An Overview of Representative Problems in Location Research

DOI10.1287/mnsc.35.6.645zbMath0669.90040OpenAlexW1974842439MaRDI QIDQ3823388

Margaret L. Brandeau, Samuel S. Chiu

Publication date: 1989

Published in: Management Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.35.6.645

zbMATH Keywords

surveylocation research

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Inventory, storage, reservoirs (90B05) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to operations research and mathematical programming (90-02)

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