Dolores R. Santos-Peñate – Optimization Online

Competitive location in networks with threshold-sensitive customer behaviour

Published: 2012/02/28

Applications - OR and Management Sciences competitive location, covering decay function, customer behaviour, finite dominating set, medianoid, networks

We consider the (r|X_p)-medianoid problem in networks. Goods are assumed to be essential and the only decision criterion is the travel distance. The portion of demand captured by the competitors is modelled by a general capture function which includes the binary, partially binary and proportional customer choice rules as specific cases. We prove that, under … Read more

Covering models with time-dependent demand

Published: 2007/03/13, Updated: 2007/10/22

Emilio Carrizosa

José F. Gordillo

Dolores R. Santos-Peñate

Applications - OR and Management Sciences, Finance and Economics, Meta Heuristics competitive location, covering models, dynamic demand, maximal profit, variable neighbourhood search

In this paper a covering model for locating facilities with time-dependent demand is introduced. Not only the facility locations, but also the instants at which such facilities become operative, are considered as decision variables in order to determine the maximal-profit decision. Expressed as a mixed nonlinear integer program, structural properties are derived for particular demand … Read more