense. Economic and environmental location of logistics integration centers: the Brazilian soybean transportation case. TOP, 28(3):749--771, June 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11750-020-00566-x> ] [59] Miguel A. Pozo, Justo Puerto, and Antonio M. Rodríguez Chía. The ordered median tree of hubs location problem. TOP, 29(1):78--105, June 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11750-020-00572-z> ] [60] T. G. Pradeepmon, Vinay V. Panicker, and R. Sridharan. A variable neighbourhood search enhanced estimation of distribution algorithm for quadratic assignment problems. OPSEARCH, 58(1):203--233, August 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12597-020-00475-4> ] [61] Masoud Rabbani, S. Amirhossein Sadati, and Hamed Farrokhi-Asl. Incorporating location routing model and decision making techniques in industrial waste management: Application in the automotive industry. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 148:106692, October 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2020.106692> ] [62] Ahmadreza Raeisi Dehkordi. On the convergence of the Cooper’s algorithm. Optimization Letters, 14(8):2539--2547, March 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11590-020-01572-5> ] [63] J. Rajalakshmi and S. Durairaj. Application of multi-objective optimization algorithm for siting and sizing of distributed generations in distribution networks. Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, 41(2):267--289, December 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10878-020-00681-2> ] [64] Yingli Ran, Zhao Zhang, Shaojie Tang, and Ding-Zhu Du. Breaking the rmax barrier: Enhanced approximation algorithms for partial set multicover problem. INFORMS Journal on Computing, 33(2):774--784, October 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/ijoc.2020.0975> ] [65] Niloufar Razavi, Hadi Gholizadeh, Sina Nayeri, and Tannaz Alizadeh Ashrafi. A robust optimization model of the field hospitals in the sustainable blood supply chain in crisis logistics. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 72(12):2804--2828, October 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01605682.2020.1821586> ] [66] K. Nageswara Reddy, Akhilesh Kumar, Joseph Sarkis, and Manoj Kumar Tiwari. Effect of carbon tax on reverse logistics network design. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 139:106184, January 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2019.106184> ] [67] Clara M. Campos Rodríguez, Dolores R. Santos Peñate, and José Andrés Moreno Pérez. Formulación lineal de extensiones del problema de localización competitiva del líder- seguidor (linear formulation for extensions of the leader-follower competitive location problem). Estudios De Economía Aplicada, 31(1):1--20, mar 2013. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.25115/eea.v31i1.3272> ] [68] Irma Delia Rojas Cuevas, José Luis Martínez Flores, Elías Olivares Benítez, Santiago Omar Caballero Morales, and Diana Sánchez Partida. Attraction-rejection model for facility location. Computación y Sistemas, 24(1), March 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.13053/cys-24-1-3001> ] [69] Philipp K. Rose, Rizqi Nugroho, Till Gnann, Patrick Plötz, Martin Wietschel, and Melanie Reuter-Oppermann. Optimal development of alternative fuel station networks considering node capacity restrictions. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 78:102189, January 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2019.11.018> ] [70] Mark Rozanov and Arie Tamir. The nestedness property of the convex ordered median location problem on a tree. Discrete Optimization, 36:100581, May 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.disopt.2020.100581> ] [71] Apurba Kumar Saha, Ananna Paul, Abdullahil Azeem, and Sanjoy Kumar Paul. Mitigating partial-disruption risk: A joint facility location and inventory model considering customers’ preferences and the role of substitute products and backorder offers. Computers & Operations Research, 117:104884, May 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2020.104884> ] [72] Fatemeh Sarayloo, Teodor Gabriel Crainic, and Walter Rei. A learning-based matheuristic for stochastic multicommodity network design. INFORMS Journal on Computing, 33(2):643--656, September 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/ijoc.2020.0967> ] [73] Hassan Sarhadi, Joe Naoum-Sawaya, and Manish Verma. A robust optimization approach to locating and stockpiling marine oil-spill response facilities. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 141:102005, September 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2020.102005> ] [74] Christophe Sauvey, Teresa Melo, and Isabel Correia. Heuristics for a multi-period facility location problem with delayed demand satisfaction. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 139:106171, January 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2019.106171> ] [75] Hamid R. Sayarshad, Xinpi Du, and H. Oliver Gao. Dynamic post-disaster debris clearance problem with re-positioning of clearance equipment items under partially observable information. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 138:352--372, August 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trb.2020.05.011> ] [76] Julia Schleier and Grit Walther. Robust design of recycling networks considering uncertain regulatory, economic, and technological conditions — the case of recovering polystyrene from building insulation. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 208:111254, October 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2025.111254> ] [77] Frank Schöpfer and Alexey Chernov. Certified efficient global roundness evaluation. Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 186(1):169--190, June 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10957-020-01689-8> ] [78] Shahrooz Shahparvari, Masih Fadaki, and Prem Chhetri. Spatial accessibility of fire stations for enhancing operational response in Melbourne. Fire Safety Journal, 117:103149, October 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.firesaf.2020.103149> ] [79] Jianmai Shi, Rui Wang, Wenyi Chen, Lining Xing, and Mingzhou Jin. Bi-objective design of household e-waste collection with public advertising and competition from informal sectors. Waste Management, 102:65--75, February 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2019.10.018> ] [80] Kanchala Sudtachat, Maria E. Mayorga, Sunarin Chanta, and Laura A. Albert. Joint relocation and districting using a nested compliance model for EMS systems. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 142:106327, April 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2020.106327> ] [81] M. Tadaros, A. Migdalas, B. Samuelsson, and A. Segerstedt. Location of facilities and network design for reverse logistics of lithium-ion batteries in Sweden. Operational Research, 22(2):895--915, August 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12351-020-00586-2> ] [82] Ata Allah Taleizadeh, Ali Ghavamifar, and Amir Khosrojerdi. Resilient network design of two supply chains under price competition: game theoretic and decomposition algorithm approach. Operational Research, 22(1):825--857, April 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12351-020-00565-7> ] [83] Ali Tolooie, Meghna Maity, and Ashesh Kumar Sinha. A two-stage stochastic mixed-integer program for reliable supply chain network design under uncertain disruptions and demand. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 148:106722, October 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2020.106722> ] [84] Thomas Ullmert, Stefan Ruzika, and Anita Schöbel. On the p-hub interdiction problem. Computers & Operations Research, 124:105056, December 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2020.105056> ] [85] German A. Velasquez, Maria E. Mayorga, and Osman Y. Özaltın. Prepositioning disaster relief supplies using robust optimization. IISE Transactions, 52(10):1122--1140, March 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24725854.2020.1725692> ] [86] Bruno S. Vieira, Thayse Ferrari, Glaydston M. Ribeiro, Laura Bahiense, Romulo D. Orrico Filho, Carlos Alberto Abramides, and Nilo Flavio Rosa Campos Júnior. A progressive hybrid set covering based algorithm for the traffic counting location problem. Expert Systems with Applications, 160:113641, December 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2020.113641> ] [87] Weiqiao Wang, Kai Yang, Lixing Yang, and Ziyou Gao. Tractable approximations for the distributionally robust conditional vertex p-center problem: Application to the location of high-speed railway emergency rescue stations. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 73(3):525--539, December 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01605682.2020.1843983> ] [88] Yong Wang, Shouguo Peng, Xuesong Zhou, Monirehalsadat Mahmoudi, and Lu Zhen. Green logistics location-routing problem with eco-packages. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 143:102118, November 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2020.102118> ] [89] Minke Wang, Jiang Wu, Nadine Kafa, and Walid Klibi. Carbon emission-compliance green location-inventory problem with demand and carbon price uncertainties. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 142:102038, October 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2020.102038> ] [90] Xinfang (Jocelyn) Wang and Jomon A. Paul. Robust optimization for hurricane preparedness. International Journal of Production Economics, 221:107464, March 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2019.07.037> ] [91] Xiaowen Wei, Huaxin Qiu, Dujuan Wang, Jiahui Duan, Yanzhang Wang, and T.C.E. Cheng. An integrated location-routing problem with post-disaster relief distribution. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 147:106632, September 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2020.106632> ] [92] Peng Wu, Feng Chu, Nasreddine Saidani, Haoxun Chen, and Wei Zhou. IoT-based location and quality decision-making in emerging shared parking facilities with competition. Decision Support Systems, 134:113301, July 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dss.2020.113301> ] [93] Tao Wu, Zhongshun Shi, Zhe Liang, Xiaoning Zhang, and Canrong Zhang. Dantzig-Wolfe decomposition for the facility location and production planning problem. Computers & Operations Research, 124:105068, December 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2020.105068> ] [94] Yong Xia, Meijia Yang, and Shu Wang. Chebyshev center of the intersection of balls: complexity, relaxation and approximation. Mathematical Programming, 187(1–2):287--315, February 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10107-020-01479-0> ] [95] Yin Xiang and Hang Wei. Joint optimizing network interdiction and emergency facility location in terrorist attacks. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 144:106480, June 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2020.106480> ] [96] Junxiang Xu, Divya Jayakumar Nair, and S. Travis Waller. Pre-disaster evacuation transport network design under uncertain demand and connectivity reliability: a novel bi-level programming model. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 32:101556, July 2025. 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Location related references collection August 2025
by Frank Plastria 04 Aug '25

04 Aug '25

Dear fellow locater, Here is my August collection: 100 more references, over one third of these (39) very recent new ones published in 2025, almost one third (28) starting my 2020 collection and the remaining third from the years in between. Note, however that this count may be slightly off and depends on the definition: either the first online date, or the publication date in a volume! Enjoy also your summer Sincerely Frank Prof. Em. Frank Plastria BUTO, Vrije Universiteit Brussel %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% [1] Zacharie Ales, Cristian Duran-Mateluna, and Sourour Elloumi. A rounding and clustering-based exact algorithm for the p-center problem. Computers & Operations Research, 183:107185, November 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2025.107185> ] [2] Ousmane Ali, Jean-François Côté, and Leandro C. Coelho. Integrated and sequential algorithms for the robust two-echelon location-routing problem under demand uncertainty. Computers & Operations Research, 183:107198, November 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2025.107198> ] [3] Víctor Blanco, Gabriel González, and Justo Puerto. Fixed topology minimum-length trees with neighborhoods: A Steiner tree based approach. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 207:111331, September 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2025.111331> ] [4] Azam Boskabadi, Uthman Abiola Kareem, Jay Michael Rosenberger, Mohsen Shahandashti, and Binaya Pudasaini. A two-stage stochastic programming approach for enhancing seismic resilience of water pipe networks. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 207:111266, September 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2025.111266> ] [5] R.J.W. Buijs, R.D. van der Mei, E.R. Dugundji, and S. Bhulai. An effective aggregation heuristic for capacitated facility location problems with many demand points. Computers & Operations Research, 183:107153, November 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2025.107153> ] [6] Pamela Bustamante-Faúndez, Víctor Bucarey L., Martine Labbé, Vladimir Marianov, and Fernando Ordoñez. Novel valid inequalities and branch-and-price for Stackelberg security games. Computers & Operations Research, 183:107122, November 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2025.107122> ] [7] Hamza Chokri, Issam Nouaouri, Hamid Allaoui, and Frida Ben Rais Lasram. Agri-food supply chain network design: A comprehensive review and future research directions. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 207:111203, September 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2025.111203> ] [8] Ante Ćustić, Wei Yang, Yang Wang, and Abraham P. Punnen. The independent quadratic assignment problem: complexity and polynomially solvable special cases. Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, 49(5):70, May 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10878-025-01302-6> ] [9] Katharina Eberhardt, Patricia Fuchß, Florian Klaus Kaiser, Sonja Rosenberg, and Frank Schultmann. Stochastic network optimization for strategic resource pre-positioning and allocation. International Journal of Production Economics, 287:109679, September 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109679> ] [10] Jiazhu Fang, Qizhi Fang, Wenjing Liu, Qingqin Nong, and Alexandros A. Voudouris. Mechanism design with predictions for facility location games with candidate locations. Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, 49(5):74, May 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10878-025-01310-6> ] [11] Bruna Figueiredo, Rui Borges Lopes, and Amaro de Sousa. Location–routing problems with sustainability and resilience concerns: A systematic review. Logistics, 9(3):81, June 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/logistics9030081> ] [12] Arezoo Ghasemi and Ghanshyam G. Tejani. A new optimization algorithm based on the integration of reinforcement learning and HHO algorithm for virtual machine placement in cloud data centers. Computing, 107(6):145, June 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00607-025-01493-0> ] [13] Begoña González, Diego Rossit, Mariano Frutos, and Máximo Méndez. Modeling and solving an integrated periodic vehicle routing and capacitated facility location problem in the context of solid waste collection. Annals of Operations Research, 350(3):979--1015, May 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10479-025-06626-4> ] [14] Weiwei Guo, Wei-Guo Zhang, Zaiwu Gong, Xiaoxia Xu, Xiaoqing Chen, and Yong-Jun Liu. Multi-dimensional minimum cost consensus model and its application in the location problem of industrial agglomeration zone. Expert Systems with Applications, 264:125807, March 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2024.125807> ] [15] Shuyuan Guo, Hongtao Hu, Lu Zhen, and Xinyue Guo. A location-inventory model for perishable product supply chain network considering dual-channel retailing and quality degradation under front warehouse mode. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 207:111328, September 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2025.111328> ] [16] Fatima Harrouz, Mohammed Omari, and Mohammed Kaddi. Clustering in wireless sensor networks using K-means for cluster formation: Review. In Vikrant Bhateja, Vazeerudeen Abdul Hameed, Siba K. Udgata, and Ahmad Taher Azar, editors, Innovations in Communication Networks: Sustainability for Societal and Industrial Impact, Proceedings of 5th International Conference on Data Engineering and Communication Technology (ICDECT 2024), Volume 4, pages 329--342. Springer Nature Singapore, 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-5223-5_27> ] [17] Dongdong He, Qingyun Tian, Yun Hui Lin, and Yitong Yu. Bilevel competitive facility location and design under a nested logit model. Computers & Operations Research, 183:107146, November 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2025.107146> ] [18] Amin Hosseini and Alireza Goli. Energy-aware dual-channel agricultural supply chain network design under uncertainty. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 207:111294, September 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2025.111294> ] [19] Qing-Mi Hu and Shaolong Hu. Single allocation hub location problems with congestion: Mixed-integer second-order cone programming and Benders decomposition. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 201:104285, September 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2025.104285> ] [20] Shuo Huang, Yaoxin Wu, Zhiguang Cao, and Xuexi Zhang. A deep reinforcement learning method for solving two-echelon location-routing problem. Computers & Operations Research, 183:107210, November 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2025.107210> ] [21] Lei Jiao, Zhihong Peng, Miao Guo, Shuxin Ding, and Jinqiang Cui. Location routing problem with interdependent mobile depot operations for post-disaster relief. Expert Systems with Applications, 286:128037, August 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2025.128037> ] [22] Raka Jovanovic and Dragan Urošević. Efficient mixed integer programming formulation for the uncapacitated r-allocation p-hub center problem. In Vikrant Bhateja, Vazeerudeen Abdul Hameed, Siba K. Udgata, and Ahmad Taher Azar, editors, Innovations in Communication Networks: Sustainability for Societal and Industrial Impact, Proceedings of 5th International Conference on Data Engineering and Communication Technology (ICDECT 2024), Volume 4, pages 277--289. Springer Nature Singapore, 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-5223-5_23> ] [23] Julien Khamphousone, Fabian Castaño, André Rossi, and Sonia Toubaline. A resilient variant of the ring star problem. Networks, 86(2):199--219, May 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/net.22285> ] [24] Zahra Karimi Mehrabadi, Mehdi Fartash, and Javad Akbari Torkestani. An energy-aware virtual machine placement method in cloud data centers based on improved Harris Hawks optimization algorithm. Computing, 107(6), May 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00607-025-01488-x> ] [25] Ehsan Mirzaei, Ehsan Nikbakhsh, and Ali Husseinzadeh Kashan. Accelerated Benders decomposition algorithm for the reliable service network design problem under disruption. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 207:111234, September 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2025.111234> ] [26] Ankan Mitra, Jorge A. Sefair, Tony H. Grubesic, Edward Helderop, Jake R. Nelson, Elisa J. Bienenstock, Anthony Palladino, Andrew Valenti, and Julia Mertens. An optimization approach for biosurveillance in wastewater networks. IISE Transactions, 57(10):1182--1197, January 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24725854.2024.2432410> ] [27] Zhiyong Qiu and Yuanbin Mo. Location planning of flexible direct-current interconnection control device for distribution network based on optimal power flow. Expert Systems with Applications, 294:128771, December 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2025.128771> ] [28] Shabnam Rekabi, Zeinab Sazvar, Reza Tavakkoli-Moghaddam, and Alexandre Dolgui. Developing a green multi-modal dry port-seaport logistics network enhanced by the internet of things and machine learning. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 207:111270, September 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2025.111270> ] [29] Ruri Sase, Satoshi Sugiura, and Anthony Chen. Optimized graph-cut approach for the screen-line traffic counting location problem: An exact and efficient solution method. Expert Systems with Applications, 275:127000, May 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2025.127000> ] [30] Khaled Mostafa Shah, Sibel A. Alumur, and James H. Bookbinder. Holding inventory for shipment consolidation in hub location modeling. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 207:111279, September 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2025.111279> ] [31] Felipe O. Simoyama, Kevin M. Curtin, Silvana Croope, Luiz Leduino de Salles Neto, and Leonardo Bacelar Lima Santos. Semivariogram-based distance function for gradual coverage location models. Expert Systems with Applications, 267:126167, April 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2024.126167> ] [32] Šárka Štádlerová, Peter Schütz, and Sanjay Dominik Jena. Solving multi-stage stochastic facility location problems with modular capacity adjustments. Computers & Operations Research, 183:107200, November 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2025.107200> ] [33] Anastasiia Timofeeva and Tatiana Avdeenko. Optimal collapsing levels in one-way ANOVA: Agglomerative merging algorithms and mixed integer linear programming. In Yury Kochetov, Michael Khachay, Anton Eremeev, and Panos Pardalos, editors, Mathematical Optimization Theory and Operations Research, 24th International Conference, MOTOR 2025, Novosibirsk, Russia, July 7–11, 2025, Proceedings, pages 389--404. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-97077-1_27> ] [34] Xinjie Wan, Hao Pu, Taoran Song, Paul Schonfeld, Yang Ran, Wei Li, and Jianping Hu. An event tree-based distance transform algorithm for simultaneously determining mountain railway alignments and station locations. Expert Systems with Applications, 261:125575, February 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2024.125575> ] [35] Zhuolin Wang, Kanglin Liu, Keyou You, and Zhengli Wang. Wasserstein distributionally robust facility location and capacity planning for disaster relief. Expert Systems with Applications, 272:126647, May 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2025.126647> ] [36] Qi Wang, Bo Hou, Gengsheng Zhang, Yisheng Zhou, and Wen Liu. Approximation algorithms for the partition set cover problem with penalties. Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, 49(5):76, May 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10878-025-01317-z> ] [37] Maarten Wens and Pieter Vansteenwegen. A decentralised genetic algorithm with sub-objectives for the transit network design problem. Computers & Operations Research, 183:107191, November 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2025.107191> ] [38] Guiqin Xue and Zheng Wang. The emergency location-routing problem with facilities sharing and evacuation. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 207:111321, September 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2025.111321> ] [39] Yifan Zhao, Guangliang Xi, Haiping Zhang, and Feng Zhen. Optimization site selection for online-to-offline convenience facilities using knowledge graph and graph neural network: A case study of Nanjing, China. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, 18(2):57, May 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12061-025-09662-6> ] [40] Tom Binsfeld, Sadeque Hamdan, Oualid Jouini, and Johannes Gast. On the optimization of green multimodal transportation: a case study of the West German canal system. Annals of Operations Research, 351(1):667--726, June 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10479-024-06075-5> ] [41] Jack Brimberg and Zvi Drezner. Less is more: adjusting convergence of Cooper’s algorithm in the continuous location-allocation problem. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 76(8):1599--1611, November 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01605682.2024.2425684> ] [42] Marcus Vinicius Oliveira Camara, Thayse Ferrari, and Glaydston Mattos Ribeiro. Modified NSGA-II for solving bi-objective support unit location problem to assist roadside traffic survey with multi-stages. Expert Systems with Applications, 249:123448, September 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2024.123448> ] [43] Ankit Chouksey, Anil Kumar Agrawal, and Ajinkya N. Tanksale. Accelerated Bender’s decomposition algorithm and hybrid heuristics for multi-period planning of maternal healthcare facilities in India. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 76(7):1299--1318, November 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01605682.2024.2431980> ] [44] Soumen Kumar Das, Vincent F. Yu, Sankar Kumar Roy, and Gerhard Wilhelm Weber. Location–allocation problem for green efficient two-stage vehicle-based logistics system: A type-2 neutrosophic multi-objective modeling approach. Expert Systems with Applications, 238:122174, March 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2023.122174> ] [45] Wei Ding, Guangting Chen, Ke Qiu, and Yu Zhou. Parameterized approximations for the minimum diameter vertex-weighted Steiner tree problem in graphs with parameterized weights. Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research, 42(04):2450025, October 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0217595924500258> ] [46] Imanol Gago-Carro, Unai Aldasoro, Josu Ceberio, and María Merino. A stochastic programming model for ambulance (re)location–allocation under equitable coverage and multi-interval response time. Expert Systems with Applications, 249:123665, September 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2024.123665> ] [47] José Emmanuel Gómez-Rocha, Eva Selene Hernández-Gress, José-Fernando Camacho-Vallejo, and Cipriano Santos. An enhanced Benders decomposition method and a matheuristic algorithm for solving the stochastic capacitated facility location problem with shortages. Expert Systems with Applications, 255:124802, December 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2024.124802> ] [48] Rui S. Shibasaki, Mourad Baïou, Francisco Barahona, Philippe Mahey, and Maurício C. de Souza. Volume-based branch-and-cut algorithm for large-scale fixed-charge multicommodity network design. Annals of Operations Research, 351(1):133--166, October 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10479-024-06303-y> ] [49] G. Sophia Jasmine, Rajasekaran Stanislaus, N Manoj Kumar, and Thangamuthu Logeswaran. Optimal location for an EVPL and capacitors in grid for voltage profile and power loss: FHO-SNN approach. Expert Systems with Applications, 239:121980, April 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2023.121980> ] [50] Xenofon Taouktsis and Christos Zikopoulos. A decision-making tool for the determination of the distribution center location in a humanitarian logistics network. Expert Systems with Applications, 238:122010, March 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2023.122010> ] [51] Raca Todosijević, Olivera Stančić, Zorica Stanimirović, and Stefan Mišković. General variable neighborhood search for the capacitated single allocation hub maximal covering problem. TOP, 33(2):262--303, September 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11750-024-00685-9> ] [52] Francesco Betti Sorbelli, Federico Corò, Sajal K. Das, Cristina M. Pinotti, and Anil Shende. Dispatching point selection for a drone-based delivery system operating in a mixed Euclidean–Manhattan grid. Annals of Operations Research, 351(1):203--222, June 2023. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10479-023-05458-4> ] [53] Ziwei Dai, Zhiyong Zhang, and Mingzhou Chen. The home health care location-routing problem with a mixed fleet and battery swapping stations using a competitive simulated annealing algorithm. Expert Systems with Applications, 228:120374, October 2023. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2023.120374> ] [54] Hamidreza Sayarshad. Designing intelligent public parking locations for autonomous vehicles. Expert Systems with Applications, 222:119810, July 2023. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2023.119810> ] [55] Maocan Song, Lin Cheng, Mingyang Du, Chao Sun, Jie Ma, and Huimin Ge. Charging station location problem for maximizing the space-time-electricity accessibility: A Lagrangian relaxation-based decomposition scheme. Expert Systems with Applications, 222:119801, July 2023. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2023.119801> ] [56] Emrullah Sonuç and Ender Özcan. An adaptive parallel evolutionary algorithm for solving the uncapacitated facility location problem. Expert Systems with Applications, 224:119956, August 2023. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2023.119956> ] [57] Ece Arzu Yıldız, İsmail Karaoğlan, and Fulya Altiparmak. An exact algorithm for two-echelon location-routing problem with simultaneous pickup and delivery. Expert Systems with Applications, 231:120598, November 2023. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2023.120598> ] [58] Fazhan Zhang, Yichao He, Haibin Ouyang, and Wenben Li. A fast and efficient discrete evolutionary algorithm for the uncapacitated facility location problem. Expert Systems with Applications, 213:118978, March 2023. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2022.118978> ] [59] Pei Zhang, Zhenji Zhang, Daqing Gong, and Xiangke Cui. A novel normal wiggly hesitant fuzzy multi-criteria group decision making method and its application to electric vehicle charging station location. Expert Systems with Applications, 223:119876, August 2023. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2023.119876> ] [60] Yuqiang Feng, Yan-Kui Liu, and Yanju Chen. Distributionally robust location–allocation models of distribution centers for fresh products with uncertain demands. Expert Systems with Applications, 209:118180, December 2022. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2022.118180> ] [61] Aura M. Jalal, Eli A.V. Toso, Camila P.S. Tautenhain, and Mariá C.V. Nascimento. An integrated location–transportation problem under value-added tax issues in pharmaceutical distribution planning. Expert Systems with Applications, 206:117780, November 2022. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2022.117780> ] [62] Isaac Lozano-Osorio, Anna Martínez-Gavara, Rafael Martí, and Abraham Duarte. Max–min dispersion with capacity and cost for a practical location problem. Expert Systems with Applications, 200:116899, August 2022. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2022.116899> ] [63] Mahmoud Owais. Traffic sensor location problem: Three decades of research. Expert Systems with Applications, 208:118134, December 2022. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2022.118134> ] [64] Chunjian Shang, Liang Ma, Yong Liu, and Shuo Sun. The sorted-waste capacitated location routing problem with queuing time: A cross-entropy and simulated-annealing-based hyper-heuristic algorithm. Expert Systems with Applications, 201:117077, September 2022. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2022.117077> ] [65] Soumen Atta, Priya Ranjan Sinha Mahapatra, and Anirban Mukhopadhyay. A multi-objective formulation of maximal covering location problem with customers’ preferences: Exploring Pareto optimality-based solutions. Expert Systems with Applications, 186:115830, December 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2021.115830> ] [66] Yanru Chen, Decheng Li, Zongcheng Zhang, M.I.M. Wahab, and Yangsheng Jiang. Solving the battery swap station location-routing problem with a mixed fleet of electric and conventional vehicles using a heuristic branch-and-price algorithm with an adaptive selection scheme. Expert Systems with Applications, 186:115683, December 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2021.115683> ] [67] Ehsan Korani and Alireza Eydi. Bi-level programming model and KKT penalty function solution approach for reliable hub location problem. Expert Systems with Applications, 184:115505, December 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2021.115505> ] [68] Samuel Nucamendi-Guillén, Alejandra Gómez Padilla, Elias Olivares-Benitez, and J. Marcos Moreno-Vega. The multi-depot open location routing problem with a heterogeneous fixed fleet. Expert Systems with Applications, 165:113846, March 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2020.113846> ] [69] Gabriel Souto, Igor Morais, Geraldo Regis Mauri, Glaydston Mattos Ribeiro, and Pedro Henrique González. A hybrid matheuristic for the two-stage capacitated facility location problem. Expert Systems with Applications, 185:115501, December 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2021.115501> ] [70] Huali Sun, Yang Wang, Jianghua Zhang, and Wenqian Cao. A robust optimization model for location-transportation problem of disaster casualties with triage and uncertainty. Expert Systems with Applications, 175:114867, August 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2021.114867> ] [71] Mariano Vargas-Santiago, Raúl Monroy, Chi Zhang, José E. Ramirez-Marquez, and Diana A. León-Velasco. The adaptable Pareto set problem for facility location: A video game approach. Expert Systems with Applications, 186:115682, December 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2021.115682> ] [72] Weitiao Wu, Wei Zhou, Yue Lin, Yuanqi Xie, and Wenzhou Jin. A hybrid metaheuristic algorithm for location inventory routing problem with time windows and fuel consumption. Expert Systems with Applications, 166:114034, March 2021. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2020.114034> ] [73] Snehanshu Banerjee, Md. Muhib Kabir, Nashid K. Khadem, and Celeste Chavis. Optimal locations for bikeshare stations: A new GIS based spatial approach. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 4:100101, March 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2020.100101> ] [74] Thomas Bräunl, David Harries, Mark McHenry, and Guido Wager. Determining the optimal electric vehicle DC-charging infrastructure for Western Australia. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 84:102250, July 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2020.102250> ] [75] C. Cintrano, F. Chicano, and E. Alba. Using metaheuristics for the location of bicycle stations. Expert Systems with Applications, 161:113684, December 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2020.113684> ] [76] Jin Fang and Fariborz Y. Partovi. A hits-based model for facility location decision. Expert Systems with Applications, 159:113616, November 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2020.113616> ] [77] Pascual Fernández, Algirdas Lančinskas, Blas Pelegrín, and Julius Žilinskas. A discrete competitive facility location model with minimal market share constraints and equity-based ties breaking rule. Informatica, 31(2):205--224, 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.15388/20-infor410> ] [78] Yaping Fu, Di Wu, Yan Wang, and Hongfeng Wang. Facility location and capacity planning considering policy preference and uncertain demand under the One Belt One Road initiative. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 138:172--186, August 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2020.05.012> ] [79] C. Gaigné, V. Hovelaque, and Y. Mechouar. Carbon tax and sustainable facility location: The role of production technology. International Journal of Production Economics, 224:107562, June 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2019.107562> ] [80] Hêriş Golpîra. Optimal integration of the facility location problem into the multi-project multi-supplier multi-resource construction supply chain network design under the vendor managed inventory strategy. Expert Systems with Applications, 139:112841, January 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2019.112841> ] [81] Javier Guerrero-Lorente, Adriana F. Gabor, and Eva Ponce-Cueto. Omnichannel logistics network design with integrated customer preference for deliveries and returns. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 144:106433, June 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2020.106433> ] [82] Xiaofeng Guo, Tuo Leng, and Zhenbing Zeng. The Fermat-Torricelli problem of triangles on the sphere with Euclidean metric: A symbolic solution with Maple. In Jürgen Gerhard and Ilias Kotsireas, editors, Maple in Mathematics Education and Research, Third Maple Conference, MC 2019, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, October 15–17, 2019, Proceedings, pages 263--278. Springer International Publishing, 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41258-6_20> ] [83] Vasily V. Gusev. The vertex cover game: Application to transport networks. Omega, 97:102102, December 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2019.08.009> ] [84] Bayan Hamdan and Ali Diabat. Robust design of blood supply chains under risk of disruptions using Lagrangian relaxation. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 134:101764, February 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2019.08.005> ] [85] Lu Han, Dachuan Xu, Yicheng Xu, and Dongmei Zhang. Approximating the τ-relaxed soft capacitated facility location problem. Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, 40(3):848--860, August 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10878-020-00631-y> ] [86] Chengjia Han, Tao Ma, Guangji Xu, and Siyu Chen. A multi-factor analysis approach for recycled asphalt mixture stockpile center location. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 86:102463, September 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2020.102463> ] [87] Ana Beatriz Herthel and Anand Subramanian. Optimizing single-finger keyboard layouts on smartphones. Computers & Operations Research, 120:104947, August 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2020.104947> ] [88] Bingyuan Hong, Xiaoping Li, Guojia Di, Shangfei Song, Weichao Yu, Shilin Chen, Yu Li, and Jing Gong. An integrated MILP model for optimal planning of multi-period onshore gas field gathering pipeline system. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 146:106479, August 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2020.106479> ] [89] Zhihong Huang, Weilai Huang, and Fang Guo. Integrated sustainable planning of micro-hub network with mixed routing strategy. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 149:106872, November 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2020.106872> ] [90] Yantao Huang and Kara M. Kockelman. Electric vehicle charging station locations: Elastic demand, station congestion, and network equilibrium. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 78:102179, January 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2019.11.008> ] [91] O.J. Ibarra-Rojas, L. Ozuna, and D. López-Piñón. The maximal covering location problem with accessibility indicators. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 71:100758, September 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2019.100758> ] [92] Abteen Ijadi Maghsoodi, Hamidreza Rasoulipanah, Luis Martínez López, Huchang Liao, and Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas. Integrating interval-valued multi-granular 2-tuple linguistic BWM-CODAS approach with target-based attributes: Site selection for a construction project. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 139:106147, January 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2019.106147> ] [93] Suzan Iloglu and Laura A. Albert. A maximal multiple coverage and network restoration problem for disaster recovery. Operations Research Perspectives, 7:100132, 2020. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orp.2019.100132> ] [94] Phillip R. Jenkins, Brian J. Lunday, and Matthew J. Robbins. Robust, multi-objective optimization for the military medical evacuation location-allocation problem. 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Location related references collection july 2025
by Frank Plastria 07 Jul '25

07 Jul '25

Dear fellow locater, Here is my July collection for a good summer start: 100 new references. Enjoy Frank Prof. Em. Frank Plastria BUTO, Vrije Universiteit Brussel %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% [1] Yang Song and Xianbiao Hu. Learning-based demand-supply-coupled charging station location problem for electric vehicle demand management. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 125:103975, December 2023. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2023.103975> ] [2] Xiasen Wang, Jiwan Jiang, Yang Zhou, and Xin Wang. Integrated infrastructure planning of charging and electricity generation. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 122:103807, September 2023. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2023.103807> ] [3] Xiaohan Liu, Xiaoyue Cathy Liu, Zhengke Liu, Ruifeng Shi, and Xiaolei Ma. A solar-powered bus charging infrastructure location problem under charging service degradation. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 119:103770, June 2023. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2023.103770> ] [4] Ercan Kurtuluş. Optimizing inland container logistics and dry port location-allocation from an environmental perspective. Research in Transportation Business & Management, 48:100839, June 2023. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2022.100839> ] [5] Rémy Dupas, Jean-Christophe Deschamps, Eiichi Taniguchi, Ali Gul Qureshi, and Tiente Hsu. Optimizing the location selection of urban consolidation centers with sustainability considerations in the city of Bordeaux. Research in Transportation Business & Management, 47:100943, March 2023. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2022.100943> ] [6] Reza Lotfi, Hanif Hazrati, Sadia Samar Ali, Seyed Mahdi Sharifmousavi, Amirhossein Khanbaba, and Mohsen Amra. Antifragile, sustainable and agile healthcare waste chain network design by considering blockchain, resiliency, robustness and risk. Central European Journal of Operations Research, 33(3):1047--1080, August 2023. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10100-023-00874-0> ] [7] Alireza Goli, Erfan Babaee Tirkolaee, Amir-Mohammad Golmohammadi, Zumbul Atan, Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber, and Sadia Samar Ali. A robust optimization model to design an IoT-based sustainable supply chain network with flexibility. Central European Journal of Operations Research, 33(3):1025--1046, July 2023. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10100-023-00870-4> ] [8] Akhouri Amitanand Sinha and Suchithra Rajendran. Study on facility location of air taxi skyports using a prescriptive analytics approach. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 18:100761, March 2023. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2023.100761> ] [9] Raed AL Athamneh, Moayad Tanash, Dania Bani Hani, Mustafa Rawshdeh, Abdallah Alawin, and Zaid Albataineh. Variable neighborhood search algorithm for the single assignment incomplete hub location problem with modular capacities and direct connections. Operations Research Perspectives, 11:100286, December 2023. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orp.2023.100286> ] [10] Mohammad Mahdi Nasiri, Hossein Mousavi, and Saeede Nosrati-Abarghooee. A green location-inventory-routing optimization model with simultaneous pickup and delivery under disruption risks. Decision Analytics Journal, 6:100161, March 2023. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dajour.2023.100161> ] [11] Ertugrul Ayyildiz. A novel pythagorean fuzzy multi-criteria decision-making methodology for e-scooter charging station location-selection. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 111:103459, October 2022. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2022.103459> ] [12] Li Zhang, Zhongshan Liu, Wensi Wang, and Bin Yu. Long-term charging infrastructure deployment and bus fleet transition considering seasonal differences. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 111:103429, October 2022. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2022.103429> ] [13] Xinwei Li and Alan Jenn. An integrated optimization platform for spatial-temporal modeling of electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 104:103177, March 2022. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2022.103177> ] [14] İsmail Önden and Fahrettin Eldemir. A multi-criteria spatial approach for determination of the logistics center locations in metropolitan areas. Research in Transportation Business & Management, 44:100734, September 2022. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2021.100734> ] [15] Shahrbanoo Rezaei, Anahita Khojandi, Antora Mohsena Haque, Candace Brakewood, Mingzhou Jin, and Christopher R. Cherry. Park-and-ride facility location optimization: A case study for Nashville, Tennessee. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 13:100578, March 2022. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2022.100578> ] [16] Adel Hatami-Marbini, Nilofar Varzgani, Seyed Mojtaba Sajadi, and Ahmad Kamali. An emergency medical services system design using mathematical modeling and simulation-based optimization approaches. Decision Analytics Journal, 3:100059, June 2022. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dajour.2022.100059> ] [17] Azam Boskabadi, Mirpouya Mirmozaffari, Reza Yazdani, and Ali Farahani. Design of a distribution network in a multi-product, multi-period green supply chain system under demand uncertainty. Sustainable Operations and Computers, 3:226--237, 2022. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.susoc.2022.01.005> ] [18] Akhouri Amitanand Sinha and Suchithra Rajendran. A novel two-phase location analytics model for determining operating station locations of emerging air taxi services. Decision Analytics Journal, 2:100013, March 2022. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dajour.2021.100013> ] [19] Oyegoke Teslim Bukoye and Sathvik Gadiraju. Optimal consolidation center to improve urban freight transport: a case of student accommodation in a higher education institution. Multimodal Transportation, 1(3):100032, September 2022. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.multra.2022.100032> ] [20] Víctor Bucarey, Natividad González-Blanco, Martine Labbé, and Juan A. Mesa. On λ -cent-dians and generalized-center for network design: formulations and algorithms. Annals of Operations Research, 349(3):1553--1573, April 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10479-025-06583-y> ] [21] Prasangsha Ganguly, Sayanti Mukherjee, Jose L. Walteros, and Luis Herrera. An integrated framework to improve the resiliency of electricity distribution systems exposed to wildfires. European Journal of Operational Research, 326(3):707--723, May 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2025.04.035> ] [22] Yuehui Wu, Hui Fang, Ali Gul Qureshi, and Tadashi Yamada. Capacitated hub location routing problem with time windows and stochastic demands for the design of intra-city express systems. European Journal of Operational Research, 326(2):255--269, October 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2025.05.006> ] [23] Qing-Mi Hu, Shaolong Hu, Zhijie Sasha Dong, and Yongjia Song. Evacuation network design under road capacity improvement and uncertainty: second-order cone programming reformulations and Benders decomposition. European Journal of Operational Research, 326(3):674--690, April 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2025.04.030> ] [24] Agus Darmawan, Hartanto Wijaya Wong, and Jan Fransoo. Supply chain network design with the presence of the bullwhip effect. International Journal of Production Economics, 286:109668, August 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109668> ] [25] Zeyu Yang and Peihan Wen. Data-driven reinforcement learning-based optimization of shared warehouse storage locations. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 206:111195, August 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2025.111195> ] [26] Lin Su, Krishna Murthy Gurumurthy, and Kara M. Kockelman. Siting and sizing of public–private charging stations impacts on household and electric vehicle fleets. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 195:104436, March 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2025.104436> ] [27] R. Mahalakshmi and N. Lalithamani. Optimizing IoMT network performance using gateway placement. Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, 143:103164, September 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.simpat.2025.103164> ] [28] Bijay Halder. Remote sensing-based optimal electric vehicle charging station identification in Kolkata urban agglomeration. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 139:104580, February 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2024.104580> ] [29] Taehoon Ahn, Chaeyoon Chung, Hee-Kap Ahn, Sang Won Bae, Otfried Cheong, and Sang Duk Yoon. Minimum-width double-slabs and widest empty slabs in high dimensions. Computational Geometry, 129:102173, December 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.comgeo.2025.102173> ] [30] Ji Hoon Chun, Christian Kipp, and Sandro Roch. On exact covering with unit disks. Computational Geometry, 129:102193, December 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.comgeo.2025.102193> ] [31] Chaeyoon Chung, Taehoon Ahn, Sang Won Bae, and Hee-Kap Ahn. Parallel line centers with guaranteed separation. Computational Geometry, 129:102185, December 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.comgeo.2025.102185> ] [32] Gwang Kim, Yoonjea Jeong, and Youngchul Shin. An efficient algorithm for multi-modal skyport location problem with choice-based demand. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 100:102227, August 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2025.102227> ] [33] Helen Zewdie Kine, Zenebe Shiferaw, Girma Gebresenbet, Lorent Tavasszy, and David Ljungberg. GIS based multi-criteria decision-making approach for dry port location analysis: The case of Ethiopia. Research in Transportation Business & Management, 60:101370, June 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101370> ] [34] Francisco Ruiz‐Barajas, Elias Olivares‐Benitez, Adrian Ramirez‐Nafarrate, and Rosa G. González‐Ramírez. Multiobjective model to optimize charging station location for the decarbonization process in Mexico. International Transactions in Operational Research, 32(6):3211--3231, January 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/itor.13611> ] [35] Mudassar Shafiq, Marco Amorim, and António Couto. Assessment of integrated rail and bus transport network design: Equity and efficiency perspectives. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 31:101450, May 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2025.101450> ] [36] Rizqi Ilma Nugroho, Till Gnann, Daniel Speth, Widodo Wahyu Purwanto, Jessica Hanafi, and Sutanto Soehodho. Designing optimal fast-charging infrastructure for various electric vehicle ranges in emerging-market city. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 31:101470, May 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2025.101470> ] [37] Nafiseh Ghorbani-Renani, Andrés D. González, and Kash Barker. Hybrid algorithms for enhanced efficiency and scalability of network-based tri-level interdiction models. Journal of Heuristics, 31(2), April 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10732-025-09554-5> ] [38] Varshini Priyaa Senthilnathan, Mohanapriya Singaravelu, Suchithra Rajendran, and Sharan Srinivas. A clustering-metaheuristic-simulation approach to determine air taxi operating site location. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 29:101330, January 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2025.101330> ] [39] Chan Yang, Tu Lan, Patrick Lou, Hani Nassif, Kaan Ozbay, and Chaekuk Na. Optimizing network locations of weigh-in-motion stations: A multi-objective approach for enhancing infrastructure management. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 29:101302, January 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2024.101302> ] [40] Paraskevi Dimitriou, Amalia Nikolopoulou, and Konstantinos Gkiotsalitis. An exact approach for the charging station location selection problem in urban freight transport. Operational Research, 25(2), April 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12351-025-00900-w> ] [41] Worawit Tepsan, Aniwat Phaphuangwittayakul, Saronsad Sokantika, and Napat Harnpornchai. Identifying hubs through influential nodes in transportation network by using a gravity centrality approach. Algorithms, 18(6):356, June 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/a18060356> ] [42] Hamidreza Rezaei, Nathalie Bostel, Vincent Hovelaque, Olivier Péton, and Jean-Laurent Viviani. Facility location based on adjusted present value. Operations Research Perspectives, 14:100319, June 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orp.2024.100319> ] [43] Festus Owu. Distance decay sensitivity criterion in facility location problems under global distance optimization and facility attractiveness strategy. International Journal of Engineering and Modern Technology (IJEMT, 11(4):1--10, 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.56201/ijemt.vol.11.no4.2025.pg1.10> ] [44] Jun Huang and Qiuhong Zhao. Data driven multi-objective optimization of sustainable aviation emergency network for forest fire rescue. Sustainable Operations and Computers, 6:116--129, 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.susoc.2025.04.001> ] [45] Arsalan Najafi, Kun Gao, Omkar Parishwad, Mahdi Pourakbari-Kasmaei, Radu-Emil Precup, and Raul-Cristian Roman. Integrated planning, operation and optimization of coupled transportation and energy systems. Multimodal Transportation, 4(2):100199, June 2025. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.multra.2025.100199> ] [46] Anupam Gupta, Benjamin Moseley, and Rudy Zhou. Structural iterative rounding for generalized k-median problems. Mathematical Programming, 212(1–2):581--634, July 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10107-024-02119-7> ] [47] Tran Hung Cuong, Ching-Feng Wen, Jen-Chih Yao, and Nguyen Dong Yen. Local solutions of the multi-source Weber problem. Optimization, 74(8):1--15, March 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02331934.2024.2331798> ] [48] Fedor Nazarov, Dmitry Ryabogin, and Vladyslav Yaskin. On the maximal distance between the centers of mass of a planar convex body and its boundary. Discrete & Computational Geometry, 73(4):1016--1036, May 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00454-024-00650-0> ] [49] Nigar Yesilcayir, Gulsah Ayvazoglu, Sefa Celik, and Iskender Peker. Transit warehouse location selection by IF AHP- TOPSIS integrated methods for disaster logistics: A case study of Turkey. Research in Transportation Business & Management, 57:101232, December 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2024.101232> ] [50] Sofía Pérez-Guzmán, Abdelrahman Ismael, Julia C. Amaral, and José Holguín-Veras. A behavioral micro simulation case study: Distribution center location. Research in Transportation Business & Management, 56:101193, October 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2024.101193> ] [51] Sarbast Moslem, Jairo Ortega, Josue Ortega, Monserrath Padilla, Djamila Ouelhadj, and Domokos Esztergár-Kiss. Optimizing park and ride location selection using the novel parsimonious full consistency method: Insights from Cuenca, Ecuador. Research in Transportation Business & Management, 56:101171, October 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2024.101171> ] [52] Victoria Muerza, Milos Milenkovic, Emilio Larrodé, and Nebojsa Bojovic. Selection of an international distribution center location: A comparison between stand-alone ANP and DEMATEL-ANP applications. Research in Transportation Business & Management, 56:101135, October 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2024.101135> ] [53] Gökhan Özcelik, Behice Meltem Kayhan, Beyza Kırali, Rumeysa Güner, Arif Emre Aydoğdu, and Atakan Sağır. Sustainable charger location and capacity strategies supporting green transformation process at gas stations for solving range anxiety: A real case study. Research in Transportation Business & Management, 56:101169, October 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2024.101169> ] [54] Pawel Kalczynski, Zvi Drezner, and Morton O’Kelly. Multi-facility location models incorporating multipurpose shopping trips. OR Spectrum, 47(2):455--475, October 2024. [ DOI<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00291-024-00792-w> ] [55] Mohammed Rida Ech-Charrat, Najlae Zhani, Kaoutar Chargui, and Tarik Zouadi. 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EWGLA 2025- Late registration deadline
by Luisa Isabel Martinez Merino 26 Jun '25

26 Jun '25

Dear colleagues, This is a friendly reminder that the deadline for late registration for EWGLA 2025 is approaching: June 30. If you would like to participate, please follow the instructions in the Registration Section of the webpage. We look forward to welcoming you in September. Best regards, The EWGLA 2025 Organizing Team UCA Luisa Isabel Martinez Merino Departamento de Estadística e Investigación Operativa Profesora Ayudante Doctora Universidad de Cádiz luisa.martinez(a)uca.es [ mailto:luisa.martinez@uca.es ]

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