Dear fellow locaters,
 
Spring is here with a large collection englobing all new references I had englobing 2021 till now: 93 items.
Take your time to enjoy.
Cheers
Frank Plastria
 
Prof. Em. Frank Plastria
BUTO, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
frank.plastria@vub.be
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[1] Lotte van Aken, Loe Schlicher, and Marco Slikker. Time-dependent Stackelberg protection location games. Operations Research Letters, 60:107278, May 2025. [ DOI ]
[2] Steffen J.S. Bakker, Jonas Martin, E. Ruben van Beesten, Ingvild Synnøve Brynildsen, Anette Sandvig, Marit Siqveland, and Antonia Golab. STraM: A strategic network design model for national freight transport decarbonization. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 197:104076, May 2025. [ DOI ]
[3] Majid Banaeyan and Walter G. Kropatsch. Adapting a total vertex order to the geometry of a connected component. Pattern Recognition Letters, 190:8--14, April 2025. [ DOI ]
[4] John R. Birge and Levi DeValve. Inventory placement on a network. Operations Research Letters, 60:107240, May 2025. [ DOI ]
[5] Argyrios Deligkas, Mohammad Lotfi, and Alexandros A. Voudouris. Agent-constrained truthful facility location games. Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, 49(2), January 2025. [ DOI ]
[6] Luigi Di Puglia Pugliese, Francesca Guerriero, and Nathalie Mitton. Optimizing wireless sensor networks deployment with coverage and connectivity requirements. Annals of Operations Research, 346(3):1997--2008, January 2025. [ DOI ]
[7] Yucong Hu, Qingyang Liu, Sitong Li, and Weitiao Wu. Robust emergency logistics network design for pandemic emergencies under demand uncertainty. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 196:103957, April 2025. [ DOI ]
[8] David Islip and Roy H. Kwon. Stochastic red-blue set covering: a decomposition approach. Journal of Global Optimization, 91(4):923--951, March 2025. [ DOI ]
[9] Nhat-Minh Le-Phan, Phuoc Doan Nguyen, Hyo-Sung Ahn, and Minh Hoang Trinh. Bearing-only solution for Fermat–Weber location problem: Generalized algorithms. Automatica, 176:112242, June 2025. [ DOI ]
[10] Xiangyun Li, Desheng Dai, Jingwen Dong, and Kaili Hu. Research on the collaborative mechanism between site selection optimization model and control of green space planning under the background of urban renewal. Discover Sustainability, 6(1), April 2025. [ DOI ]
[11] Lan Luo, Xiangyong Li, and Yuxuan Zhao. A two-stage stochastic-robust model for supply chain network design problem under disruptions and endogenous demand uncertainty. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 196:104013, April 2025. [ DOI ]
[12] Fengqiao Luo. A note on valid inequalities for a service center location problem with a type of decision-dependent customer demand. Annals of Operations Research, 346(3):2387--2400, January 2025. [ DOI ]
[13] Arya Sevgen Misiç, Mumtaz Karatas, and Abdullah Dasci. Optimal sizing and location of energy storage systems for transmission grids connected to wind farms. Omega, 134:103301, July 2025. [ DOI ]
[14] Mahdi Noorizadegan, Abbas Seifi, Hossein Esmaeeli, and Reza Zanjirani Farahani. Preemptive facility interdiction under damage uncertainty. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 197:104081, May 2025. [ DOI ]
[15] Anika Pomes, Antonio Diglio, Stefan Nickel, and Francisco Saldanha-da Gama. Multi-stage stochastic districting: optimization models and solution algorithms. Annals of Operations Research, 346(3):2225--2251, January 2025. [ DOI ]
[16] Zhenjie Wang, Dezhi Zhang, Lóránt Tavasszy, and Stefano Fazi. The hierarchical multimodal hub location problem for cross-border logistics networks considering multiple capacity levels, congestion and economies of scale. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 196:103972, April 2025. [ DOI ]
[17] Nonthaphat Wongwattanakij, Nattawut Phetmak, Chaiporn Jaikaeo, and Jittat Fakcharoenphol. An improved PTAS for covering targets with mobile sensors. Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, 49(2), January 2025. [ DOI ]
[18] Jiaxuan Wu, Xiaoqian Sun, Yifan Xu, Changmin Jiang, and Sebastian Wandelt. Hydrogen airport location selection and fleet assignment under policy considerations. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 197:104078, May 2025. [ DOI ]
[19] Zvi Drezner. An improved algorithm for solving the Weber location problem. 4OR, 23(1):53--63, May 2024. [ DOI ]
[20] Sixia Li, Libang Ma, Qiya Huang, Xijuan Cui, Zhihang Zhu, and Yanling Zong. Accessibility and optimization of rural healthcare facilities from the perspective of the rural living circle. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, 18(1), October 2024. [ DOI ]
[21] Zhe Zhang, Zhi He, Yuan Yuan, and Xi Chen. Deep network capacitated covering location model: Spatial location-allocation optimization of community healthcare facilities in consideration of public health emergencies. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, 18(1), November 2024. [ DOI ]
[22] Yuanyuan Chen, Hongling Men, and Xinli Ke. Optimizing urban green space patterns to improve spatial equity using location-allocation model: A case study in Wuhan. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 84:127922, June 2023. [ DOI ]
[23] Aliakbar Hasani, Majid Eskandarpour, and Dylan Jones. Health care network design with multiple objectives and stakeholders. Annals of Operations Research, 346(2):1027--1062, December 2023. [ DOI ]
[24] Fouad Maliki, Mehdi Souier, Mohammed Dahane, and Fouad Ben Abdelaziz. A multi-objective optimization model for a multi-period mobile facility location problem with environmental and disruption considerations. Annals of Operations Research, 346(2):1445--1470, September 2022. [ DOI ]
[25] Shiva Moslemi and Seyed Hamid Reza Pasandideh. A location-allocation model for quality-based blood supply chain under IER uncertainty. RAIRO - Operations Research, 55:S967--S998, 2021. [ DOI ]
[26] Lazar Mrkela and Zorica Stanimirović. A variable neighborhood search for the budget-constrained maximal covering location problem with customer preference ordering. Operational Research, 22(5):5913--5951, jun 2021. [ DOI ]
[27] Mamdouh Mubarak, Halit Üster, Khaled Abdelghany, and Mohammad Khodayar. Strategic network design and analysis for in-motion wireless charging of electric vehicles. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 145:102179, January 2021. [ DOI ]
[28] Alan T. Murray. Contemporary optimization application through geographic information systems. Omega, 99:102176, March 2021. [ DOI ]
[29] S. Mutti, G. Nicola, M. Beschi, N. Pedrocchi, and L. Molinari Tosatti. Towards optimal task positioning in multi-robot cells, using nested meta-heuristic swarm algorithms. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 71:102131, October 2021. [ DOI ]
[30] Ali Nadizadeh. Formulation and a heuristic approach for the orienteering location-routing problem. RAIRO - Operations Research, 55:S2055--S2069, 2021. [ DOI ]
[31] Rahimeh Neamatian Monemi, Shahin Gelareh, Anass Nagih, Nelson Maculan, and Kassem Danach. Multi-period hub location problem with serial demands: A case study of humanitarian aids distribution in Lebanon. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 149:102201, May 2021. [ DOI ]
[32] Daniel Negrotto and Irene Loiseau. A branch & cut algorithm for the prize-collecting capacitated location routing problem. TOP, 29(1):34--57, January 2021. [ DOI ]
[33] Wenjun Ni, Jia Shu, Miao Song, Dachuan Xu, and Kaike Zhang. A branch-and-price algorithm for facility location with general facility cost functions. INFORMS Journal on Computing, 33(1):86--104, January 2021. [ DOI ]
[34] Cihat Öztürk, Gülfem Tuzkaya, and Serol Bulkan. Centrality based solution approaches for median-type incomplete hub location problems. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 156:107275, June 2021. [ DOI ]
[35] Luttiely Santos Oliveira and Ricardo Luiz Machado. Application of optimization methods in the closed-loop supply chain: a literature review. Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, 41(2):357--400, January 2021. [ DOI ]
[36] Venkatesh Pandiri and Alok Singh. A simple hyper-heuristic approach for a variant of many-to-many hub location-routing problem. Journal of Heuristics, 27(5):791--868, June 2021. [ DOI ]
[37] Sophie N. Parragh, Fabien Tricoire, and Walter J. Gutjahr. A branch-and-Benders-cut algorithm for a bi-objective stochastic facility location problem. OR Spectrum, 44(2):419--459, March 2021. [ DOI ]
[38] Mohsen Parsafard and Xiaopeng Li. Sensor location design for interdicting mobile travelers with probabilistic space-time trajectories. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 132:103420, November 2021. [ DOI ]
[39] Subramanian Pazhani, Abraham Mendoza, Ramkumar Nambirajan, T.T. Narendran, K. Ganesh, and Elias Olivares-Benitez. Multi-period multi-product closed loop supply chain network design: A relaxation approach. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 155:107191, May 2021. [ DOI ]
[40] Filippo Pecci, Ivan Stoianov, and Avi Ostfeld. Relax-tighten-round algorithm for optimal placement and control of valves and chlorine boosters in water networks. European Journal of Operational Research, 295(2):690--698, December 2021. [ DOI ]
[41] Justo Puerto, Federica Ricca, and Andrea Scozzari. Locating a discrete subtree of minimum variance on trees: New strategies to tackle a very hard problem. Discrete Applied Mathematics, 289:78--92, January 2021. [ DOI ]
[42] Yingli Ran, Xiaohui Huang, Zhao Zhang, and Ding-Zhu Du. Approximation algorithm for minimum partial multi-cover under a geometric setting. Optimization Letters, 16(2):667--680, May 2021. [ DOI ]
[43] Luiza Bernardes Real, Ivan Contreras, Jean-François Cordeau, Ricardo Saraiva de Camargo, and Gilberto de Miranda. Multimodal hub network design with flexible routes. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 146:102188, February 2021. [ DOI ]
[44] Rym Regaieg, Mohamed Koubàa, Zacharie Ales, and Taoufik Aguili. Multi-objective optimization for VM placement in homogeneous and heterogeneous cloud service provider data centers. Computing, 103(6):1255--1279, February 2021. [ DOI ]
[45] Shabnam Rekabi, Ali Ghodratnama, and Amir Azaron. Designing pharmaceutical supply chain networks with perishable items considering congestion. Operational Research, 22(4):4159--4219, September 2021. [ DOI ]
[46] Roger Z. Ríos-Mercado, Ada M. Álvarez Socarrás, Andrés Castrillón, and Mario C. López-Locés. A location-allocation-improvement heuristic for districting with multiple-activity balancing constraints and p-median-based dispersion minimization. Computers & Operations Research, 126:105106, February 2021. [ DOI ]
[47] Sebastian A. Rodriguez, Rodrigo A. De la Fuente, and Maichel M. Aguayo. A simulation-optimization approach for the facility location and vehicle assignment problem for firefighters using a loosely coupled spatio-temporal arrival process. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 157:107242, July 2021. [ DOI ]
[48] Borzou Rostami, Nicolas Kämmerling, Joe Naoum-Sawaya, Christoph Buchheim, and Uwe Clausen. Stochastic single-allocation hub location. European Journal of Operational Research, 289(3):1087--1106, March 2021. [ DOI ]
[49] Paul Rubin and Monica Gentili. An exact method for locating counting sensors in flow observability problems. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 123:102855, February 2021. [ DOI ]
[50] Prasanta K. Sahu, Babak Mehran, Surya P. Mahapatra, and Satish Sharma. Spatial data analysis approach for network-wide consolidation of bus stop locations. Public Transport, 13(2):375--394, March 2021. [ DOI ]
[51] Ahmed Saif and Erick Delage. Data-driven distributionally robust capacitated facility location problem. European Journal of Operational Research, 291(3):995--1007, June 2021. [ DOI ]
[52] Mostafa Salari, Lina Kattan, William H.K. Lam, Mohammad Ansari Esfeh, and Hao Fu. Modeling the effect of sensor failure on the location of counting sensors for origin-destination (OD) estimation. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 132:103367, November 2021. [ DOI ]
[53] Jesús Sánchez-Oro, Ana D. López-Sánchez, and J. Manuel Colmenar. A multi-objective parallel variable neighborhood search for the bi-objective obnoxious p-median problem. Optimization Letters, 16(1):301--331, January 2021. [ DOI ]
[54] Ece Sanci and Mark S. Daskin. An integer L-shaped algorithm for the integrated location and network restoration problem in disaster relief. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 145:152--184, March 2021. [ DOI ]
[55] Teresa Schnepper, Kathrin Klamroth, Justo Puerto, and Michael Stiglmayr. A local analysis to determine all optimal solutions of p-k-max location problems on networks. Discrete Applied Mathematics, 296:217--234, June 2021. [ DOI ]
[56] Shahrooz Shahparvari, Hamed Soleimani, Kannan Govindan, Behrooz Bodaghi, Mahshid Taherian Fard, and Hamid Jafari. Closing the loop: Redesigning sustainable reverse logistics network in uncertain supply chains. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 157:107093, July 2021. [ DOI ]
[57] Xiaoting Shang, Kai Yang, Bin Jia, and Ziyou Gao. Distributionally robust cluster-based hierarchical hub location problem for the integration of urban and rural public transport system. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 155:107181, May 2021. [ DOI ]
[58] Minhua Shao, Congcong Xie, and Lijun Sun. Optimization of network sensor location for full link flow observability considering sensor measurement error. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 133:103460, December 2021. [ DOI ]
[59] Ankit Sharma, Amit Kohar, Suresh Kumar Jakhar, and Sonia. Profit maximizing hub location problem in the airline industry under coopetition. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 160:107563, October 2021. [ DOI ]
[60] Karmel S. Shehadeh and Ece Sanci. Distributionally robust facility location with bimodal random demand. Computers & Operations Research, 134:105257, October 2021. [ DOI ]
[61] Vladimir Shenmaier. Linear-size universal discretization of geometric center-based problems in fixed dimensions. Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, 43(3):528--542, August 2021. [ DOI ]
[62] Jia Shu, Wenya Lv, and Qing Na. Humanitarian relief supply network design: Expander graph based approach and a case study of 2013 flood in Northeast China. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 146:102178, February 2021. [ DOI ]
[63] Allyson Silva, Leandro C. Coelho, and Maryam Darvish. Quadratic assignment problem variants: A survey and an effective parallel memetic iterated tabu search. European Journal of Operational Research, 292(3):1066--1084, August 2021. [ DOI ]
[64] Allyson Silva, Daniel Aloise, Leandro C. Coelho, and Caroline Rocha. Heuristics for the dynamic facility location problem with modular capacities. European Journal of Operational Research, 290(2):435--452, April 2021. [ DOI ]
[65] V.F. Stienen, J.C. Wagenaar, D. den Hertog, and H.A. Fleuren. Optimal depot locations for humanitarian logistics service providers using robust optimization. Omega, 104:102494, October 2021. [ DOI ]
[66] Mahyar Taheri-Bavil-Oliaei, Seyed Hessameddin Zegordi, and Reza Tavakkoli-Moghaddam. Bi-objective build-to-order supply chain network design under uncertainty and time-dependent demand: An automobile case study. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 154:107126, April 2021. [ DOI ]
[67] Liangyan Tao, Sifeng Liu, Naiming Xie, and Saad Ahmed Javed. Optimal position of supply chain delivery window with risk-averse suppliers: A CVaR optimization approach. International Journal of Production Economics, 232:107989, February 2021. [ DOI ]
[68] Javad Tayyebi and Ali Reza Sepasian. Reverse 1-centre problem on trees under convex piecewise-linear cost function. Optimization, 72(3):843--860, oct 2021. [ DOI ]
[69] Danilo Tedeschi and Marina Andretta. New exact algorithms for planar maximum covering location by ellipses problems. European Journal of Operational Research, 291(1):114--127, May 2021. [ DOI ]
[70] Erfan Babaee Tirkolaee, Parvin Abbasian, and Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber. Sustainable fuzzy multi-trip location-routing problem for medical waste management during the COVID-19 outbreak. Science of The Total Environment, 756:143607, feb 2021. [ DOI ]
[71] Richa Tiwari, Sachin Jayaswal, and Ankur Sinha. Competitive hub location problem: Model and solution approaches. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 146:237--261, April 2021. [ DOI ]
[72] Richa Tiwari, Sachin Jayaswal, and Ankur Sinha. Alternate solution approaches for competitive hub location problems. European Journal of Operational Research, 290(1):68--80, April 2021. [ DOI ]
[73] Rafael D. Tordecilla, Angel A. Juan, Jairo R. Montoya-Torres, Carlos L. Quintero-Araujo, and Javier Panadero. Simulation-optimization methods for designing and assessing resilient supply chain networks under uncertainty scenarios: A review. Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, 106:102166, January 2021. [ DOI ]
[74] Cong Quoc Tran, Mehdi Keyvan-Ekbatani, Dong Ngoduy, and David Watling. Stochasticity and environmental cost inclusion for electric vehicles fast-charging facility deployment. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 154:102460, October 2021. [ DOI ]
[75] Hasan Hüseyin Turan, Sanath Darshana Kahagalage, Fatemeh Jalalvand, and Sondoss El Sawah. A multi-objective simulation–optimization for a joint problem of strategic facility location, workforce planning, and capacity allocation: A case study in the Royal Australian Navy. Expert Systems with Applications, 186:115751, December 2021. [ DOI ]
[76] Renata Turkeš, Kenneth Sörensen, and Daniel Palhazi Cuervo. A matheuristic for the stochastic facility location problem. Journal of Heuristics, 27(4):649--694, February 2021. [ DOI ]
[77] I. L. Vasilyev and A. V. Ushakov. Discrete facility location in machine learning. Journal of Applied and Industrial Mathematics, 15(4):686--710, November 2021. [ DOI ]
[78] Amit Kumar Vatsa and Sachin Jayaswal. Capacitated multi-period maximal covering location problem with server uncertainty. European Journal of Operational Research, 289(3):1107--1126, March 2021. [ DOI ]
[79] Miguel E. Vázquez-Méndez, Gerardo Casal, Alberte Castro, and Duarte Santamarina. Optimization of an urban railway bypass. a case study in A Coruña-Lugo line, Northwest of Spain. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 151:106935, January 2021. [ DOI ]
[80] Marilis Bahr Karam Venceslau, Helder Manoel Venceslau, Renan Vicente Pinto, Gustavo Dias, and Nelson Maculan. A new penalty/stochastic approach to an application of the covering problem: The gamma knife treatment. RAIRO - Operations Research, 55:S787--S810, 2021. [ DOI ]
[81] Antonio J. Moreno Verdejo, Abraham López Viveros, and Rafael Ramirez Uclés. Statistical significance of the median of a set of points on the plane. The College Mathematics Journal, 52(3):205--218, May 2021. [ DOI ]
[82] Sebastian Wandelt, Weibin Dai, Jun Zhang, Qiuhong Zhao, and Xiaoqian Sun. An efficient and scalable approach to hub location problems based on contraction. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 151:106955, January 2021. [ DOI ]
[83] Siwen Wang and Zi Xu. New approximation algorithms for weighted maximin dispersion problem with box or ball constraints. Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 190(2):524--539, June 2021. [ DOI ]
[84] Yang Wang, Zhipeng Lü, and Zhouxing Su. A two-phase intensification tabu search algorithm for the maximum min-sum dispersion problem. Computers & Operations Research, 135:105427, November 2021. [ DOI ]
[85] Huihui Wang, Min Huang, W.H. Ip, and Xingwei Wang. Network design for maximizing service satisfaction of suppliers and customers under limited budget for industry innovator fourth-party logistics. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 158:107404, August 2021. [ DOI ]
[86] Hua Wang, Qiang Meng, Jing Wang, and De Zhao. An electric-vehicle corridor model in a dense city with applications to charging location and traffic management. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 149:79--99, July 2021. [ DOI ]
[87] Jing Wang, Jianping Cai, Xiaohang Yue, and Nallan C. Suresh. Pre-positioning and real-time disaster response operations: Optimization with mobile phone location data. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 150:102344, June 2021. [ DOI ]
[88] Sheng-Chuan Wang and Ta-Cheng Chen. Using NSGA-II to solve multi-objective competitive location problem with cooperative coverage for distance-based attractiveness. Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, 40(4):7723--7734, April 2021. [ DOI ]
[89] Yusheng Wang, Zhijie Sasha Dong, and Shaolong Hu. A stochastic prepositioning model for distribution of disaster supplies considering lateral transshipment. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 74:100930, April 2021. [ DOI ]
[90] Ting-Kwei Wang, Xingyue Gu, Keqing Li, and Jieh-Haur Chen. Competitive location selection of a commercial center based on the vitality of commercial districts and residential emotion. Journal of Urban Planning and Development, 147(1), March 2021. [ DOI ]
[91] Shai Dimant and Sven O. Krumke. On constrained minimum weight edge covers with applications to emergency planning. Networks, 85(3):261--271, November 2024. [ DOI ]
[92] Yingli Ran, Xiaohui Huang, Zhao Zhang, and Ding-Zhu Du. Approximation algorithm for minimum power partial multi-coverage in wireless sensor networks. Journal of Global Optimization, 80(3):661--677, May 2021. [ DOI ]
[93] Yingli Ran, Jianhong Jin, and Zhao Zhang. Approximation algorithm for the minimum interval partial multicover problem. Networks, 85(3):288--293, December 2024. [ DOI ]