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FW: call for euro conference on hybrisation on heuristics (Said Salhi)
by Said Salhi 05 Dec '12

05 Dec '12

Call for papers: Euro XXVI conference Rome Italy 1-4 July 2013 Hybridisation of Heuristics/Exact Methods for Combinatorial and Global Optimisation Call for invited Talks and organizing chairs Hi Guys, I am organizing a stream on 'Hybridisation of heuristic/exact for combinatorial and global optimisation'. If you are interested in organizing a session or just to submit a paper please email me. Each session needs to include 4 talks (in case you are oversubscribe or under subscribe I will try to balance it between the sessions if need be). The deadline is end of the month but we will see if extensions are possible. - Talks are encouraged to include both components namely heuristic (meta-heuristics) and exact though individual ones will not be excluding. - Areas of interest cover any combinatorial/global optimization problem that is either practically useful or academically interesting. Best wishes Said Professor Said Salhi (FORS, FIMA, MILT) Director: Centre for Logistics & Heuristic Optimisation (CLHO), Head of Group: Management Science & Operations, Kent Business School University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7PE, UK p: (0)1227 824672 f: (0)1227 761187 www.kent.ac.uk/kbs/profiles/staff/salhi_said.html<http://www.kent.ac.uk/kbs/profiles/staff/salhi_said.html> www.kent.ac.uk/kbs/clho<http://www.kent.ac.uk/kbs/clho>

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EWGLA XX Second Call for Papers
by Sibel Alumur Alev 05 Dec '12

05 Dec '12

EWGLA XX SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS - Submission deadline: 18 January 2013 Dear colleagues, This is the second announcement for the 20th EURO Working Group on Locational Analysis Meeting, EWGLA XX, to be held in Ankara, Turkey on April 17-19, 2013. The conference will take place in the conference center of the TOBB University of Economics and Technology. More information regarding the conference can be found in the conference web site: <http://www.ewgla2013.org> www.ewgla2013.org We apologize for cross-posting. Aims and Scope The meeting intends to gather the operations research community from different parts of the world to share experiences in the field of locational analysis We invite participation from all areas related to location theory including: * network location, * continuous location, * discrete location, * obnoxious location, * competitive location, * hub location, * location-routing, * advanced location models, * location applications (logistics, network design), * exact and heuristic solution methods. Contributions are welcome from academia, industry or the public sector. In addition to presentations, the meeting is intended to be a forum for exchange of recent experiences and results. A special issue will be devoted to recent developments on location analysis in the journal Computers & Operations Research published by Elsevier. Important Dates · Abstract submission deadline: 18 January 2013, Friday · Notification of acceptance: 15 February 2013, Friday · Early registration: 8 March 2013, Friday · Conference: 17-19 April 2013 Committees Scientific Committee: Sibel Alumur Alev - TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Turkey (Co-Chair) Giuseppe Bruno - University of Naples Federico II, Italy James Campbell - University of Missouri St. Louis, United States Emilio Carrizosa - University of Sevilla, Spain H.A. Eiselt - University of New Brunswick, Canada Erhan Erkut - Özyeğin University, Turkey Elena Fernandez - University Politecnica de Cataluña, Spain Ioannis Giannikos - University of Patras, Greece Horst Hamacher - University of Kaiserslautern, Germany Mercedes Landete Ruiz - University Miguel Hernandez of Elche, Spain Vladimir Marianov - Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile Alfredo Marin - University of Murcia, Spain Stefan Nickel - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany Justo Puerto - University of Sevilla, Spain Francisco Saldanha da Gama - University of Lisbon, Portugal Barbaros Tansel - Bilkent University, Turkey Bahar Yetiş Kara - Bilkent University, Turkey (Co-Chair) Local Committee: Sibel Alumur Alev - TOBB University of Economics and Technology (Co-Chair) Burçin Bozkaya - Sabancı University Nilgün Fescioğlu Ünver - TOBB University of Economics and Technology Oya Ekin Karaşan - Bilkent University Gültekin Kuyzu - TOBB University of Economics and Technology Haldün Süral - Middle East Technical University Hünkar Toyoğlu - Bilkent University Hande Yaman - Bilkent University Bahar Yetiş Kara - Bilkent University (Co-Chair) EWGLA Coordination Board: Sibel Alumur Alev - TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Turkey Ioannis Giannikos - University of Patras, Greece Mercedes Landete Ruiz - University Miguel Hernandez of Elche, Spain You can contact the conference secretariat regarding all the academic and organizational issues by e-mailing to <mailto:info@ewgla2013.org> info(a)ewgla2013.org.

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Postdoc Position in Service Network Design
by Shahin Gelareh 30 Nov '12

30 Nov '12

The LGI2A, Laboratory of Computer Science and Control Systems of University of Artois (Bethune, North of France) is seeking to fill a postdoctoral position in: *“Service Network Design in Supply Chain Systems”* for a 12 month contract to be filled as soon as possible. Successful candidate will perform research on models of capacitated multi-commodity flow, routing and location and develop mathematical models and efficient solution methods for real-life industrial applications (exact methods and heuristic approaches). The salary will be around 2,000 euro per month (only roughly). The research will be carried out in the group of “Systems Optimization” of LGI2A led by Prof. Gilles Goncalves. LGI2A (www.lgi2a.univ-artois.fr/) offers a strong scientific support, a friendly environment and collaborative international environment. Several international/EU industrial/research projects at LGI2A permit students and researchers to be in the middle of research collaboration and help them to extend their network to their counterparts at other universities, academic institutes and industries to develop their future career. Several meetings and plenary seminars will offer opportunity to students and researchers to communicate and benefit from the others latest research results. Bethune is a beautiful city located at the North of France (40 minutes North of Lille) in a very calm and quiet North-Western European region. It will take 1 hour going to Brussels, 2 hour from London and 70 minutes to Paris by TGV trains. Candidates must hold a PhD degree (or about to defend within a month) or equivalent in computer science, mathematics or a related area and should have a solid knowledge of mixed integer programming, excellent programming skills, experience in decomposition methods (primal and dual), metaheuristics, and algorithms. Other skills such as knowledge in probability theory and stochastic programming are beneficial. Good communication skills and solid English writing skills are mandatory. Knowledge of French is not required, but successful candidates will be encouraged to learn some basics. Often there has been free French course offered to researchers and their family members by the University of Lille du Nord. Interested applicants should send their application containing - cover and motivation letter - curriculum vitae - copies of PhD degree or attestation of defense from university - summary of PhD thesis (English, about 1 pages) - names and email addresses of at least two referees, including the thesis adviser - candidate may choose to also provide complete thesis and any other scientific publications Applicants are invited to submit the application by respecting the deadline of 10 December 2012 to: Prof. Gilles Goncalves *Gilles.Goncalves(a)univ-artois.fr* and Dr. Shahin Gelareh *Shahin.Gelareh(a)univ-artois.fr* if you have any questions regarding the positions or your application, please do not hesitate to contact the aforementioned emails (emails should be destined to both). Please put “*[SGGG2012postdoc]*” in your email subjects.

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EWGLA Facebook and LinkedIn pages
by Sibel Alumur Alev 23 Nov '12

23 Nov '12

Dear EWGLA members, We recently launched the EWGLA Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ewgla. You can "like" this page through Facebook to hear about the announcements and recent developments regarding EWGLA. All the past and upcoming EWGLA meetings are listed on the events page: https://www.facebook.com/ewgla/events. Here you can "join" the past meetings that you have attended. Once you join, you can write posts and share photos. We encourage all the members to post memories and pictures to these past events. For those of you who are not a member of Facebook, you can send your photos to ewgla-board(a)euro-online.org so that we can share them on our pages. We are especially in search of the group photos taken in all the past EWGLA meetings. It would be wonderful if the past meeting organizers can send such photos to us. In addition, we also established the EWGLA LinkedIn group on: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/EWGLA-4729361?home= <http://www.linkedin.com/groups/EWGLA-4729361?home=&gid=4729361&trk=anet_ug_ hm> &gid=4729361&trk=anet_ug_hm. You can freely join this group to be aware of the recent job postings, group discussions, etc. Lastly, we encourage all the members to make the EWGLA Facebook and LinkedIn pages alive. Sibel Alumur Alev, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Turkey Ioannis Giannikos, University of Patras, Greece Mercedes Landete Ruiz, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Elche, Spain

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PhD position in OR
by Shahin Gelareh 21 Nov '12

21 Nov '12

Dear Colleagues Thank you for disseminating this announcement. Best regards Shahin Gelareh ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The LGI2A, Laboratory of Computer Science and Control Systems of University of Artois (Bethune, North of France) is seeking to fill a PhD position in Operations Research. The PhD position will be co-funded by the University of Artois, French Ministry of Science and/or the Nord-Pas de Calais region (France) under the title of: “*Service Network Design in Supply Chain Systems”* to be supervised by Prof. Gilles Goncalves and Assoc. Prof. Shahin Gelareh at LGI2A. The PhD is expected to start on October 2013. Successful candidate will perform research on models of routing and location and develop mathematical models and efficient solution methods for real-life industrial applications. The position is for 36 months and a net salary of “approximately” 1450 euro per month. As the position is co-funded by the university there might be some minor teaching involved. The research will be carried out in the group of “Systems Optimization” of LGI2A led by Prof. Gilles Goncalves. LGI2A (www.lgi2a.univ-artois.fr/) offers a strong scientific support, a friendly environment and collaborative international environment. Several international/EU industrial/research projects at LGI2A permit student to be in the middle of research collaboration and help them to extend their networks to their counterparts at other universities and other academic institutes and industries and invest in developing future career. Several meetings and plenary seminars will offer opportunity to students and researchers to communicate and benefit from the other’s latest research results. Bethune is located at the North of France (40 minutes North of Lille) in a very calm and quiet North-Western European city. It will take 1 hour to Brussels, 2 hour from London and 70 minutes to Paris by TGV trains. Candidates must hold a master's degree (or equivalent) in computer science, mathematics or a related area and should have a very good knowledge of mixed integer programming, decomposition methods, metaheuristics, and algorithms. Other skills such as knowledge in probability theory as well as programming skills are beneficial. Good communication skills and solid English writing skills are mandatory. Knowledge of French is not required, but successful candidates will be encouraged to learn some basics. Interested applicants should send their application containing - cover and motivation letter - curriculum vitae - copies of diplomas - summary of master/diploma thesis (English, about 1 pages) - names and email addresses of at least two referees, including the thesis adviser - candidate may choose to also provide complete thesis and any other scientific publications Applicants are invited to submit the application by respecting the deadline of 31 February 2013 to: Prof. Gilles Goncalves *Gilles.Goncalves(a)univ-artois.fr* and Dr. Shahin Gelareh *Shahin.Gelareh(a)univ-artois.fr* if you have any questions regarding the positions or your application, please do not hesitate to contact the aforementioned emails. Please put “*[SGGG2013]*” in your application email subjects.

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FW: call for the COR special issue (VNS)
by Sibel Alumur Alev 21 Nov '12

21 Nov '12

From: Said Salhi [mailto:S.Salhi@kent.ac.uk] Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 2:14 PM To: ewgla-bounces(a)euro-online.org Cc: Nenad Mladenovic; Jack Brimberg; Said Hanafi (Said.Hanafi(a)univ-valenciennes.fr) Subject: call for the COR special issue (VNS) Hi Guys This is a gentle reminder that the deadline for the special issue of COR for VNS is extended to December the 31st, 2012. The details of the call are attached. Best wishes Said Professor Said Salhi (FORS, FIMA, MILT) Director: Centre for Logistics & Heuristic Optimisation (CLHO), Head of Group: Management Science & Operations, Kent Business School University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7PE, UK p: (0)1227 824672 f: (0)1227 761187 www.kent.ac.uk/kbs/profiles/staff/salhi_said.html www.kent.ac.uk/kbs/clho

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Location related references February-October 2012
by Plastria F. 13 Nov '12

13 Nov '12

Dear EWGLA members, Please find below the references related to our research area that I collected during the period February-October 2012 Sincerely Frank Plastria ****************************** Javier Alonso, Horst Martini, Margarita Spirova, Minimal enclosing discs, circumcircles, and circumcenters in normed planes (Part I), Computational Geometry, Volume 45, Issues 56, July 2012, Pages 258-274, ISSN 0925-7721, 10.1016/j.comgeo.2012.01.007. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092577211200020X) Keywords: Circumcenters; Intersection of norm circles; Minimal enclosing balls; Minkowski geometry; Normed plane ****************************** Michael J. Kuby, Jeffrey M. Bielicki, and Richard S. Middleton Optimal Spatial Deployment of CO2 Capture and Storage Given a Price on Carbon International Regional Science Review July 2011 34: 285-305, doi:10.1177/0160017610397191 ****************************** Tammy Drezner Cannibalization in a Competitive Environment International Regional Science Review July 2011 34: 306-322, doi:10.1177/0160017610389328 ****************************** Vladimir Marianov and Daniel Serra Location of Multiple-Server Common Service Centers or Facilities, for Minimizing General Congestion and Travel Cost Functions International Regional Science Review July 2011 34: 323-338, doi:10.1177/0160017611403738 ****************************** Ting L. Lei and Richard L. Church Constructs for Multilevel Closest Assignment in Location Modeling International Regional Science Review July 2011 34: 339-367, doi:10.1177/0160017610386483 ****************************** Tony H. Grubesic, Timothy C. Matisziw, and Alan T. Murray Market Coverage and Service Quality in Digital Subscriber Lines Infrastructure Planning International Regional Science Review July 2011 34: 368-390, doi:10.1177/0160017610386479 ****************************** A cover-based competitive location model T Drezner, Z Drezner and P Kalczynski Journal of the Operational Research Society (2011) 62, 100113. doi:10.1057/jors.2009.153 ****************************** Cheng-Chang Lin, Jr-Yung Lin, Yin-Chieh Chen, The capacitated p-hub median problem with integral constraints: An application to a Chinese air cargo network, Applied Mathematical Modelling, Volume 36, Issue 6, June 2012, Pages 2777-2787, 10.1016/j.apm.2011.09.063. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0307904X11006226) Keywords: Location; p-Hub median problem; Genetic algorithm; Chinese air cargo network ****************************** Yuan Gao, Uncertain models for single facility location problems on networks, Applied Mathematical Modelling, Volume 36, Issue 6, June 2012, Pages 2592-2599, 10.1016/j.apm.2011.09.042. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0307904X11005981) Keywords: Location problem; Network; Uncertainty theory; Uncertain programming ****************************** LP-based approximation algorithms for capacitated facility location Retsef Levi, David B. Shmoys and Chaitanya Swamy Mathematical Programming Volume 131, Numbers 1-2, 365-379, DOI: 10.1007/s10107-010-0380-8 ****************************** Increasing returns in transportation and the formation of hubs Tomoya Mori J Econ Geogr 2012 12: 877-897 http://joeg.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/12/4/877?etoc ****************************** Satoru Fujishige, Naoyuki Kamiyama, The root location problem for arc-disjoint arborescences, Discrete Applied Mathematics, Volume 160, Issues 1314, September 2012, Pages 1964-1970, ISSN 0166-218X, 10.1016/j.dam.2012.04.013. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166218X12001722) Keywords: Arc-disjoint arborescences; Root location problems; Convex sets ****************************** Yun-Jie Ma, Chu-Li Fu, Yuan-Xiang Zhang, Identification of an unknown source depending on both time and space variables by a variational method, Applied Mathematical Modelling, Volume 36, Issue 10, October 2012, Pages 5080-5090, ISSN 0307-904X, 10.1016/j.apm.2011.12.046. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0307904X11008341) Keywords: Inverse problem; Heat source; Variational method; Conjugate gradient method ****************************** Young Ha Hwang, Young Hoon Lee, Uncapacitated single allocation p-hub maximal covering problem, Computers & Industrial Engineering, Volume 63, Issue 2, September 2012, Pages 382-389, ISSN 0360-8352, 10.1016/j.cie.2012.03.014. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360835212000836) Keywords: Hub location problem; Max cover; Heuristics ****************************** Md. Noor-E-Alam, Andrew Mah, John Doucette, Integer linear programming models for grid-based light post location problem, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 222, Issue 1, 1 October 2012, Pages 17-30, ISSN 0377-2217, 10.1016/j.ejor.2012.04.032. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221712003402) Keywords: Linear programming; Location analysis; Grid-based location problems; Integer programming ****************************** Javier Alcaraz, Mercedes Landete, Juan F. Monge, Design and analysis of hybrid metaheuristics for the Reliability p-Median Problem, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 222, Issue 1, 1 October 2012, Pages 54-64, ISSN 0377-2217, 10.1016/j.ejor.2012.04.016. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221712003098) Keywords: p-Median problem; Metaheuristics; Genetic algorithms; Scatter search ****************************** José Federico Vizcaino González, Christiano Lyra, Fábio Luiz Usberti, A pseudo-polynomial algorithm for optimal capacitor placement on electric power distribution networks, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 222, Issue 1, 1 October 2012, Pages 149-156, ISSN 0377-2217, 10.1016/j.ejor.2012.03.042. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221712002524) Keywords: OR in energy; Dynamic programming; Power distribution networks; Optimal capacitor placement; Reduction of energy losses ****************************** André R.S. Amaral, The corridor allocation problem, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 39, Issue 12, December 2012, Pages 3325-3330, ISSN 0305-0548, 10.1016/j.cor.2012.04.016. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305054812000962) Keywords: Facility layout; Double row layout; Integer programming ****************************** Claudio Contardo, Vera Hemmelmayr, Teodor Gabriel Crainic, Lower and upper bounds for the two-echelon capacitated location-routing problem, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 39, Issue 12, December 2012, Pages 3185-3199, ISSN 0305-0548, 10.1016/j.cor.2012.04.003. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305054812000834) Keywords: Two-echelon capacitated location routing problem; Adaptive large neighbourhood search; Branch-and-cut ****************************** Mustafa S. Canbolat, George O. Wesolowsky, A planar single facility location and border crossing problem, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 39, Issue 12, December 2012, Pages 3156-3165, ISSN 0305-0548, 10.1016/j.cor.2012.04.002. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305054812000822) Keywords: Planar facility location; Barriers to travel; Passage points; Border crossing; Optimization; Mixed integer nonlinear programming; Outer approximation ****************************** Dominik Kress, Erwin Pesch, (r|p)-centroid problems on networks with vertex and edge demand, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 39, Issue 12, December 2012, Pages 2954-2967, ISSN 0305-0548, 10.1016/j.cor.2012.02.025. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305054812000512) Keywords: Location; Competitive location; Centroid; Edge demand; Bilevel programming ****************************** Reid, K. B. Centroids to centers in trees Networks 21 1991 11--17 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/net.3230210103 ****************************** Zhen Yang, Feng Chu, Haoxun Chen, A cut-and-solve based algorithm for the single-source capacitated facility location problem, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 221, Issue 3, 16 September 2012, Pages 521-532, ISSN 0377-2217, 10.1016/j.ejor.2012.03.047. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221712002731) Keywords: Facility location; Cutting-plane method; Cut-and-solve ****************************** Joakim Ekström, Agachai Sumalee, Hong K. Lo, Optimizing toll locations and levels using a mixed integer linear approximation approach, Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Volume 46, Issue 7, August 2012, Pages 834-854, ISSN 0191-2615, 10.1016/j.trb.2012.02.006. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191261512000318) Keywords: Congestion pricing; Network design; Global optimization; Bi-level optimization ****************************** Alper Atamtürk, Gemma Berenguer, and Zuo-Jun (Max) Shen A Conic Integer Programming Approach to Stochastic Joint Location-Inventory Problems Operations Research March/April 2012 60:366-381; doi:10.1287/opre.1110.1037 ****************************** ManWo Ng, Synergistic sensor location for link flow inference without path enumeration: A node-based approach, Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Volume 46, Issue 6, July 2012, Pages 781-788, ISSN 0191-2615, 10.1016/j.trb.2012.02.001. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191261512000161) Keywords: Sensor location; Intelligent Transportation System; Flow conservation; Path enumeration; Link observability ****************************** Jung Man Lee, Young Hoon Lee, Facility location and scale decision problem with customer preference, Computers & Industrial Engineering, Volume 63, Issue 1, August 2012, Pages 184-191, ISSN 0360-8352, 10.1016/j.cie.2012.02.005. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360835212000514) Keywords: Customer restriction; Covering location problem; Lagrangian relaxation; Heuristics ****************************** Xianping Guan, Xianzhong Dai, Baijing Qiu, Jun Li, A revised electromagnetism-like mechanism for layout design of reconfigurable manufacturing system, Computers & Industrial Engineering, Volume 63, Issue 1, August 2012, Pages 98-108, ISSN 0360-8352, 10.1016/j.cie.2012.01.016. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360835212000289) Keywords: Electromagnetism-like mechanism; Layout design; Automated guided vehicle; Variable neighbourhood search ****************************** Marta Fort, J. Antoni Sellarès, Approximating generalized distance functions on weighted triangulated surfaces with applications, Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, Volume 236, Issue 14, August 2012, Pages 3461-3477, ISSN 0377-0427, 10.1016/j.cam.2012.03.028. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377042712001562) Keywords: Weighted triangulated surface; Shortest path; Order- k Voronoi diagram; Facility location problems ****************************** Marcus Oswald, Gerhard Reinelt, Stefan Wiesberg, Exact solution of the 2-dimensional grid arrangement problem, Discrete Optimization, Volume 9, Issue 3, August 2012, Pages 189-199, ISSN 1572-5286, 10.1016/j.disopt.2012.07.002. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S157252861200045X) Keywords: Geometric embedding; 2-dimensional grid arrangement; Polyhedral combinatorics ****************************** Siqian Shen, J. Cole Smith, Roshan Goli, Exact interdiction models and algorithms for disconnecting networks via node deletions, Discrete Optimization, Volume 9, Issue 3, August 2012, Pages 172-188, ISSN 1572-5286, 10.1016/j.disopt.2012.07.001. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1572528612000448) Keywords: Network interdiction; Mixed-integer programming; Valid inequalities ****************************** Johannes Hatzl, 2-balanced flows and the inverse 1-median problem in the Chebyshev space, Discrete Optimization, Volume 9, Issue 3, August 2012, Pages 137-148, ISSN 1572-5286, 10.1016/j.disopt.2012.05.001. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1572528612000345) Keywords: Location problem; Inverse optimization; 2-balanced flow problem; Fractional b -matching ****************************** Ruhollah Heydari, Emanuel Melachrinoudis, Location of a semi-obnoxious facility with elliptic maximin and network minisum objectives, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 223, Issue 2, 1 December 2012, Pages 452-460, ISSN 0377-2217, 10.1016/j.ejor.2012.06.039. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221712004948) Keywords: Location; Semi-obnoxious facility; Transportation network; Efficient set; Voronoi diagram ****************************** Justin Iwerks, Joseph S.B. Mitchell, The art gallery theorem for simple polygons in terms of the number of reflex and convex vertices, Information Processing Letters, Volume 112, Issue 20, 31 October 2012, Pages 778-782, ISSN 0020-0190, 10.1016/j.ipl.2012.07.005. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0020019012001937) Keywords: Computational geometry; Art gallery theorem; Visibility coverage; Guard number ****************************** Justo Puerto, Federica Ricca, Andrea Scozzari, Range minimization problems in path-facility location on trees, Discrete Applied Mathematics, Volume 160, Issue 15, October 2012, Pages 2294-2305, ISSN 0166-218X, 10.1016/j.dam.2012.05.020. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166218X12002260) Keywords: Range criterion; Equity measures; Path location; Length constraint ****************************** Mark-Christoph Körner, Horst Martini, Anita Schöbel, Minsum hyperspheres in normed spaces, Discrete Applied Mathematics, Volume 160, Issue 15, October 2012, Pages 2221-2233, ISSN 0166-218X, 10.1016/j.dam.2012.05.002. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166218X12001965) Keywords: Continuous location in normed spaces; Finite dominating set; Minsum hypersphere; Polyhedral norm ****************************** Sibel A. Alumur, Hande Yaman, Bahar Y. Kara, Hierarchical multimodal hub location problem with time-definite deliveries, Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Volume 48, Issue 6, November 2012, Pages 1107-1120, ISSN 1366-5545, 10.1016/j.tre.2012.04.001. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S136655451200035X) Keywords: Hub location; Time-definite delivery; Multimode transportation; Hierarchical network design; Valid inequalities ****************************** João Coutinho-Rodrigues, Lino Tralhão, Luís Alçada-Almeida, A bi-objective modeling approach applied to an urban semi-desirable facility location problem, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 223, Issue 1, 16 November 2012, Pages 203-213, ISSN 0377-2217, 10.1016/j.ejor.2012.05.037. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221712004067) Keywords: Combinatorial optimization; Multiple objective modeling; Facility location; Semi-obnoxious facility; Urban facilities planning; Waste management ****************************** Jaemyung Ahn, Olivier de Weck, Yue Geng, Diego Klabjan, Column generation based heuristics for a generalized location routing problem with profits arising in space exploration, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 223, Issue 1, 16 November 2012, Pages 47-59, ISSN 0377-2217, 10.1016/j.ejor.2012.06.018. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221712004730) Keywords: Heuristics; Branch and bound; Routing; Location; Transportation; Logistics ****************************** John D. Lamb, Variable neighbourhood structures for cycle location problems, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 223, Issue 1, 16 November 2012, Pages 15-26, ISSN 0377-2217, 10.1016/j.ejor.2012.05.038. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221712004274) Keywords: Heuristics; Variable neighbourhood search; Circuit; Cycle ****************************** Marc Arnaudon, Frank Nielsen, On approximating the Riemannian 1-center, Computational Geometry, Volume 46, Issue 1, January 2013, Pages 93-104, ISSN 0925-7721, 10.1016/j.comgeo.2012.04.007. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925772112000806) Keywords: 1-center; Minimax center; Riemannian geometry; Core-set; Approximation ************ Sai Srinivas Nageshwaraniyer, Nitesh Khilwani, M.K. Tiwari, Ravi Shankar, David Ben-Arieh, Solving the design of distributed layout problem using forecast windows: A hybrid algorithm approach, Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Volume 29, Issue 1, February 2013, Pages 128-138, ISSN 0736-5845, 10.1016/j.rcim.2012.06.007. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0736584512000841) Keywords: Facility layout problem; Distributed layout; Symbiotic algorithm; Clonal algorithm and forecast window ****************** José Holgui´n-Veras, Wilfredo F. Yushimito, Felipe Aros-Vera, John (Jack) Reilly, User rationality and optimal park-and-ride location under potential demand maximization, Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Volume 46, Issue 8, September 2012, Pages 949-970, ISSN 0191-2615, 10.1016/j.trb.2012.02.011. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191261512000367) Keywords: Park and Ride; Optimal location; Transit ****************************** Bassem Jarboui, Houda Derbel, Saïd Hanafi, Nenad Mladenovic, Variable neighborhood search for location routing, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 40, Issue 1, January 2013, Pages 47-57, ISSN 0305-0548, 10.1016/j.cor.2012.05.009. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305054812001128) Keywords: Locationrouting; Heuristic; Variable neighborhood search ****************************** Yueni Zhu, Zheng Zheng, Xiaoyi Zhang, Kaiyuan Cai, The r-interdiction median problem with probabilistic protection and its solution algorithm, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 40, Issue 1, January 2013, Pages 451-462, ISSN 0305-0548, 10.1016/j.cor.2012.07.017. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305054812001633) Keywords: r-interdiction; Probabilistic protection; Multiple interdictors; Greedy search ****************************** Jack Brimberg, Zvi Drezner, A new heuristic for solving the p-median problem in the plane, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 40, Issue 1, January 2013, Pages 427-437, ISSN 0305-0548, 10.1016/j.cor.2012.07.012. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305054812001578) Keywords: Continuous p-median; Locationallocation; Heuristics ****************************** Jianxun Tang, Lixin Tang, Xianpeng Wang, Solution method for the location planning problem of logistics park with variable capacity, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 40, Issue 1, January 2013, Pages 406-417, ISSN 0305-0548, 10.1016/j.cor.2012.07.011. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305054812001566) Keywords: Location planning problem; Variable capacity; Logistics park; Integer programming model; Hybrid metaheuristic; Column generation ****************************** John Willmer Escobar, Rodrigo Linfati, Paolo Toth, A two-phase hybrid heuristic algorithm for the capacitated location-routing problem, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 40, Issue 1, January 2013, Pages 70-79, ISSN 0305-0548, 10.1016/j.cor.2012.05.008. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305054812001116) Keywords: Location routing problem; Granular tabu search; Heuristic algorithms ****************************** Three Ideas for the Quadratic Assignment Problem Matteo Fischetti, Michele Monaci, and Domenico Salvagnin OPERATIONS RESEARCH 2012;60 954-964 http://or.journal.informs.org/cgi/content/abstract/60/4/954?etoc ****************************** Z. Naji-Azimi, J. Renaud, A. Ruiz, M. Salari, A covering tour approach to the location of satellite distribution centers to supply humanitarian aid, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 222, Issue 3, 1 November 2012, Pages 596-605, ISSN 0377-2217, 10.1016/j.ejor.2012.05.001. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221712003475) Keywords: Vehicle routing; Covering tour; Mathematical model; Heuristics ****************************** M. Chardy, M.-C. Costa, A. Faye, M. Trampont, Optimizing splitter and fiber location in a multilevel optical FTTH network, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 222, Issue 3, 1 November 2012, Pages 430-440, ISSN 0377-2217, 10.1016/j.ejor.2012.05.024. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221712003748) Keywords: Optical telecommunication network; Network design; Location; Integer programming; Generalized flow ****************************** M. Gentili, P.B. Mirchandani, Locating sensors on traffic networks: Models, challenges and research opportunities, Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, Volume 24, October 2012, Pages 227-255, ISSN 0968-090X, 10.1016/j.trc.2012.01.004. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0968090X1200006X) Keywords: Sensor location; Traffic network; ITS; Optimization ****************************** Afshin Shariat-Mohaymany, Mohsen Babaei, Saeed Moadi, Sayyed Mahdi Amiripour, Linear upper-bound unavailability set covering models for locating ambulances: Application to Tehran rural roads, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 221, Issue 1, 16 August 2012, Pages 263-272, ISSN 0377-2217, 10.1016/j.ejor.2012.03.015. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221712002081) Keywords: Location; Emergency medical services; Reliability; Ambulance busy fraction; Set covering model ****************************** Zhenhua Wu, Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Jianzhi Li, Sensor deployment based on fuzzy graph considering heterogeneity and multiple-objectives to diagnose manufacturing system, Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Volume 29, Issue 1, February 2013, Pages 192-208, ISSN 0736-5845, 10.1016/j.rcim.2012.05.004. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0736584512000701) Keywords: Sensor deployment; Fuzzy graph; Heterogeneity; Multiple-objectives; Optimization; Fault diagnosis ****************************** M. Gholami, N. Cai, R.W. Brennan, An artificial neural network approach to the problem of wireless sensors network localization, Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Volume 29, Issue 1, February 2013, Pages 96-109, ISSN 0736-5845, 10.1016/j.rcim.2012.07.006. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0736584512000907) Keywords: Wireless sensor networks; Localization; Mobile node tracking; Signal attenuation; Ambient conditions; Artificial neural network; Simulation ****************************** Rafay Ishfaq, Charles R. Sox, Design of intermodal logistics networks with hub delays, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 220, Issue 3, 1 August 2012, Pages 629-641, ISSN 0377-2217, 10.1016/j.ejor.2012.03.010. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221712002032) Keywords: Logistics; Intermodal; Hub-and-spoke; Hub delays; Hub resources ****************************** Inmaculada Espejo, Antonio M. Rodríguez-Chía, Corrigendum to Simultaneous location of a service facility and a rapid transit line [Computers & Operations Research 38(2) (2011) 525538], Computers & Operations Research, Volume 39, Issue 11, November 2012, Pages 2899-2903, ISSN 0305-0548, 10.1016/j.cor.2011.11.019. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305054811003443) ****************************** Stephen E. Wright, New linearizations of quadratic assignment problems, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 39, Issue 11, November 2012, Pages 2858-2866, ISSN 0305-0548, 10.1016/j.cor.2012.02.017. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305054812000433) Keywords: Matrix splitting; Mixed-integer linear programming ****************************** Hande Yaman, Sourour Elloumi, Star p-hub center problem and star p-hub median problem with bounded path lengths, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 39, Issue 11, November 2012, Pages 2725-2732, ISSN 0305-0548, 10.1016/j.cor.2012.02.005. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305054812000317) Keywords: p-hub center; p-hub median; Star/star network; Path length constraints; Service quality ****************************** Emilio Carrizosa, Anton Ushakov, Igor Vasilyev, A computational study of a nonlinear minsum facility location problem, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 39, Issue 11, November 2012, Pages 2625-2633, ISSN 0305-0548, 10.1016/j.cor.2012.01.009. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305054812000214) Keywords: p-median problem; Lagrangean relaxation; Core heuristic; Nonlinear integer programming ****************************** Senjuti Basu Roy, Gautam Das, Sajal K. Das, Algorithms for computing Best Coverage Path in the presence of obstacles in a sensor field, Journal of Discrete Algorithms, Volume 13, May 2012, Pages 86-97, ISSN 1570-8667, 10.1016/j.jda.2012.01.004. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1570866712000196) Keywords: Sensor network; Coverage problem; Voronoi diagram; Visibility graph; Spanner ****************************** Seyed Hossein Hashemi Doulabi, Abbas Seifi, Lower and upper bounds for location-arc routing problems with vehicle capacity constraints, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 224, Issue 1, 1 January 2013, Pages 189-208, ISSN 0377-2217, 10.1016/j.ejor.2012.06.015. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221712004705) Keywords: Location-arc routing; Arc routing; Integrated logistics; Mixed integer programming; Heuristics ****************************** Marcos Costa Roboredo, Artur Alves Pessoa, A branch-and-cut algorithm for the discrete (r?p)-centroid problem, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 224, Issue 1, 1 January 2013, Pages 101-109, ISSN 0377-2217, 10.1016/j.ejor.2012.07.042. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221712005991) Keywords: Integer programming; Competitive location; (r?p)-Centroid problem ****************************** Alan T. Murray, Ran Wei, A computational approach for eliminating error in the solution of the location set covering problem, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 224, Issue 1, 1 January 2013, Pages 52-64, ISSN 0377-2217, 10.1016/j.ejor.2012.07.027. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221712005681) Keywords: Spatial optimization; GIS; Facility location ****************************** M. Andretta, E.G. Birgin, Deterministic and stochastic global optimization techniques for planar covering with ellipses problems, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 224, Issue 1, 1 January 2013, Pages 23-40, ISSN 0377-2217, 10.1016/j.ejor.2012.07.020. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221712005619) Keywords: Global optimization; Non-linear programming; Planar covering with ellipses; Algorithms ****************************** Ivan Contreras, Elena Fernández, General network design: A unified view of combined location and network design problems, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 219, Issue 3, 16 June 2012, Pages 680-697, ISSN 0377-2217, 10.1016/j.ejor.2011.11.009. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221711009969) Keywords: Network location; Network design; Network routing; Location ****************************** Verena Schmid, Solving the dynamic ambulance relocation and dispatching problem using approximate dynamic programming, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 219, Issue 3, 16 June 2012, Pages 611-621, ISSN 0377-2217, 10.1016/j.ejor.2011.10.043. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221711009830) Keywords: OR in health services; Emergency vehicles; Ambulance location; Approximate dynamic programming; Stochastic optimization ****************************** Sibel A. Alumur, Stefan Nickel, Francisco Saldanha-da-Gama, Vedat Verter, Multi-period reverse logistics network design, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 220, Issue 1, 1 July 2012, Pages 67-78, ISSN 0377-2217, 10.1016/j.ejor.2011.12.045. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037722171200032X) Keywords: Logistics; Location; WEEE; Large household appliances ****************************** Sergio García, Mercedes Landete, Alfredo Marín, New formulation and a branch-and-cut algorithm for the multiple allocation p-hub median problem, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 220, Issue 1, 1 July 2012, Pages 48-57, ISSN 0377-2217, 10.1016/j.ejor.2012.01.042. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037722171200080X) Keywords: Hub location; Discrete location; Integer programming ****************************** Shogo Shiode, Kuang-Yih Yeh, Hao-Ching Hsia, Optimal location policy for three competitive facilities, Computers & Industrial Engineering, Volume 62, Issue 3, April 2012, Pages 703-707, ISSN 0360-8352, 10.1016/j.cie.2011.12.019. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360835211003925) Keywords: Facility location; Competitive environment; Stackelberg equilibrium ****************************** Xiaoyi Jiang, Jöran Wentker, Miquel Ferrer, Generalized median string computation by means of string embedding in vector spaces, Pattern Recognition Letters, Volume 33, Issue 7, 1 May 2012, Pages 842-852, ISSN 0167-8655, 10.1016/j.patrec.2011.07.006. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167865511002194) Keywords: String; Generalized median; Embedding; Vector space; Lower bound ****************************** Javier Alonso, Horst Martini, Margarita Spirova, Minimal enclosing discs, circumcircles, and circumcenters in normed planes (Part II), Computational Geometry, Volume 45, Issue 7, August 2012, Pages 350-369, ISSN 0925-7721, 10.1016/j.comgeo.2012.02.003. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925772112000545) Keywords: Circumcenters; Intersection of norm circles; Minimal enclosing balls; Minkowski geometry; Normed plane ****************************** S.S. Radiah Shariff, Noor Hasnah Moin, Mohd Omar, Location allocation modeling for healthcare facility planning in Malaysia, Computers & Industrial Engineering, Volume 62, Issue 4, May 2012, Pages 1000-1010, ISSN 0360-8352, 10.1016/j.cie.2011.12.026. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360835211003998) Keywords: Capacitated maximal covering location problem; Genetic algorithm; Healthcare modelling ****************************** Facility location in humanitarian relief B. Balcik, B. M. Beamon International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications Vol. 11, Iss. 2, 2008 ****************************** Oscar Pedrola, Davide Careglio, Miroslaw Klinkowski, Luis Velasco, Keren Bergman, Josep Solé-Pareta, Metaheuristic hybridizations for the regenerator placement and dimensioning problem in sub-wavelength switching optical networks, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 224, Issue 3, 1 February 2013, Pages 614-624, ISSN 0377-2217, 10.1016/j.ejor.2012.08.011. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037722171200611X) Keywords: OR in telecommunications; Metaheuristics; Sub-wavelength; Regenerator ****************************** Bhaswar B. Bhattacharya, Subhas C. Nandy, New variations of the maximum coverage facility location problem, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 224, Issue 3, 1 February 2013, Pages 477-485, ISSN 0377-2217, 10.1016/j.ejor.2012.08.009. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221712006091) Keywords: Reverse nearest neighbor; Competitive location; Computational geometry; Facility location ****************************** Peng-Jun Wan, Ophir Frieder, Liwu Liu, Optimal placement of wavelength converters in trees, tree-connected rings, and tree of rings, Computer Communications, Volume 26, Issue 7, 1 May 2003, Pages 718-722, ISSN 0140-3664, 10.1016/S0140-3664(02)00206-2. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140366402002062) Keywords: Wavelength routed optical network; Wavelength converter; Minimum vertex cover; Tree; Tree-connected rings; Tree of rings ****************************** Brandenberg, R., Roth, L. Minimal containment under homothetics: A simple cutting plane approach (2011) Computational Optimization and Applications, 48 (2), pp. 325-340. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79956102562&partnerID=40… ****************************** Anna C.Y. Li, Linda Nozick, Ningxiong Xu, Rachel Davidson, Shelter location and transportation planning under hurricane conditions, Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Volume 48, Issue 4, July 2012, Pages 715-729, ISSN 1366-5545, 10.1016/j.tre.2011.12.004. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1366554511001566) Keywords: Hurricane evacuation; Shelter location; Bilevel programming; Stochastic programming; Dynamic traffic assignment; Heuristic ****************************** Justo Puerto, Arie Tamir, Federico Perea, Cooperative location games based on the minimum diameter spanning Steiner subgraph problem, Discrete Applied Mathematics, Volume 160, Issues 78, May 2012, Pages 970-979, ISSN 0166-218X, 10.1016/j.dam.2011.07.020. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166218X11002812) Keywords: Cooperative combinatorial games; Core solutions; Diameter ****************************** Juan L.G. Guirao, Miguel A. López, Jaume Llibre, Raquel Martínez, A note on the equilibria of an economic model with local competition à la Cournot, Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, Volume 236, Issue 12, June 2012, Pages 3052-3057, ISSN 0377-0427, 10.1016/j.cam.2010.11.030. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377042710006485) Keywords: Discrete dynamical systems and economics; Cournot duopoly; Cournot-like model; Equilibrium point ****************************** Jesús Sáez-Aguado, Paula Camelia Trandafir, Some heuristic methods for solving p-median problems with a coverage constraint, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 220, Issue 2, 16 July 2012, Pages 320-327, ISSN 0377-2217, 10.1016/j.ejor.2012.02.011. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221712001282) Keywords: Location; p-Median; Coverage constraint; Local search; GRASP; Lagrangean relaxation ****************************** Axel Nyberg, Tapio Westerlund, A new exact discrete linear reformulation of the quadratic assignment problem, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 220, Issue 2, 16 July 2012, Pages 314-319, ISSN 0377-2217, 10.1016/j.ejor.2012.02.010. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221712001270) Keywords: Combinatorial optimization; Quadratic assignment problem; Discrete linear reformulation; Mixed integer programming; Global Optimization ****************************** Sibel A. Alumur, Bahar Y. Kara, Oya E. Karasan, Multimodal hub location and hub network design, Omega, Volume 40, Issue 6, December 2012, Pages 927-939, ISSN 0305-0483, 10.1016/j.omega.2012.02.005. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030504831200045X) Keywords: Hub location; Network design; p-Hub median; Hub covering ****************************** G. Boschetti, R. Rosa, A. Trevisani, Optimal robot positioning using task-dependent and direction-selective performance indexes: General definitions and application to a parallel robot, Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Volume 29, Issue 2, April 2013, Pages 431-443, ISSN 0736-5845, 10.1016/j.rcim.2012.09.013. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0736584512001160) Keywords: Performance index; Optimal positioning; Parallel manipulators; Direction-selective index; Task-dependent index; Industrial robot ****************************** Yves Nievergelt, Fitting cylinders to data, Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, Volume 239, 1 February 2013, Pages 250-269, ISSN 0377-0427, 10.1016/j.cam.2012.09.037. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377042712004104) Keywords: Cylinders; Least-squares methods; Median; Midrange; Regression ****************************** Doron Chen, Reuven Chen, Optimal algorithms for the a-neighbor p-center problem, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 225, Issue 1, 16 February 2013, Pages 36-43, ISSN 0377-2217, 10.1016/j.ejor.2012.09.041. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221712007205) Keywords: ?-Neighbor p-center; Continuous optimization; Discrete optimization; Relaxation ****************************** Nalan Gülp?nar, Dessislava Pachamanova, Ethem Çanakog(lu, Robust strategies for facility location under uncertainty, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 225, Issue 1, 16 February 2013, Pages 21-35, ISSN 0377-2217, 10.1016/j.ejor.2012.08.004. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221712006042) Keywords: Robust facility location decisions; Robust inventory management; Ambiguous demand distributions; Robust approximations to chance constraints ****************************** Ja-nis Grabis, Charu Chandra, Ja-nis Kampars, Use of distributed data sources in facility location, Computers & Industrial Engineering, Volume 63, Issue 4, December 2012, Pages 855-863, ISSN 0360-8352, 10.1016/j.cie.2012.05.007. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360835212001489) Keywords: Facility location; Multi-objective optimization; Spatial data ****************************** Md. Noor-E-Alam, John Doucette, Relax-and-fix decomposition technique for solving large scale grid-based location problems, Computers & Industrial Engineering, Volume 63, Issue 4, December 2012, Pages 1062-1073, ISSN 0360-8352, 10.1016/j.cie.2012.07.006. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360835212001702) Keywords: Linear programming; Location analysis; Integer programming; Decomposition techniques ****************************** A Simple but Usually Fast Branch-and-Bound Algorithm for the Capacitated Facility Location Problem Simon Gortz and Andreas Klose INFORMS JOURNAL ON COMPUTING 2012;24 597-610 http://joc.journal.informs.org/cgi/content/abstract/24/4/597?etoc ****************************** Yen-Hung Lin, Rajan Batta, Peter A. Rogerson, Alan Blatt, Marie Flanigan, Location of temporary depots to facilitate relief operations after an earthquake, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Volume 46, Issue 2, June 2012, Pages 112-123, ISSN 0038-0121, 10.1016/j.seps.2012.01.001. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S003801211200002X) Keywords: Facility location; Humanitarian logistics; Prioritizing delivery; Distributed-supply ****************************** Tony H. Grubesic, Timothy C. Matisziw, Alan T. Murray, Assessing geographic coverage of the essential air service program, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Volume 46, Issue 2, June 2012, Pages 124-135, ISSN 0038-0121, 10.1016/j.seps.2011.12.002. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0038012111000632) Keywords: Air transport; Efficiency; Essential air service; Spatial optimization; Deregulation; Facility location ****************************** James C. Benneyan, Hande Musdal, Mehmet Erkan Ceyhan, Brian Shiner, Bradley V. Watts, Specialty care single and multi-period locationallocation models within the Veterans Health Administration, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Volume 46, Issue 2, June 2012, Pages 136-148, ISSN 0038-0121, 10.1016/j.seps.2011.12.005. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0038012111000668) Keywords: Healthcare; Specialty care; Network planning; Optimization ****************************** Daoqin Tong, Fang Ren, James Mack, Locating farmers markets with an incorporation of spatio-temporal variation, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Volume 46, Issue 2, June 2012, Pages 149-156, ISSN 0038-0121, 10.1016/j.seps.2011.07.002. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0038012111000346) Keywords: Facility location; Farmers market; Spacetime; p-Median problem; Accessibility ****************************** M.L. Burkey, J. Bhadury, H.A. Eiselt, A location-based comparison of health care services in four U.S. states with efficiency and equity, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Volume 46, Issue 2, June 2012, Pages 157-163, ISSN 0038-0121, 10.1016/j.seps.2012.01.002. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0038012112000031) Keywords: Hospital location; Efficiency; Accessibility; Equity; Coverage ****************************** Cara Cocking, Steffen Flessa, Gerhard Reinelt, Improving access to health facilities in Nouna district, Burkina Faso, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Volume 46, Issue 2, June 2012, Pages 164-172, ISSN 0038-0121, 10.1016/j.seps.2011.12.004. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0038012111000656) Keywords: Facility location; Network design; Developing countries ****************************** Philippe Chevalier, Isabelle Thomas, David Geraets, Els Goetghebeur, Olivier Janssens, Dominique Peeters, Frank Plastria, Locating fire stations: An integrated approach for Belgium, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Volume 46, Issue 2, June 2012, Pages 173-182, ISSN 0038-0121, 10.1016/j.seps.2012.02.003. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0038012112000080) Keywords: Locationallocation; GIS; Fire stations; Belgium ****************************** Sibel A. Alumur, Stefan Nickel, Francisco Saldanha-da-Gama, Hub location under uncertainty, Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Volume 46, Issue 4, May 2012, Pages 529-543, ISSN 0191-2615, 10.1016/j.trb.2011.11.006. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S019126151100172X) Keywords: Hub location; Uncertainty; Stochastic demands; Robust optimization ****************************** Process Location and Product Distribution with Uncertain Yields Felipe Caro, Kumar Rajaram, and Jens Wollenweber OPERATIONS RESEARCH 2012;60 1050-1063 http://or.journal.informs.org/cgi/content/abstract/60/5/1050?etoc ****************************** Reuven Bar-Yehuda, Dror Rawitz, A note on multicovering with disks, Computational Geometry, Volume 46, Issue 3, April 2013, Pages 394-399, ISSN 0925-7721, 10.1016/j.comgeo.2012.10.006. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925772112001332) Keywords: Approximation algorithms; Disk cover; Multicovering ****************************** Boris Aronov, Muriel Dulieu, How to cover a point set with a V-shape of minimum width, Computational Geometry, Volume 46, Issue 3, April 2013, Pages 298-309, ISSN 0925-7721, 10.1016/j.comgeo.2012.09.006. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925772112001162) Keywords: Approximation algorithm; Curve reconstruction; Geometric optimization; Fitting; Computational metrology ****************************** Hee-Kap Ahn, Sang-Sub Kim, Christian Knauer, Lena Schlipf, Chan-Su Shin, Antoine Vigneron, Covering and piercing disks with two centers, Computational Geometry, Volume 46, Issue 3, April 2013, Pages 253-262, ISSN 0925-7721, 10.1016/j.comgeo.2012.09.002. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925772112001125) Keywords: Two-center; Covering; Piercing; Disks ****************************** S. Cabello, J.M. Díaz-Báñez, P. Pérez-Lantero, Covering a bichromatic point set with two disjoint monochromatic disks, Computational Geometry, Volume 46, Issue 3, April 2013, Pages 203-212, ISSN 0925-7721, 10.1016/j.comgeo.2012.06.002. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925772112001009) Keywords: Geometric optimization; Covering problem; Approximation algorithms; Disks ****************************** **************************************************************************** * Frank PLASTRIA * Past Coordinator EURO Working Group on Locational Analysis * (EWGLA) 1994 - 2007 **************************************************************************** * For all requests concerning membership E-mail :<mailto:ewgla-board@euro-online.org>ewgla-board(a)euro-online.org * Website is http://www.euro-online.org/ewgla/ * Totally outdated old EWGLA website at http://www.vub.ac.be/EWGLA * Listserver: <mailto:ewgla@euro-online.org>ewgla@euro-online.<mailto:ewgla@euro-online.org>org **************************************************************************** * MOSI (Department of Mathematics, OR, Statistics and IS for the Human Sciences) * Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan, 2, * B-1050 Brussel, * Belgium * Phone : +32 2 6293609 (Office), +32 2 6293607 (Secretary) * Fax : +32 2 6293690 * URL: http://homepages.vub.ac.be/~faplastr ****************************************************************************

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EWGLA XX Call for Papers
by Sibel Alumur Alev 05 Nov '12

05 Nov '12

EWGLA XX CALL FOR PAPERS - Submission deadline: 18 January 2013 Dear colleagues, This is the first announcement for the 20th EURO Working Group on Locational Analysis Meeting, EWGLA XX, to be held in Ankara, Turkey on April 17-19, 2013. The conference will take place in the conference center of the TOBB University of Economics and Technology. More information regarding the conference can be found in the conference web site: <http://www.ewgla2013.org> www.ewgla2013.org We apologize for cross-posting. Aims and Scope The meeting intends to gather the operations research community from different parts of the world to share experiences in the field of locational analysis We invite participation from all areas related to location theory including: * network location, * continuous location, * discrete location, * obnoxious location, * competitive location, * hub location, * location-routing, * advanced location models, * location applications (logistics, network design), * exact and heuristic solution methods. Contributions are welcome from academia, industry or the public sector. In addition to presentations, the meeting is intended to be a forum for exchange of recent experiences and results. A special issue will be devoted to recent developments on location analysis in the journal Computers & Operations Research published by Elsevier. Important Dates · Abstract submission deadline: 18 January 2013, Friday · Notification of acceptance: 15 February 2013, Friday · Early registration: 8 March 2013, Friday · Conference: 17-19 April 2013 Committees Scientific Committee: Sibel Alumur Alev - TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Turkey (Co-Chair) Giuseppe Bruno - University of Naples Federico II, Italy James Campbell - University of Missouri St. Louis, United States Emilio Carrizosa - University of Sevilla, Spain H.A. Eiselt - University of New Brunswick, Canada Erhan Erkut - Özyeğin University, Turkey Elena Fernandez - University Politecnica de Cataluña, Spain Ioannis Giannikos - University of Patras, Greece Horst Hamacher - University of Kaiserslautern, Germany Mercedes Landete Ruiz - University Miguel Hernandez of Elche, Spain Vladimir Marianov - Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile Alfredo Marin - University of Murcia, Spain Stefan Nickel - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany Justo Puerto - University of Sevilla, Spain Francisco Saldanha da Gama - University of Lisbon, Portugal Barbaros Tansel - Bilkent University, Turkey Bahar Yetiş Kara - Bilkent University, Turkey (Co-Chair) Local Committee: Sibel Alumur Alev - TOBB University of Economics and Technology (Co-Chair) Burçin Bozkaya - Sabancı University Nilgün Fescioğlu Ünver - TOBB University of Economics and Technology Gültekin Kuyzu - TOBB University of Economics and Technology Haldün Süral - Middle East Technical University Hünkar Toyoğlu - Bilkent University Hande Yaman - Bilkent University Bahar Yetiş Kara - Bilkent University (Co-Chair) EWGLA Coordination Board: Sibel Alumur Alev - TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Turkey Ioannis Giannikos - University of Patras, Greece Mercedes Landete Ruiz - University Miguel Hernandez of Elche, Spain You can contact the conference secretariat regarding all the academic and organizational issues by e-mailing to <mailto:info@ewgla2013.org> info(a)ewgla2013.org.

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RA Advert
by Gabor Nagy 05 Nov '12

05 Nov '12

UNIVERSITY OF KENT KENT BUSINESS SCHOOL Postdoctoral Research Associate in Facility Location and Logistics Applications are invited for a 2-year fixed term position as a postdoctoral researcher associate (PDRA) in the area of Facility Location and Logistics starting in February 2013 (or soon thereafter). The PDRA will join the Management Science group of the Kent Business School. The PDRA will be expected to actively engage in basic research and work closely with Drs Jesse O’Hanley, Maria Paola Scaparra, and Gábor Nagy and other academics in the Management Science group with the primary goal of publishing in top operational research journals. The PDRA will have wide latitude to help frame and design the specific programme of research. Potential areas of investigation include but are not limited to facility protection planning, robust supply chain systems, disaster management, hub location, and energy and the environment. The post holder will further assist in the preparation of grant applications and support the general research culture of the Business School by organising and delivering seminars. Applicants are expected to hold a PhD in Operational Research / Management Science, Mathematics, Computer Science or a closely related discipline. The ideal candidate will have a firm knowledge of integer programming and heuristic methods and a demonstrated interest in facility location planning and logistics. Good computer programming experience as well as excellent written and communication skills is essential. Applications will be assessed based on relevant skills and previous publication record. Salary: £31,020 - £35,938 (Grade 7) How to Apply Please see the link below to view the full job description and to apply for this post. http://www11.i-grasp.com/fe/tpl_kent01.asp?s=xgIfLQnAyPBgDdPyv&jobid=37082,… Applications should include all of the following materials: • A short cover letter explaining your specific interest in the research project, relevant training and skills • A curriculum vitae (CV) • Names and contact information of two potential references who can supply letters of support if short-listed for the position If you require further information regarding the post or application process please contact Louise Barlow at l.j.barlow(a)kent.ac.uk<mailto:l.j.barlow@kent.ac.uk>. Please note applications must be made online via the University website. Details sent directly via email will not be considered. Informal enquiries may be directed by email to: Dr Jesse O’Hanley at j.ohanley(a)kent.ac.uk<mailto:j.ohanley@kent.ac.uk> Completed applications should be received no later than: 23 November 2012 Interviews are expected to be held: week commencing 10 December 2012

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Winter School Network optimization 2013
by Luis Eduardo Neves Gouveia 09 Oct '12

09 Oct '12

The 3rd Winter School on Network Optimization (http://NetOpt2013.fc.ul.pt) will take place at the Hotel Sana, Estoril, from the 14th to the 18th of January, 2013. Its main objective is to provide an opportunity for PhD students to get together and attend high level courses in the field of Network Optimization. Non-PhD students are welcome to attend the school, but the number of participants is limited and priority will be given to PhD students. Since the first edition in 2009, the school has been part of the activities of the Centro de Investigação Operacional, University of Lisbon as well as of the European Network Optimization Group (ENOG). The event is also endorsed by the EURO – the Association of European Societies – and APDIO – the Portuguese OR society. School Lecturers Antonio Frangioni Università di Pisa Decomposition in multicommodity flows: old ideas and new developments Michel Gendreau CIRRELT and MAGI, École Polytechnique de Montréal Stochastic network design problems Arie Koster RWTH Aachen University Network design under demand uncertainty by robust optimization Martine Labbé Université Libre de Bruxelles Combinatorial optimization problems in biology and medicine: haplotyping and phylogeny Paolo Toth Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna Algorithms and formulations for the asymmetric salesman problem Organizing Committee Luis Gouveia (chair) CIO – University of Lisbon Walid Ben-Ameur TELECOM SudParis Miguel Constantino CIO – University of Lisbon Maria Conceição Fonseca CIO – University of Lisbon Bernard Fortz Computer Science Department – Université Libre de Bruxelles Rodrigo Marques CIO Marta Mesquita CIO & ISA – Technical University of Lisbon Pedro Moura CIO – University of Lisbon Maria Cândida Mourão CIO & ISEG – Technical University of Lisbon Margarida Moz CIO & ISEG – Technical University of Lisbon Ana Paias CIO – University of Lisbon João Telhada CIO – University of Lisbon

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