A bilevel programming model represents the relationship in a specific decision process that
involves decisions within a hierarchical structure of two levels. The upper-level problem is …

In many decision making cases, we may have a hierarchical situation between different
optimization tasks. For instance, in production scheduling, the evaluation of the tasks …

Disaster disrupts society to lead a normal life by causing huge casualties and damages or
loss of properties, environment, or essential services of a society or a nation. In the case of a …

Interactive users' preferences and waiting time together have great impact on charging
station network design of electric vehicles (EVs), but only waiting time was considered in …

This research is motivated by the practical requirements in the sustainable deployment of
ocean moored buoy observing networks. Ocean moored buoys play an important role in the …

This paper extends the follower's retail store location problem of Marianov et al.(2018) to
include the leader's decisions. The leader locates its stores knowing that a follower will enter …

The maximal covering location problem (MCLP) is a well-known combinatorial optimization
problem with several applications in emergency and military services as well as in public …

This paper introduces a variant of Maximal Covering Location Problem (MCLP) with
customer preference ordering and limited budget for establishing facilities. It is assumed that …

This research sets forth and examines a new sequential, competitive location problem. The
maximal covering location disruption problem is a zero-sum Stackelberg game comprised of …

In this paper we address the problem faced by a company that needs to decide the number
and location of facilities to close in order to reduce the size of their retail distribution network …