Facility Location and Network
Design Models
Facility Location Assumptions
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Based on graph G=(V,E)
Demand nodes, I V, are known and fixed
Set J V of possible facility locations
Note: I and J may have common nodes
Edges (i,j)E indicate it is possible for
demand at node i(j) to be directly satisfied if
facility is located at node j(i)
• “distance” between nodes i and j is dij
Set Covering Location Problem
min
x
jJ
j
s.t.
x
jNi
j
1,
x j {0,1},
iI
jJ
Maximal Covering Location Problem
max
h y
i
iI
i
s.t.
x
jNi
x
jJ
j
j
yi ,
iI
p,
x j {0,1},
jJ
yi {0,1},
iI
p-Center Problem
min W
s.t.
y
jJ
x
jJ
ij
1,
j
p,
iI
yij x j ,
i I, j J
d
iI
jJ
ij
yij W ,
x j {0,1},
jJ
yij {0,1},
i I, j J
p-Median Problem
min
hd
iI jJ
i
ij
yij
s.t.
y
jJ
x
jJ
ij
1,
j
p,
iI
yij x j ,
i I, j J
x j {0,1},
jJ
yij {0,1},
i I, j J
Fixed-Charge Location Problem
min
f x
j
jJ
j
hi dij yij
iI jJ
s.t.
y
jJ
x
jJ
ij
1,
j
p,
h y
iI
i
ij
Cjxj ,
iI
jJ
x j {0,1},
jJ
yij {0,1},
i I, j J
Local p-Median Problem
min hi cij yij
iI
jNi
s.t.
x
jJ
j
p,
yij x j ,
i I , j Ni
hi yij T
iI
jNi
yij 1,
iI
x j , yij {0,1},
i I , j Ni
jNi
Network Flow Model
min
( i , j )A
cij xij
s.t.
j:( i , j )A
xij
j:( j ,i )A
x ji bi , i V
0 xij uij for each (i, j ) A
Network Design Problem
min
cij xij
xij
( i , j ) A
( i , j )A
fij yij
s.t.
j:( i , j ) A
j:( j ,i ) A
x ji bi , i V
0 xij uij yij ,
(i, j ) A
yij {0,1},
(i, j ) A
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