Optimal location of single and multiple obnoxious facilities : algorithms for the maximin criterion under different norms

This thesis investigates the computational problem of locating obnoxious (undesirable) facilities in a way that minimizes their effect on a given set of clients (e.g. population centres). Supposing that the undesirable effects of such a facility on a given client are a decreasing function of the dis...

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Main Author: Giannikos, Ioannis
Published: London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London) 1993
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.645391