Selvityksessä tarkastellaan suomalaisen peruskoulun ja varhaiskasvatuksen tasa-
arvotilannetta erityisesti sosiaalisten ja alueellisten jakojen tuottamien haasteiden …

This paper introduces a new approach to address the person re-identification problem in
cameras with non-overlapping fields of view. Unlike previous approaches that learn …

In this paper, we introduce a new spatially constrained clustering problem called the max‐p‐
regions problem. It involves the clustering of a set of geographic areas into the maximum …

In this article, we present a discrete hierarchical location model for public facility planning.
The main features of the model are: an accessibility maximization objective; several levels of …

In this paper, we focus on a specific operations management related issue faced by home
health care (HHC) services, namely the districting problem. Our contribution consists of …

This tutorial explores a series of questions related to the use of operations research (OR)
and operations management (OM) to improve public education systems. These questions …

In this paper we present a reactive GRASP approach to a commercial territory design
problem motivated by a real-world application in a beverage distribution firm. The …

Abstract The Police Districting Problem (PDP) concerns the efficient and effective design of
patrol sectors in terms of performance attributes such as workload, response time, etc. A …

The home health care industry is an important component of health care systems that have
the potential to lower the system-wide costs of delivering care, and free capacity in …

Beginning in the 1960s, techniques from operations research began to be used to generate
political districting plans. A classical example is the integer programming model of Hess et …