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Parallel Optimization Algorithm for Competitive Facility Location
A stochastic search optimization algorithm is developed and applied to solve a bi-objective competitive facility location problem for firm expansion.
Algirdas Lančinskas +2 more
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HUB location under competition [PDF]
Cataloged from PDF version of article.
Ali Irfan Mahmutogullari +1 more
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Most companies operate to maximize profits and increase their market shares in competitive environments. Since the proper location of the facilities conditions their market shares and profits, the competitive facility location problem (CFLP) has been ...
Vahid Hajipour +4 more
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Online Facility Location in Evolving Metrics
The Dynamic Facility Location problem is a generalization of the classic Facility Location problem, in which the distance metric between clients and facilities changes over time.
Dimitris Fotakis +2 more
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Location of hubs in a competitive environment [PDF]
We offer a formulation that locates hubs on a network in a competitive environment; that is, customer capture is sought, which happens whenever the location of a new hub results in a reduction of the current cost (time, distance) needed by the traffic that goes from the specified origin to the specified destination.
Vladimir Marianov +2 more
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Competitive Relationship Quantitative Model by Integrating Word-of-Mouth and Geographic Location
It is an important problem of identifying and quantifying the competition in similar services or products in the research area of competitive relationship mining.
LI Aixian, QIAO Shaojie, HAN Nan, YUAN Chang'an, HUANG Ping, PENG Jing, ZHOU Kai
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The Assessment and Comparison of a Genetic Algorithm, Simulated Annealing and Cuckoo Optimization Algorithm for Optimization of the Facility Location under Competitive Conditions (Case Study: Banks) [PDF]
This paper determines the location of bank branches under competitive conditions with different attractive conditions. Finding an optimum location of branches depends on many factors and these problems are known as NP-hard problems.
Farshad Hakim pour +2 more
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Competitive Facility Location Under Attrition
Abstract In this paper we address the possibility that in a competitive facility location model, one of the existing competing facilities will go out of business. We find the best location for a new facility protecting against such a possibility. Four commonly used decision rules (optimistic, pessimistic, minimax regret, and expected value) are
Zvi Drezner, Dawit Zerom
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The Shifting Geography of Competitive Advantage:Clusters, Networks and Firms [PDF]
An important development in the study of multinational firms and knowledge-based competitive advantage in recent years is the recognition that unique, rent-generating knowledge can be found in many locations around the globe.We consider the dynamics of
Stephen Tallman +5 more
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Local development and competitive soccer teams location. The Portuguese case [PDF]
Este trabajo se centra en probar la hipótesis de que la competitividad de un equipo profesional portugués de fútbol está influenciada por el nivel del desarrollo económico de la región circundante.
Paulo Reis Mourão
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