ABSTRACT
The primary purpose of this book is to introduce and demonstrate pragmatic methods for solving complex problems in the broad area called facilities locations. Although industrial engineers, economists, logisticians, and management scientists are primarily concerned with the topics discussed in succeeding chapters, the subject matter is also addressed by many other professionals, as is evident by the articles appearing in professional journals, such as International Journal of Production Research, Logistics and Transportation Review, Journal of Farm Economics, Geographical Analysis, Econometrics, Transportation Science, Operations Research, and SIAM Review. This illustrates that a large number of problems in many different fields can be investigated and solved by facility location methods.
