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 5–6, 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, 100–113. 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 13–14, 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

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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

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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: Location—routing; 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: <span style='font-style: italic'>r</span>-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; Location–allocation; Heuristics

****************************** Jianxun Tang, Lixin Tang, Xianpeng Wang, Solution method for the location planning problem of logistics park with variable capacity, Computers &amp; 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 &amp; 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 &amp; Operations Research 38(2) (2011) 525–538], Computers &amp; 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 &amp; 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 &amp; 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: <span style='font-style: italic'>p</span>-hub center; <span style='font-style: italic'>p</span>-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 &amp; 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: <span style='font-style: italic'>p</span>-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; (<span style='font-style: italic'>r</span>?<span style='font-style: italic'>p</span>)-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

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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 &amp; 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 &amp; 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

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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...

****************************** 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 7–8, 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; <span style='font-style: italic'>p</span>-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; <span style='font-style: italic'>p</span>-Hub median; Hub covering

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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: <span style='font-style: italic'>?</span>-Neighbor <span style='font-style: italic'>p</span>-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 &amp; 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 &amp; 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 location–allocation 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; Space–time; <span style='font-style: italic'>p</span>-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: Location–allocation; 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

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