A generalized Weiszfeld method for the multi-facility location problem

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2010-05-01

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İyigün, Cem

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An iterative method is proposed for the K facilities location problem. The problem is relaxed using probabilistic assignments, depending on the distances to the facilities. The probabilities, that decompose the problem into K single-facility location problems, are updated at each iteration together with the facility locations. The proposed method is a natural generalization of the Weiszfeld method to several facilities.

Subject Keywords

Fermat-Weber location problem, Multi-facility location problem, Decomposition method, Probabilistic assignments, Weiszfeld method

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/43210

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OPERATIONS RESEARCH LETTERS

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orl.2009.11.005

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C. İyigün, “A generalized Weiszfeld method for the multi-facility location problem,” OPERATIONS RESEARCH LETTERS, pp. 207–214, 2010, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/43210.