Modular and mobile facility location problems: A systematic review

E Alarcon-Gerbier, U Buscher - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Supply chain planning is based on the assumption of fixed production locations. This
appears justified insofar as location decisions are usually strategic in nature and …

Bi-objective optimization for a multi-period COVID-19 vaccination planning problem

L Tang, Y Li, D Bai, T Liu, LC Coelho - Omega, 2022 - Elsevier
This work investigates a new multi-period vaccination planning problem that simultaneously
optimizes the total travel distance of vaccination recipients (service level) and the …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-period facility location and capacity expansion with modular capacities and convex short-term costs

Š Štádlerová, P Schütz, A Tomasgard - Computers & Operations Research, 2024 - Elsevier
In this paper, we consider a multi-period facility location problem with capacity expansion
motivated by the real-world problem of establishing hydrogen production infrastructure in …

A supervised learning-driven heuristic for solving the facility location and production planning problem

T Wu, L Huang, Z Liang, X Zhang, C Zhang - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, we propose a supervised learning-driven (SLD) heuristic to solve the
capacitated facility location and production planning (CFLPP) problem. Using the solution …

A multi-objective optimization model for a multi-period mobile facility location problem with environmental and disruption considerations

F Maliki, M Souier, M Dahane… - Annals of Operations …, 2022 - Springer
The present work addresses a multi-period facility location decision during crisis—Pandemic—
situation with highly uncertain demand. Our paper identifies failing distribution centres (DCs) …

[HTML][HTML] The dynamic facility location problem with mobile production units: a waste recycling application

E Alarcon-Gerbier, U Buscher - Computers & Operations Research, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper presents a multi-period location–production problem involving small recycling
units that are embedded in standard containers and can, therefore, be relocated from site to …

Multi-period maximal covering location problem with capacitated facilities and modules for natural disaster relief services

R Alizadeh, T Nishi, J Bagherinejad, M Bashiri - Applied sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The paper aims to study a multi-period maximal covering location problem with the
configuration of different types of facilities, as an extension of the classical maximal covering …

A relax-and-restrict matheuristic for supply chain network design with facility location and customer due date flexibility

MP Kidd, M Darvish, LC Coelho, B Gendron - Transportation Research Part …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this paper, we study a supply chain network design problem that takes into account
several real-world features. Focusing on the growing use of third-party warehouse services …

Tasks, occupations and slowbalisation: on the limits of fragmentation

S Brakman, C van Marrewijk - Cambridge Journal of Regions …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Following the trade collapse in 2009, Globalisation has recovered but the growth rate
slowed down compared to the preceding period of Hyper Globalisation. The persistence of …

Optimizing facility location, sizing, and growth time for a cultivated resource: A case study in coral aquaculture

RB Lippmann, KJ Helmstedt, MT Gibbs, P Corry - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Production of cultivated resources require additional planning that takes growth time into
account. We formulate a mathematical programming model to determine the optimal location …