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This book, companion to Foundations of Location Analysis (Springer, 2011), highlights some of the applications of location analysis within the spheres of businesses, those that deal with public services, and applications that deal with law enforcement and first responders.  While the Foundations book reviewed the theory and first contributions, this book describes how different location techniques have been used to solve real problems. Since many real problems comprise multiple objectives, in this book there is more presence of tools from multicriteria decision making and multiple-objective optimization. The section on business applications looks at such problems as locating bank branches, the potential location of a logistics park, sustainable forest management, and layout problems in a hospital, a much more difficult type of problem than mere location problems. The section on public services presents chapters on the design of habitats for wildlife, control of forest fires, the location of intelligent sensors along highways for timely emergency response, locating breast cancer screening centers, an economic analysis for the locations of post offices, and school location. The final section of the book includes chapters on the well-known problem of locating fire stations, a model for the location of sensors for travel time information, the problem of police districting, locations of jails, location of Coast Guard vessels, and, finally, a survey of military applications of location analysis throughout different periods of recent history.

Management Theory --- Management --- Business & Economics --- Industrial location. --- Business enterprises --- Business location --- Corporations --- Industries --- Industries, Location of --- Location of industries --- Plant location --- Location --- Business. --- Operations research. --- Decision making. --- Social policy. --- Regional economics. --- Spatial economics. --- Business and Management. --- Operation Research/Decision Theory. --- Regional/Spatial Science. --- Social Policy. --- Regional planning --- Space in economics --- Operations Research/Decision Theory. --- National planning --- State planning --- Economic policy --- Family policy --- Social history --- Economics --- Regionalism --- Operational analysis --- Operational research --- Industrial engineering --- Management science --- Research --- System theory --- Spatial economics --- Regional economics --- Deciding --- Decision (Psychology) --- Decision analysis --- Decision processes --- Making decisions --- Management decisions --- Choice (Psychology) --- Problem solving --- Decision making

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Decision making. --- Location problems (Programming) --- Mathematical optimization. --- Operations research.

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This book, companion to Foundations of Location Analysis (Springer, 2011), highlights some of the applications of location analysis within the spheres of businesses, those that deal with public services, and applications that deal with law enforcement and first responders. While the Foundations book reviewed the theory and first contributions, this book describes how different location techniques have been used to solve real problems. Since many real problems comprise multiple objectives, in this book there is more presence of tools from multicriteria decision making and multiple-objective optimization. The section on business applications looks at such problems as locating bank branches, the potential location of a logistics park, sustainable forest management, and layout problems in a hospital, a much more difficult type of problem than mere location problems. The section on public services presents chapters on the design of habitats for wildlife, control of forest fires, the location of intelligent sensors along highways for timely emergency response, locating breast cancer screening centers, an economic analysis for the locations of post offices, and school location. The final section of the book includes chapters on the well-known problem of locating fire stations, a model for the location of sensors for travel time information, the problem of police districting, locations of jails, location of Coast Guard vessels, and, finally, a survey of military applications of location analysis throughout different periods of recent history.

Social policy --- Economics --- Operational research. Game theory --- Mathematical statistics --- Planning (firm) --- Environmental planning --- Economic geography --- ruimtelijke ordening --- besluitvorming --- economie --- mathematische modellen --- welzijnsbeleid --- sociaal beleid --- sociale economie --- speltheorie --- econometrie --- operationeel onderzoek

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Location analysis has matured from an area of theoretical inquiry that was designed to explain observed phenomena to a vibrant field which can be and has been used to locate items as diverse as landfills, fast food outlets, gas stations, as well as politicians and products in issue and feature spaces. Modern location science is dealt with by a diverse group of researchers and practitioners in geography, economics, operations research, industrial engineering, and computer science. Given the tremendous advances location science has seen from its humble beginnings, it is time to look back. The contributions in this volume were written by eminent experts in the field, each surveying the original contributions that created the field, and then providing an up-to-date review of the latest contributions. Specific areas that are covered in this volume include: ¢ The three main fields of inquiry: minisum and minimax problems and covering models, ¢ Nonstandard location models, including those with competitive components, models that locate undesirable facilities, models with probabilistic features, and problems that allow interactions between facilities, ¢ Descriptions and detailed examinations of exact techniques including the famed Weiszfeld method, and heuristic methods ranging from Lagrangean techniques to Greedy algorithms, ¢ A look at the spheres of influence that the facilities generate and that attract customers to them, a topic crucial in planning retail facilities, and ¢ The theory of central places, which, other than in mathematical games, is where location science was born.

Industrial economics --- Operational research. Game theory --- Engineering sciences. Technology --- Physical distribution --- Production management --- Civil engineering. Building industry --- facility management --- speltheorie --- productieorganisatie --- logistiek --- operationeel onderzoek --- industriële marketing --- ingenieurswetenschappen

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This book applies Multicriteria Decision Making (MCDM) tools and techniques to problems in location analysis. It begins with a generic model for MCDM and subsequently develops specific versions of the technique for particular location problems. Throughout the book, MCDM is understood to encompass all tools and techniques that choose or rank existing or feasible solutions, including discrete multi-attribute decision making (MADM) problems, which typically include an attribute table that specifies the consequences of each decision with regard to the given criteria, as well as multi-objective linear problems (MOLPs), which incorporate all objectives in a single optimization problem. The book is organized as follows: the first four chapters introduce readers to the basic tools and techniques used in single-objective optimization, multicriteria decision making, location analysis, and other tools, such as statistical regression and geographical information systems. This is followed by ten chapters on model applications, each of which introduces readers to a specific location problem and applies one technique to solve it. The book is then wrapped up in a closing chapter that looks at the location process from a practitioner's point of view. This book is intended as a textbook for upper-undergraduate and master-level courses on location analysis. It will also benefit decision-makers who actually need to locate facilities. .

Economic order --- Economic policy and planning (general) --- Economic conditions. Economic development --- Development aid. Development cooperation --- Operational research. Game theory --- Mathematical statistics --- Planning (firm) --- Geography --- ontwikkelingsbeleid --- mathematische modellen --- ontwikkelingssamenwerking --- economische ontwikkelingen --- ontwikkelingspolitiek --- econometrie --- geografie --- operationeel onderzoek