[Ewgla] Location related references March 2025 collection

Dear fellow locaters,

Here’s my March collection: 80 references including the latest of 2025 and the ongoing backward collection, now covering a good part of 2021. Enjoy.

Prof. Em. Frank Plastria BUTO, Vrije Universiteit Brussel frank.plastria@vub.bemailto:frank.plastria@vub.be

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% [1] Karen Aardal, Pieter L. van den Berg, Dion Gijswijt, and Shanfei Li. Approximation algorithms for hard capacitated k-facility location problems. European Journal of Operational Research, 242(2):358--368, April 2015. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2014.10.011 ] [2] Maryam Abareshi and Mehdi Zaferanieh. A bi-level capacitated p-median facility location problem with the most likely allocation solution. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 123:1--20, May 2019. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trb.2019.03.013 ] [3] Robert Aboolian and Majid Karimi. Benefit maximizing network design in the public sector. Computers & Operations Research, 178:107004, June 2025. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2025.107004 ] [4] Robert Aboolian, Emilio Carrizosa, Vanesa Guerrero, and Jiamin Wang. Locating service facilities with concave variable costs. Journal of Supply Chain and Operations Management, 17(1):96--110, 2019. [5] Mehdi Amiri-Aref and Mahdi Doostmohammadi. Relax-and-fix and fix-and-optimise algorithms to solve an integrated network design problem for closing a supply chain with hybrid retailers/collection centres. Computers & Operations Research, 177:106981, May 2025. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2025.106981 ] [6] Marta Baldomero-Naranjo, Jörg Kalcsics, and Antonio M. Rodríguez-Chía. Edge downgrades in the maximal covering location problem. Computers & Operations Research, 178:107003, June 2025. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2025.107003 ] [7] Sheng-Jie Chen, Liang Chen, Wen-Cheng Bao, and Zhou Wei. Polyhedral results and valid inequalities for the maximal covering location problem. Journal of Nonlinear and Convex Analysis, 25(10):2441--2456, 2024. [8] T. H. Cuong, C.-F. Wen, J.-C. Yao, and N. D. Yen. Stability analysis of the multi-source Weber problem. Journal of Nonlinear and Convex Analysis, 25(12):2933--2947, 2024. [9] Rajni Dabas and Neelima Gupta. Uniform capacitated facility location with outliers/penalties. Discrete Optimization, 55:100878, February 2025. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.disopt.2025.100878 ] [10] Victor Hugo Souza de Abreu, Pedro Henrique González, Geraldo Regis Mauri, Glaydston Mattos Ribeiro, Romulo Dante Orrico, Nilo Flavio Rosa Campos Júnior, and Carlos Alberto Abramides. Network sensor location problem with monitored lanes: Branch-and-cut and clustering search solution techniques. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 150:106827, December 2020. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2020.106827 ] [11] Simona De Bartolomeo, Michele Ottomanelli, and Leonardo Caggiani. A multi-objective model for fair location of stations and geofence parking area to address disorderly parking in free-floating micromobility systems. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 193:104390, March 2025. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2025.104390 ] [12] Paganini Barcellos de Oliveira, Ricardo Saraiva de Camargo, Gilberto de Miranda Júnior, and Alexandre Xavier Martins. A computational study of a decomposition approach for the dynamic two-level uncapacitated facility location problem with single and multiple allocation. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 151:106964, January 2021. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2020.106964 ] [13] Florian Frick, Andrew Newman, and Wesley Pegden. Youden’s demon is Sylvester’s problem. Mathematika, 71(2), February 2025. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1112/mtk.70015 ] [14] Xiao Fu and Yuqian Jin. Optimizing transit service headways and planning activity location with carbon credit charge scheme: An activity-based approach. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 193:104397, March 2025. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2025.104397 ] [15] Alessandro Hill, David Hom, Steffen Peuker, and Ioannis Mourtos. Social classroom seating assignment problems. Networks, 85(2):166--188, 2024. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/net.22252 ] [16] Haitao Hu, Jiafu Tang, and Tian Tian. Robust facility location and protection under facility disruptions with decision-dependent uncertainty. International Journal of Production Economics, 282:109558, April 2025. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109558 ] [17] Ata Jalili Marand and Pooya Hoseinpour. Profit maximization in congested hub location problems: Demand models and service level constraints. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 195:103995, March 2025. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2025.103995 ] [18] Yu Jiang, Zhichao Li, Yasha Wang, and Qingwen Xue. Vertiport location for eVTOL considering multidimensional demand of urban air mobility: An application in Beijing. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 192:104353, February 2025. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2024.104353 ] [19] Omar Kemmar, Karim Bouamrane, and Shahin Gelareh. Hub location problem in round-trip service applications. RAIRO - Operations Research, 55:S2831--S2858, 2021. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1051/ro/2020125 ] [20] Fatemeh Keshavarz-Ghorbani and Seyed Hamid Reza Pasandideh. Modeling and optimizing an agro-supply chain considering different quality grades and storage systems for fresh products: a Benders decomposition solution approach. Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, 44(1):21--50, October 2021. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10878-021-00802-5 ] [21] Siamak Kheybari, Alessio Ishizaka, and Amirhossein Salamirad. A new hybrid risk-averse best-worst method and portfolio optimization to select temporary hospital locations for Covid-19 patients. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 74(2):509--526, oct 2021. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01605682.2021.1993758 ] [22] Esra Koca and A. Burak Paç. Exploring the discrete and continuous edge improvement problems: Models and algorithms. European Journal of Operational Research, 323(2):441--454, January 2025. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2024.12.051 ] [23] Esra Koca, Nilay Noyan, and Hande Yaman. Two-stage facility location problems with restricted recourse. IISE Transactions, 53(12):1--13, May 2021. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24725854.2021.1910883 ] [24] Abdullah Konak, Sadan Kulturel-Konak, and Lawrence V. Snyder. Nash equilibrium sorting genetic algorithm for simultaneous competitive maximal covering location with multiple players. Engineering Optimization, 54(10):1709--1723, August 2021. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0305215x.2021.1957861 ] [25] Raphael Kramer and Arthur Kramer. An exact framework for the discrete parallel machine scheduling location problem. Computers & Operations Research, 132:105318, August 2021. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2021.105318 ] [26] Dmitry Krushinsky, Xuezhen Guo, and G D H Claassen. Location flexibility in parcel delivery operations: framework and empirical analysis. IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, 33(4):563--581, March 2021. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/imaman/dpab004 ] [27] Pramesh Kumar and Alireza Khani. Adaptive park-and-ride choice on time-dependent stochastic multimodal transportation network. Networks and Spatial Economics, 21(4):771--800, July 2021. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11067-021-09545-6 ] [28] Atıl Kurt and Mehmet Gumus. Sustainable planning of penal facilities through multi-objective location-allocation modelling and data envelopment analysis. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 98:102147, April 2025. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2024.102147 ] [29] Ömer Burak Kınay, Fatma Gzara, and Sibel A. Alumur. Full cover charging station location problem with routing. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 144:1--22, February 2021. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trb.2020.12.001 ] [30] Martine Labbé, Alfredo Marín, and Mercedes Pelegrín. Finding the root graph through minimum edge deletion. European Journal of Operational Research, 289(1):59--74, February 2021. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2020.07.001 ] [31] Tomislav Letnik, Stane Božičnik, Simon Špacapan, and Matej Mencinger. Optimal covering of the equidistant square grid network. Discrete Applied Mathematics, 296:85--89, June 2021. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dam.2020.02.009 ] [32] Jie Liang, Cheng-Yang Yu, Wei Lv, Wei-Kun Chen, and Yu-Hong Dai. Benders decomposition for the large-scale probabilistic set covering problem. Computers & Operations Research, 177:106994, May 2025. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2025.106994 ] [33] Na Li, Yue Jiang, and Zhi-Hai Zhang. A two-stage ambiguous stochastic program for electric vehicle charging station location problem with valet charging service. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 153:149--171, November 2021. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trb.2021.09.006 ] [34] Lei Li, Zaher Al Chami, Hervé Manier, Marie-Ange Manier, and Jian Xue. Incorporating fuel delivery in network design for hydrogen fueling stations: Formulation and two metaheuristic approaches. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 152:102384, August 2021. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2021.102384 ] [35] Yongzhen Li, Yuqin Lin, and Jia Shu. Location and two-echelon inventory network design with economies and diseconomies of scale in facility operating costs. Computers & Operations Research, 133:105347, September 2021. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2021.105347 ] [36] Lu Li, Hong K. Lo, Wei Huang, and Feng Xiao. Mixed bus fleet location-routing-scheduling under range uncertainty. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 146:155--179, April 2021. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trb.2021.02.005 ] [37] Xin Li, Yanchun Pan, Shiqiang Jiang, Qiang Huang, Zhimin Chen, Mingxia Zhang, and Zuoyao Zhang. Locate vaccination stations considering travel distance, operational cost, and work schedule. Omega, 101:102236, June 2021. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2020.102236 ] [38] Mingyang Li, Lingxiao Wu, Yadong Wang, Jinjun Tang, and Tao Feng. The flex-route transit planning problem with meeting points. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 195:103981, March 2025. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2025.103981 ] [39] Chang-Chun Lin and Yen-I Chiang. Alternative formulations for the obnoxious p-median problem. Discrete Applied Mathematics, 289:366--373, January 2021. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dam.2020.11.002 ] [40] Yun Hui Lin and Qingyun Tian. Branch-and-cut approach based on generalized Benders decomposition for facility location with limited choice rule. European Journal of Operational Research, 293(1):109--119, August 2021. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2020.12.017 ] [41] Yun Hui Lin and Qingyun Tian. Generalized Benders decomposition for competitive facility location with concave demand and zone-specialized variable attractiveness. Computers & Operations Research, 130:105236, June 2021. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2021.105236 ] [42] Yanchao Liu. A faster algorithm for the constrained minimum covering circle problem to expedite solving p-center problems in an irregularly shaped area with holes. Naval Research Logistics (NRL), 69(3):431--441, sep 2021. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nav.22023 ] [43] Tianqi Liu and Guiyu Li. Robust recycling facility location with clustering. Computers & Operations Research, 136:105466, December 2021. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2021.105466 ] [44] Yining Liu and Yanfeng Ouyang. Planning charging stations for mixed docked and dockless operations of shared electric micromobility systems. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 171:104989, February 2025. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2024.104989 ] [45] Yang Liu, Jun Tian, and Gengzhong Feng. Pre-positioning strategies for relief supplies in a relief supply chain. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 73(7):1457--1473, June 2021. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01605682.2021.1920343 ] [46] Kanglin Liu, Hengliang Zhang, and Zhi-Hai Zhang. The efficiency, equity and effectiveness of location strategies in humanitarian logistics: A robust chance-constrained approach. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 156:102521, December 2021. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2021.102521 ] [47] Haoxiang Liu, Yuncheng Zou, Ya Chen, and Jiancheng Long. Optimal locations and electricity prices for dynamic wireless charging links of electric vehicles for sustainable transportation. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 152:102187, August 2021. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2020.102187 ] [48] Ping Liu, Meng Wang, Jiangtao Cui, and Hui Li. Top-k competitive location selection over moving objects. Data Science and Engineering, 6(4):392--401, May 2021. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41019-021-00157-1 ] [49] Aijun Liu, Qiuyun Zhu, Lei Xu, Qiang Lu, and Youqing Fan. Sustainable supply chain management for perishable products in emerging markets: An integrated location-inventory-routing model. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 150:102319, June 2021. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2021.102319 ] [50] Weiwei Liu, Nan Kong, Mingzheng Wang, and Lingling Zhang. Sustainable multi-commodity capacitated facility location problem with complementarity demand functions. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 145:102165, January 2021. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2020.102165 ] [51] Xiaohan Lu and Chun Cheng. Locating facilities with resiliency to capacity failures and correlated demand uncertainty. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 153:102444, September 2021. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2021.102444 ] [52] Chao Lu, Xunbo Li, Wenjie Yu, Zhi Zeng, Mingming Yan, and Xiang Li. Sensor network sensing coverage optimization with improved artificial bee colony algorithm using teaching strategy. Computing, 103(7):1439--1460, February 2021. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00607-021-00906-0 ] [53] Xiaoling Luo, Weihua Gu, and Wenbo Fan. Joint design of shared-bike and transit services in corridors. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 132:103366, November 2021. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2021.103366 ] [54] Wei Lv and Chenchen Wu. An LP-rounding based algorithm for a capacitated uniform facility location problem with penalties. Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, 41(4):888--904, March 2021. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10878-021-00726-0 ] [55] Reza Mahmoudi, Saeid Saidi, and Ali Emrouznejad. Mathematical programming in public bus transit design and operations: Emerging technologies and sustainability – a review. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 98:102155, April 2025. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2025.102155 ] [56] Vijaya Kumar Manupati, Tobias Schoenherr, Stephan M. Wagner, Bhanushree Soni, Suraj Panigrahi, and M. Ramkumar. Convalescent plasma bank facility location-allocation problem for COVID-19. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 156:102517, December 2021. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2021.102517 ] [57] Setyo Tri Windras Mara, R.J. Kuo, and Anna Maria Sri Asih. Location‐routing problem: a classification of recent research. International Transactions in Operational Research, 28(6):2941--2983, February 2021. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/itor.12950 ] [58] Alfredo Marín and Mercedes Pelegrín. The double-assignment plant location problem with co-location. Computers & Operations Research, 126:105059, February 2021. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2020.105059 ] [59] Ronald G. McGarvey and Andreas Thorsen. Nested-solution facility location models. Optimization Letters, 16(2):497--514, June 2021. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11590-021-01759-4 ] [60] Anjula Mehto, Shashikala Tapaswi, and K. K. Pattanaik. Optimal rendezvous points selection to reliably acquire data from wireless sensor networks using mobile sink. Computing, 103(4):707--733, February 2021. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00607-021-00917-x ] [61] Gökhan Memişoğlu and Halit Üster. Design of a biofuel supply network under stochastic and price-dependent biomass availability. IISE Transactions, 53(8):869--882, February 2021. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24725854.2020.1869870 ] [62] Esteban Ogazón, Ana María Anaya-Arenas, and Angel Ruiz. Designing hub-based regional transportation networks with service level constraints. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 195:103991, March 2025. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2025.103991 ] [63] Esteban Ogazón, Ana María Anaya-Arenas, and Angel Ruiz. The time-definite hub line location problem. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 98:102185, April 2025. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2025.102185 ] [64] Bikram Parajuli and Xin Feng. Strategic deployment of a single mobile weather radar for the enhancement of meteorological observation: A coverage-based location problem. Remote Sensing, 17(5):870, February 2025. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs17050870 ] [65] Frank Plastria and Francisco Guevara. Ultrametric location and parsimonious representation. Computers & Operations Research, 177:106977, May 2025. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2025.106977 ] [66] Hani Pourvaziri, Majid Taghavi, Hassan Sarhadi, Hamid Afshari, and Nader Azad. Multi-objective planning of electric vehicles charging stations by integrating drivers’ preferences and fairness considerations: A case study in Halifax, Canada. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 201:110886, March 2025. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2025.110886 ] [67] Inez Puttemans, An Caris, and Kris Braekers. The integration of location and inventory decisions in supply chain networks: A literature review and future prospects. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 195:103970, March 2025. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2025.103970 ] [68] Alexander Rave and Pirmin Fontaine. The location routing problem with time windows and load-dependent travel times for cargo bikes. European Journal of Operational Research, 323(1):97--107, May 2025. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2024.11.040 ] [69] Carlos Rivera-Gonzalez and Jose Holguin-Veras. A facility location problem considering freight tours to support freight-efficient land use planning. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 192:104321, February 2025. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2024.104321 ] [70] Fateme Souri and S. M. T. Fatemi Ghomi. Design of sustainable perishable food supply chain network under uncertainty. OPSEARCH, 62(1):406--422, July 2024. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12597-024-00793-x ] [71] Daniel Speth, Patrick Plötz, and Martin Wietschel. An optimal capacity-constrained fast charging network for battery electric trucks in Germany. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 193:104383, March 2025. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2025.104383 ] [72] Sander van Cranenburgh and Francisco Garrido-Valenzuela. Computer vision-enriched discrete choice models, with an application to residential location choice. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 192:104300, February 2025. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2024.104300 ] [73] Alexandros A. Voudouris. Metric distortion of obnoxious distributed voting. Information Processing Letters, 189:106559, March 2025. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ipl.2025.106559 ] [74] Hua Wang and Andrew Zhang. Extremal problems on Steiner k-distances. Discrete Applied Mathematics, 365:13--26, April 2025. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dam.2024.12.023 ] [75] Luqi Wang, Guoqing Yang, and Jianmin Xu. Cluster-based healthcare network design problem with referral system using a hybrid genetic algorithm. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 98:102174, April 2025. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2025.102174 ] [76] Xiang Xu, Fen Li, Ting Wu, Xinru Huang, Xueling Guan, Tingyu Zheng, and Liang Shen. Location-routing optimization problem of pharmaceutical cold chain logistics with oil-electric mixed fleets under uncertainties. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 201:110932, March 2025. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2025.110932 ] [77] Pei-Jia Yang and Wen-Chang Luo. Approximation algorithm for the k-product uncapacitated facility location problem with penalties. Journal of the Operations Research Society of China, 13(1):287--296, April 2023. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40305-023-00478-0 ] [78] Honggang Zhang, Jinbiao Huo, Churong Chen, and Zhiyuan Liu. A composite transportation network design problem with land-air coordinated operations. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 171:104967, February 2025. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2024.104967 ] [79] Yuxin Zhang, Min Huang, Yaoxin Wu, Zhiguang Cao, Yuan Lin, Jie Zhang, and Xingwei Wang. Green fourth-party logistics network design under carbon cap-and-trade policy. International Journal of Production Economics, 282:109540, April 2025. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109540 ] [80] Zhonghao Zhao, Carman K.M. Lee, Yung Po Tsang, and Xinsheng Xu. A heuristic-attention method for location-routing problems with shared pick-up stations in green last-mile delivery. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 172:105031, March 2025. [ DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2025.105031 ] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%