[Ewgla] Location related references June 2013 - October 2013

Dear EWGLA members,

Please find below the references related to our research area that I collected during the period June 2013 - October 2013.

Sincerely Frank Plastria

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Jena, S.; Cordeau, J.-F. & Gendron, B. Modeling and solving a logging camp location problem Annals of Operations Research, Springer US, 2012, 1-27 http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10479-012-1278-z ****************************** Aros-Vera F., Marianov V.,Mitchell J.2013, p-Hub approach for the optimal park-and-ride facility location problem, European Journal of Operational Research, 226 (2013), 277 ­ 285. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2012.11.006

****************************** Category Positioning and Store Choice: The Role of Destination Categories Richard A. Briesch, William R. Dillon, and Edward J. Fox MARKETING SCIENCE 2013;32 488-509 http://mktsci.journal.informs.org/cgi/content/abstract/32/3/488?etoc

****************************** Panagiotis Mitropoulos, Ioannis Mitropoulos, Ioannis Giannikos, Combining DEA with location analysis for the effective consolidation of services in the health sector, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 40, Issue 9, September 2013, Pages 2241-2250, ISSN 0305-0548, 10.1016/j.cor.2012.01.008. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305054812000202) Keywords: Location-allocation; Data envelopment analysis; OR in heath

****************************** Solving a stochastic facility location/fleet management problem with logic-based Benders' decomposition Mohammad M. Fazel-Zarandi, Oded Berman & J. Christopher Beck Pages: 896-911 DOI: 10.1080/0740817X.2012.705452 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0740817X.2012.705452?ai=18u&u...

****************************** Integrated dynamic single-facility location and inventory planning problems Jiaming Qiu & Thomas C. Sharkey Pages: 883-895 DOI: 10.1080/0740817X.2013.770184 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0740817X.2013.770184?ai=18u&u...

****************************** Embotelladoras ARCA Uses Operations Research to Improve Territory Design Plans J. Fabian Lopez-Perez and Roger Z. Rios-Mercado INTERFACES 2013;43 209-220 http://interfaces.journal.informs.org/cgi/content/abstract/43/3/209?etoc

****************************** Optimizing Fire Station Locations for the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Emel Aktas, Ozay Ozaydin, Burcin Bozkaya, Fusun Ulengin, and Sule Onsel INTERFACES 2013;43 240-255 http://interfaces.journal.informs.org/cgi/content/abstract/43/3/240?etoc

****************************** Nahid Jafari, John Hearne, A new method to solve the fully connected Reserve Network Design Problem, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 231, Issue 1, 16 November 2013, Pages 202-209, ISSN 0377-2217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2013.05.015. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221713004141) ****************************** J. Puerto, A.B. Ramos, A.M. Rodríguez-Chía, A specialized branch &bound& cut for Single-Allocation Ordered Median Hub Location problems, Discrete Applied Mathematics, Volume 161, Issues 16–17, November 2013, Pages 2624-2646, ISSN 0166-218X, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dam.2013.05.035. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166218X13002758) ****************************** Frank Plastria, José Gordillo, Emilio Carrizosa, Locating a semi-obnoxious covering facility with repelling polygonal regions, Discrete Applied Mathematics, Volume 161, Issues 16–17, November 2013, Pages 2604-2623, ISSN 0166-218X, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dam.2013.05.010. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166218X13002394)

****************************** F. Plastria, Corrigendum to “A note towards improved homeland defense” [Omega 40 (2012) 244–248], Omega, Volume 42, Issue 1, January 2014, Pages 213-214, ISSN 0305-0483, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2013.01.005. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305048313000145) ****************************** Byung Duk Song, James R. Morrison, Young Dae Ko, Efficient location and allocation strategies for undesirable facilities considering their fundamental properties, Computers & Industrial Engineering, Volume 65, Issue 3, July 2013, Pages 475-484, ISSN 0360-8352, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2013.03.009. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360835213001101) ****************************** Blaž Zmazek, Janez Žerovnik, The obnoxious center problem on weighted cactus graphs, Discrete Applied Mathematics, Volume 136, Issues 2–3, 15 February 2004, Pages 377-386, ISSN 0166-218X, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0166-218X(03)00452-9. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166218X03004529) Keywords: Location problems; Center problem; Obnoxious facilities; Linear-time algorithm

****************************** Jérôme Baray, Gérard Cliquet, Optimizing locations through a maximum covering/p-median hierarchical model: Maternity hospitals in France, Journal of Business Research, Volume 66, Issue 1, January 2013, Pages 127-132, ISSN 0148-2963, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2012.09.003. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0148296312002391) Keywords: Covering model; Hierarchical model; Location-allocation model; Maternity hospitals; p-median ****************************** V.A. Knight, P.R. Harper, L. Smith, Ambulance allocation for maximal survival with heterogeneous outcome measures, Omega, Volume 40, Issue 6, December 2012, Pages 918-926, ISSN 0305-0483, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2012.02.003. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305048312000436) Keywords: Ambulance allocation; Health care modeling; Survival function; Patient outcome; Covering model

****************************** Mohammad H. Vahidnia, Ali A. Alesheikh, Abbas Alimohammadi, Hospital site selection using fuzzy AHP and its derivatives, Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 90, Issue 10, July 2009, Pages 3048-3056, ISSN 0301-4797, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2009.04.010. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479709001327) Keywords: GIS; MCDA; Fuzzy extent analysis; Center-of-area defuzzification; ?-cut-based method

****************************** Kenneth Carling, Johan Håkansson, A compelling argument for the gravity p-median model, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 226, Issue 3, 1 May 2013, Pages 658-660, ISSN 0377-2217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2012.11.041. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221712008934) Keywords: Travel time; Spatial aggregation; Multi-purpose trips

****************************** Ping Yin, Lan Mu, Modular capacitated maximal covering location problem for the optimal siting of emergency vehicles, Applied Geography, Volume 34, May 2012, Pages 247-254, ISSN 0143-6228, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2011.11.013. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0143622811002360) Keywords: Modular capacitated MCLP; Spatial demand representation; GIS; Emergency vehicle

****************************** Ibrahim Dogan, Analysis of facility location model using Bayesian Networks, Expert Systems with Applications, Volume 39, Issue 1, January 2012, Pages 1092-1104, ISSN 0957-4174, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2011.07.109. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0957417411010712) Keywords: Facility location; Bayesian Networks; Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)

****************************** M.H. Fazel Zarandi, S. Davari, S.A. Haddad Sisakht, The large scale maximal covering location problem, Scientia Iranica, Volume 18, Issue 6, December 2011, Pages 1564-1570, ISSN 1026-3098, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scient.2011.11.008. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1026309811002100) Keywords: Analysis of variance (ANOVA); Facility location; Genetic algorithm; Maximal covering location problem (MCLP); Metaheuristics

****************************** Ivan Contreras, Elena Fernández, Gerhard Reinelt, Minimizing the maximum travel time in a combined model of facility location and network design, Omega, Volume 40, Issue 6, December 2012, Pages 847-860, ISSN 0305-0483, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2012.01.006. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305048312000175) Keywords: Facility location; Network design; Integer programming; Valid inequalities

****************************** Paul J. Maliszewski, Michael J. Kuby, Mark W. Horner, A comparison of multi-objective spatial dispersion models for managing critical assets in urban areas, Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, Volume 36, Issue 4, July 2012, Pages 331-341, ISSN 0198-9715, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2011.12.006. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0198971511001293) Keywords: Critical infrastructure protection; Dispersion; Facility location

****************************** A. Kaveh, H. Nasr, Solving the conditional and unconditional p-center problem with modified harmony search: A real case study, Scientia Iranica, Volume 18, Issue 4, August 2011, Pages 867-877, ISSN 1026-3098, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scient.2011.07.010. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1026309811001246) Keywords: Harmony search; p -center problem; Conditional; Unconditional; Bicycle stations

****************************** Hector Toro-Díaz, Maria E. Mayorga, Sunarin Chanta, Laura A. McLay, Joint location and dispatching decisions for Emergency Medical Services, Computers & Industrial Engineering, Volume 64, Issue 4, April 2013, Pages 917-928, ISSN 0360-8352, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2013.01.002. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360835213000077) Keywords: Location/allocation in healthcare; Hypercube model; Genetic algorithm

****************************** Soheil Davari, Mohammad Hossein Fazel Zarandi, I. Burhan Turksen, A greedy variable neighborhood search heuristic for the maximal covering location problem with fuzzy coverage radii, Knowledge-Based Systems, Volume 41, March 2013, Pages 68-76, ISSN 0950-7051, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2012.12.012. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0950705112003589) Keywords: Maximal covering location problem (MCLP); Credibility theory; Variable neighborhood search; Fuzzy simulation; Facility location

****************************** Seyed Mohsen Mousavi, Seyed Taghi Akhavan Niaki, Capacitated location allocation problem with stochastic location and fuzzy demand: A hybrid algorithm, Applied Mathematical Modelling, Volume 37, Issue 7, 1 April 2013, Pages 5109-5119, ISSN 0307-904X, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2012.10.038. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0307904X12006439) Keywords: Location allocation problem; Fuzzy programming; Fuzzy simulation; Hybrid intelligent algorithm; Evaluating expected distance

****************************** Bih-Sheue Shieh, Solution to the covering problem, Information Sciences, Volume 222, 10 February 2013, Pages 626-633, ISSN 0020-0255, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ins.2012.08.018. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0020025512005713) Keywords: Covering problem; Combinatorial problem; Minimal covering; Fuzzy relation equation; Minimal solution

****************************** Mehrdad Mohammadi, Fariborz Jolai, Hamideh Rostami, An M/M/c queue model for hub covering location problem, Mathematical and Computer Modelling, Volume 54, Issues 11–12, December 2011, Pages 2623-2638, ISSN 0895-7177, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mcm.2011.06.038. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0895717711003797) Keywords: Location; Facilities planning and design; Hub covering location; Queuing; Evolutionary computations; Imperialist Competitive Algorithm

****************************** A. Azadeh, S.F. Ghaderi, M.R. Nasrollahi, Location optimization of wind plants in Iran by an integrated hierarchical Data Envelopment Analysis, Renewable Energy, Volume 36, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages 1621-1631, ISSN 0960-1481, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2010.11.004. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960148110005069) Keywords: Wind plants; Location optimization; Hierarchical Data Envelopment Analysis

****************************** Salem M. Al-Yakoob, Hanif D. Sherali, A column generation approach for determining optimal fleet mix, schedules, and transshipment facility locations for a vessel transportation problem, Applied Mathematical Modelling, Volume 37, Issue 4, 15 February 2013, Pages 2374-2387, ISSN 0307-904X, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2012.05.028. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0307904X12003472) Keywords: Mixed-integer programing; Vessel scheduling; Column generation; Transportation

****************************** Jean Cardinal, Martin Hoefer, Non-cooperative facility location and covering games, Theoretical Computer Science, Volume 411, Issues 16–18, 28 March 2010, Pages 1855-1876, ISSN 0304-3975, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tcs.2010.02.005. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304397510000897) Keywords: Cost Sharing; Nash equilibrium; Price of anarchy; Approximate equilibrium; Facility location

****************************** Fred Glover, Advanced greedy algorithms and surrogate constraint methods for linear and quadratic knapsack and covering problems, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 230, Issue 2, 16 October 2013, Pages 212-225, ISSN 0377-2217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2013.04.010. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221713003081)

****************************** Gina Galindo, Rajan Batta, Review of recent developments in OR/MS research in disaster operations management, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 230, Issue 2, 16 October 2013, Pages 201-211, ISSN 0377-2217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2013.01.039. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221713000866) Keywords: Disaster operations management; Operations research; Management science

****************************** Ali Saboury, Nader Ghaffari-Nasab, Farnaz Barzinpour, Mohamad Saeed Jabalameli, Applying two efficient hybrid heuristics for hub location problem with fully interconnected backbone and access networks, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 40, Issue 10, October 2013, Pages 2493-2507, ISSN 0305-0548, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2013.01.008. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305054813000166) Keywords: Hierarchical networks; Hub location; Hybrid heuristic; Simulated annealing; Tabu search; Variable neighborhood search

****************************** Wilbert Wilhelm, Xue Han, Chaehwa Lee, Computational comparison of two formulations for dynamic supply chain reconfiguration with capacity expansion and contraction, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 40, Issue 10, October 2013, Pages 2340-2356, ISSN 0305-0548, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2013.04.011. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305054813001172) Keywords: Supply chain design; Dynamic supply chain reconfiguration (DSCR); Capacity expansion; Capacity contraction; Mixed integer programming (MIP)

****************************** C. Valero-Franco, A.M. Rodríguez-Chía, I. Espejo, Accelerating convergence in minisum location problem with norms, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 40, Issue 11, November 2013, Pages 2770-2785, ISSN 0305-0548, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2013.05.015. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305054813001445) Keywords: Location problem; Weiszfeld algorithm; l p - norm; Acceleration; Convergence

****************************** Donatella Granata, Gregory Steeger, Steffen Rebennack, Network interdiction via a Critical Disruption Path: Branch-and-Price algorithms, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 40, Issue 11, November 2013, Pages 2689-2702, ISSN 0305-0548, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2013.04.016. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305054813001305) Keywords: Network interdiction; Mixed-Integer Linear Programming; NP-completeness; Branch-and-Price; Cuts

****************************** André R.S. Amaral, A parallel ordering problem in facilities layout, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 40, Issue 12, December 2013, Pages 2930-2939, ISSN 0305-0548, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2013.07.003. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305054813001767) Keywords: Combinatorial optimization; Integer programming; Single row facility layout problem

****************************** Xuwei Qin, X. Liu, Lixin Tang, A two-stage stochastic mixed-integer program for the capacitated logistics fortification planning under accidental disruptions, Computers & Industrial Engineering, Volume 65, Issue 4, August 2013, Pages 614-623, ISSN 0360-8352, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2013.04.006. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360835213001216) Keywords: <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0005">Fortification model; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0010">D2-BAC algorithm; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0015">Capacitated logistics systems

****************************** M. Afshari Rad, H. Taghizadeh Kakhki, Maximum dynamic network flow interdiction problem: New formulation and solution procedures, Computers & Industrial Engineering, Volume 65, Issue 4, August 2013, Pages 531-536, ISSN 0360-8352, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2013.04.014. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360835213001435) Keywords: <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0005">Maximum dynamic flow; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0010">Network interdiction; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0015">Temporally repeated flows; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0020">Benders’ decomposition; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0025">Vital arc

****************************** Hatice Calik, Barbaros C. Tansel, Double bound method for solving the p-center location problem, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 40, Issue 12, December 2013, Pages 2991-2999, ISSN 0305-0548, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2013.07.011. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305054813001901) Keywords: <span style='font-style: italic'>p</span>-Center location; Multi-center location; Covering location; Minimax location; Set covering

****************************** Chung-Cheng Lu, Robust weighted vertex p-center model considering uncertain data: An application to emergency management, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 230, Issue 1, 1 October 2013, Pages 113-121, ISSN 0377-2217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2013.03.028. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221713002567) Keywords: <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0005">Uncertainty modeling; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0010">Emergency logistics; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0015"><span style='font-style: italic'>p</span>-Center model; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0020">Robust optimization

****************************** Jesse R. O’Hanley, M. Paola Scaparra, Sergio García, Probability chains: A general linearization technique for modeling reliability in facility location and related problems, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 230, Issue 1, 1 October 2013, Pages 63-75, ISSN 0377-2217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2013.03.021. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037722171300249X) Keywords: <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0005">Facility location; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0010">Reliability; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0015">Linearization; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0020">Probability chains; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0025">Probability flow networks; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0030">Valid inequalities

****************************** Armin Lüer-Villagra, Vladimir Marianov, A competitive hub location and pricing problem, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 231, Issue 3, 16 December 2013, Pages 734-744, ISSN 0377-2217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2013.06.006. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037722171300475X) Keywords: <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0005">Location; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0010">Competitive models; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0015">Hub location problems; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0020">Location and pricing; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0025">Hub and spoke

****************************** Bernardetta Addis, Giuliana Carello, Alberto Ceselli, Combining very large scale and ILP based neighborhoods for a two-level location problem, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 231, Issue 3, 16 December 2013, Pages 535-546, ISSN 0377-2217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2013.06.010. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221713004797) Keywords: <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0005">Location; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0010">Local search; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0015">Variable neighborhood search; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0020">Very large scale neighborhood search; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0025">Matheuristics

****************************** Jack Brimberg, Zvi Drezner, Nenad Mladenovic', Said Salhi, A new local search for continuous location problems, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 232, Issue 2, 16 January 2014, Pages 256-265, ISSN 0377-2217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2013.06.022. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221713005109) Keywords: <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0005">Continuous location; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0010">Weber problem; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0015">Space search formulation; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0020">Variable neighbourhood

****************************** Ying-Wei Wang, Chuah-Chih Lin, Locating multiple types of recharging stations for battery-powered electric vehicle transport, Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Volume 58, November 2013, Pages 76-87, ISSN 1366-5545, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2013.07.003. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1366554513001403) Keywords: <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0005">Recharging stations; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0010">Electric vehicle; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0015">Set coverage; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0020">Maximum coverage; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0025">Mixed integer programming; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0030">Location

****************************** Vincenzo De Rosa, Marina Gebhard, Evi Hartmann, Jens Wollenweber, Robust sustainable bi-directional logistics network design under uncertainty, International Journal of Production Economics, Volume 145, Issue 1, September 2013, Pages 184-198, ISSN 0925-5273, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2013.04.033. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925527313001977) Keywords: Robust optimization; Supply chain design; Uncertainty; Facility location; Reverse logistics; Sustainability

****************************** Nezir Aydin, Alper Murat, A swarm intelligence based sample average approximation algorithm for the capacitated reliable facility location problem, International Journal of Production Economics, Volume 145, Issue 1, September 2013, Pages 173-183, ISSN 0925-5273, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2012.10.019. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925527312004604) Keywords: Reliable; Facility location; Stochastic programming; Sample average approximation; Swarm intelligence

****************************** Pedro J. de Rezende, Flávio K. Miyazawa, Anderson T. Sasaki, A PTAS for the disk cover problem of geometric objects, Operations Research Letters, Volume 41, Issue 5, September 2013, Pages 552-555, ISSN 0167-6377, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orl.2013.06.014. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016763771300093X) Keywords: <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k000005">Disk cover; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k000010">Approximation algorithm; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k000015">Computational geometry; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k000020">Wireless networks; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k000025">Sensor coverage

****************************** Ali Mohammad Nezhad, Hasan Manzour, Said Salhi, Lagrangian relaxation heuristics for the uncapacitated single-source multi-product facility location problem, International Journal of Production Economics, Volume 145, Issue 2, October 2013, Pages 713-723, ISSN 0925-5273, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2013.06.001. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925527313002661) Keywords: Location problems; Integer programming formulation; Lagrangian relaxation; Cutting plane; Local search

****************************** Location decisions of large firms: analyzing the procurement of infrastructure services Atif Ansar J Econ Geogr 2013 13: 823-844 http://joeg.oxfordjournals.org/content/13/5/823.abstract.html?etoc

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Yu Li, Jia Shu, Xi Wang, Naihua Xiu, Dachuan Xu, and Jiawei Zhang

Approximation Algorithms for Integrated Distribution Network Design Problems INFORMS Journal on Computing Summer 2013 25:572-584 ****************************** Knut Haase, Sven Müller, A comparison of linear reformulations for multinomial logit choice probabilities in facility location models, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 232, Issue 3, 1 February 2014, Pages 689-691, ISSN 0377-2217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2013.08.009. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221713006747) Keywords: <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0005">Multinomial logit model; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0010">Facility location; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0015">Linear reformulations

****************************** Alexander Veremyev, Alexey Sorokin, Vladimir Boginski, Eduardo L. Pasiliao, Minimum vertex cover problem for coupled interdependent networks with cascading failures, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 232, Issue 3, 1 February 2014, Pages 499-511, ISSN 0377-2217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2013.08.008. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221713006541) Keywords: <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0005">Interdependent networks; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0010">Minimum vertex cover; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0015">Cascading failures; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0020">Depth of cascade; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0025">Linear 0–1 formulations; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0030">LP approximation

****************************** F. Plastria, Corrigendum to “A note towards improved homeland defense” [Omega 40 (2012) 244–248], Omega, Volume 42, Issue 1, January 2014, Pages 213-214, ISSN 0305-0483, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2013.01.005. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305048313000145)

****************************** W.J. Guerrero, C. Prodhon, N. Velasco, C.A. Amaya, Hybrid heuristic for the inventory location-routing problem with deterministic demand, International Journal of Production Economics, Volume 146, Issue 1, November 2013, Pages 359-370, ISSN 0925-5273, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2013.07.025. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925527313003381) Keywords: Location-routing problem; Inventory-routing problem; Matheuristics; Vehicle routing problem

****************************** Abraham Zhang, Hao Luo, George Q. Huang, A bi-objective model for supply chain design of dispersed manufacturing in China, International Journal of Production Economics, Volume 146, Issue 1, November 2013, Pages 48-58, ISSN 0925-5273, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2012.12.008. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925527312005002) Keywords: Supply chain management; Supply chain strategy; Dispersed manufacturing; Manufacturing network; China; Integer programming

****************************** Keskin, B. B. & Üster, H. Production/distribution system design with inventory considerations Naval Research Logistics (NRL), Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2012, 59, 172-195

****************************** Toyoglu, H.; Karasan, O. E. & Kara, B. Y. Distribution network design on the battlefield Naval Research Logistics (NRL), Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2011, 58, 188-209

****************************** M. SteadieSeifi, N.P. Dellaert, W. Nuijten, T. Van Woensel, R. Raoufi, Multimodal freight transportation planning: A literature review, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 233, Issue 1, 16 February 2014, Pages 1-15, ISSN 0377-2217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2013.06.055. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221713005638) Keywords: <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0005">Freight transportation planning; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0010">Multimodal; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0015">Intermodal; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0020">Co-modal; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0025">Synchromodal; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0030">Review

****************************** M. Brazil, C.J. Ras, D.A. Thomas, A geometric characterisation of the quadratic min-power centre, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 233, Issue 1, 16 February 2014, Pages 34-42, ISSN 0377-2217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2013.09.004. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221713007406) Keywords: <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0005">Networks; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0010">Power efficient range assignment; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0015">Wireless ad hoc networks; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0020">Generalised Fermat–Weber problem; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0025">Farthest point Voronoi diagrams

****************************** Ashutosh Nigam, Yogesh K. Agarwal, Optimal relay node placement in delay constrained wireless sensor network design, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 233, Issue 1, 16 February 2014, Pages 220-233, ISSN 0377-2217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2013.08.031. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221713006966) Keywords: <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0005">Relay node placement; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0010">Cutting plane/facet; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0015">Polyhedral theory; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0020">Projection; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0025">Branch and cut; <!-- Tag Not Handled --><keyword id="k0030">Lagrangian-relaxation

****************************** Rachida Abounacer, Monia Rekik, Jacques Renaud, An exact solution approach for multi-objective location–transportation problem for disaster response, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 41, January 2014, Pages 83-93, ISSN 0305-0548, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2013.08.001. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305054813002037) Keywords: Emergency response; Location–transportation problems; Multi-objective combinatorial optimization; Exact method; Epsilon-constraint method

****************************** José Fernández, Said Salhi, Boglárka G. -Tóth, Location equilibria for a continuous competitive facility location problem under delivered pricing, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 41, January 2014, Pages 185-195, ISSN 0305-0548, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2013.08.004. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305054813002104) Keywords: Continuous location; Delivered pricing; Location-price game; Interval branch-and-bound method; Weiszfeld algorithm

****************************** Eusebio Angulo, Enrique Castillo, Ricardo García-Ródenas, Jesús Sánchez-Vizcaíno, A continuous bi-level model for the expansion of highway networks, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 41, January 2014, Pages 262-276, ISSN 0305-0548, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2013.02.022. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305054813000622) Keywords: Highway corridors location; Highway networks; Demand covering; Heuristics

****************************** Deniz Aksen, Sema S,engül Akca, Necati Aras, A bilevel partial interdiction problem with capacitated facilities and demand outsourcing, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 41, January 2014, Pages 346-358, ISSN 0305-0548, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2012.08.013. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305054812001785) Keywords: Partial facility interdiction; Bilevel programming; Simplex search; Outsourcing

****************************** Maria Albareda-Sambola, Antonio Alonso-Ayuso, Laureano F. Escudero, Elena Fernández, Celeste Pizarro, Fix-and-Relax-Coordination for a multi-period location–allocation problem under uncertainty, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 40, Issue 12, December 2013, Pages 2878-2892, ISSN 0305-0548, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2013.07.004. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305054813001779) Keywords: Location–allocation; Multi-period stochastic 0–1 programs; Nonanticipativity constraints; Splitting variables; Twin node family; Branch-and-Fix Coordination; Fix-and-Relax Coordination

****************************** André R.S. Amaral, A parallel ordering problem in facilities layout, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 40, Issue 12, December 2013, Pages 2930-2939, ISSN 0305-0548, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2013.07.003. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305054813001767) Keywords: Combinatorial optimization; Integer programming; Single row facility layout problem

****************************** Hatice Calik, Barbaros C. Tansel, Double bound method for solving the p-center location problem, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 40, Issue 12, December 2013, Pages 2991-2999, ISSN 0305-0548, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2013.07.011. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305054813001901) Keywords: <span style='font-style: italic'>p</span>-Center location; Multi-center location; Covering location; Minimax location; Set covering

****************************** Gabriel Gutiérrez-Jarpa, Carlos Obreque, Gilbert Laporte, Vladimir Marianov, Rapid transit network design for optimal cost and origin–destination demand capture, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 40, Issue 12, December 2013, Pages 3000-3009, ISSN 0305-0548, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2013.06.013. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305054813001706) Keywords: Location; Coverage; Networks; Transit systems; Traffic capture

****************************** M. Hakan Akyüz, Temel Öncan, I.. Kuban Alt?nel, Beam search heuristics for the single and multi-commodity capacitated Multi-facility Weber Problems, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 40, Issue 12, December 2013, Pages 3056-3068, ISSN 0305-0548, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2013.07.013. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305054813001925) Keywords: Location–allocation; Transportation; Branch and bound; Beam search

****************************** Rafael Martí, Fernando Sandoya, GRASP and path relinking for the equitable dispersion problem, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 40, Issue 12, December 2013, Pages 3091-3099, ISSN 0305-0548, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2012.04.005. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305054812000858) Keywords: Metaheuristics; Diversity; GRASP with Path Relinking

****************************** Luciana S. Pessoa, Mauricio G.C. Resende, Celso C. Ribeiro, A hybrid Lagrangean heuristic with GRASP and path-relinking for set k-covering, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 40, Issue 12, December 2013, Pages 3132-3146, ISSN 0305-0548, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2011.11.018. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305054811003431) Keywords: GRASP; Hybrid heuristics; Metaheuristics; Path-relinking; Lagrangean relaxation; Lagrangean heuristics; Local search; Set covering; Set multicovering; Set <span style='font-style: italic'>k</span>-covering

****************************** Prosenjit Bose, Jean-Lou De Carufel, Minimum-area enclosing triangle with a fixed angle, Computational Geometry, Volume 47, Issue 1, January 2014, Pages 90-109, ISSN 0925-7721, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.comgeo.2013.07.002. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092577211300093X) Keywords: Geometric optimization; Enclosing problems; Computational geometry

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John Gunnar Carlsson and Raghuveer Devulapalli Dividing a Territory Among Several Facilities INFORMS Journal on Computing Fall 2013 25:730-742; published online before print December 20, 2012, doi:10.1287/ijoc.1120.0536 ******************************

Robert Aboolian, Tingting Cui, and Zuo-Jun Max Shen An Efficient Approach for Solving Reliable Facility Location Models INFORMS Journal on Computing Fall 2013 25:720-729; published online before print November 27, 2012, doi:10.1287/ijoc.1120.0534

****************************** Chan-Su Shin, A note on minimum-sum coverage by aligned disks, Information Processing Letters, Volume 113, Issues 22–24, November–December 2013, Pages 871-875, ISSN 0020-0190, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ipl.2013.08.009. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0020019013002251) Keywords: Computational geometry; Geometric facility location; Minimum-sum disk coverage

****************************** Gill Barequet, Alex Goryachev, Offset Polygon and Annulus Placement Problems, Computational Geometry, Available online 14 October 2013, ISSN 0925-7721, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.comgeo.2013.10.003. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925772113001168) Keywords: Tolerancing; Optimization

****************************** Stefan Rath, Walter J. Gutjahr, A math-heuristic for the warehouse location–routing problem in disaster relief, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 42, February 2014, Pages 25-39, ISSN 0305-0548, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2011.07.016. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305054811002097) Keywords: Humanitarian logistics; Warehouse location–routing problem; Multi-objective optimization; Mathematical programming

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