Healthcare facility (HCF) location has attracted considerable attention from the operations
research community over nearly four decades as one of the most important strategic issues …

Facility location decisions play a critical role in the strategic design of supply chain networks.
In this paper, a literature review of facility location models in the context of supply chain …

In the last decade, aerial delivery system has been considered as a promising response to
increasing traffic jams and incremental demand for transportation. In this study, a distance …

In order to modify the current facility or develop a new facility, the dynamics of facility location
problems (FLPs) ought to be taken into account so as to efficiently deal with changing …

Background Spatial accessibility to healthcare facilities has drawn much attention in health
geography. In China, central and local governments have aimed to develop a well …

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 …

Facility location models are well established in various application areas with more than a
century of history in academia. Since the 1970s the trend has been shifting from …

Supply Chain Engineering considers how modern production and operations management
techniques can respond to the pressures of the competitive global marketplace. It presents a …

The primary objective in a typical hierarchical facility location problem is to determine the
location of facilities in a multi-level network in a way to serve the customers at the lowest …

There are many challenges associated with moving goods within cities as urban areas
become larger and elderly residents require more healthcare in their homes. Air quality is …