This study provides a model for result consistency evaluation of multi-criteria decision-
making (MDM) methods and selection of the optimal one. The study presents the results of …

Purpose Facility location and re-location decisions are critical managerial decisions in
modern supply chains. Such decisions are difficult in this environment as managers …

This study provides a model for result consistency evaluation of multicriterial decision
making (MDM) methods and selection of the optimal one. The model is based on the …

Logistics center (LC) is unique technological, spatial, organizational and economic unity that
brings together different providers and users of logistics services. By selecting the optimal …

Facility location problems with the objective to minimize the sum of the setup cost and
transportation cost are studied in this paper. The setup and transportation costs are …

Abstract The Capacitated Facility Location Problem (CFLP) is a well-known combinatorial
optimization problem extensively studied in the field of location sciences. It has numerous …

Emergencies occur randomly all over the world. Therefore, emergency management plays a
very important role in saving lives in disaster situations. Progress in technology and …

Facility location problems (FLP) are often solved as uncapacitated facility location (UFL)
instances. Also, typical solution approaches in the literature assume that the established …

This paper investigates the network location problem for multiple-server facilities, which are
subject to congestion. A number of facilities are to be selected among several candidate …

This paper introduces balanced location–allocation design problem to tackle a real-world
health-care application. The problem involves strategic decisions on locating a predefined …