Martyn Mulder
(Econometric Institute, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Optimal facility location on a graph
Abstract
Suppose there are clients located on vertices of a graph. Problem:
find an optimal location on the graph for a facility from which all clients
are to be serviced. An example is the location for a distribution center
serving a set of warehouses. In this case, the so-called median vertices
provide the optimal location. In this talk, median vertices in graphs are
discussed. Surprisingly the results are also relevant for topics seemingly
unrelated to facility location. |
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