Session WA5 - Localisation / Location
Day Wednesday, May 9, 2007 Room Dutailier International Chair Jack Brimberg
Presentations
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10h30 AM- 10h55 AM |
A Survey of Solution Methods for the Continuous Location-Allocation Problem |
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Jack Brimberg, Collège militaire royal du Canada à Kingston, C.P. 17000, Succursale Forces, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7K 7B4 Pierre Hansen, GERAD et HEC Montréal, Méthodes quantitatives de gestion, 3000, chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Montréal, Québec, Canada, H3T 2A7 Nenad Mladenovic, Brunel University, School of Mathematics and GERAD, Uxbridge, Middlesex, West London, United Kingdom, UB8 3PH Said Salhi, Kent Business School, Centre for Heuristic Optimisation In this survey, we examine an important class of facility location problems known as the multisource Weber problem (also referred to as the continuous location-allocation problem). We also show how recent advances in the use of metaheuristic rules have significantly improved the ability to solve problems of this type. The new solution methods are discussed for both the well known multisource Weber problem and its counterpart the capacitated case. Research issues which we believe to be worthwhile exploring in future are also highlighted. |