A facility location problem is the problem of deciding where a given public facility (e.g. a school or a power station) should be placed. This problem has been studied from various angles.
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Optimal facility location is an optimization problem: deciding where to place the facility in order to minimize transportation costs while considering factors like avoiding placing hazardous materials near housing.
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Facility location (competitive game) The competitive facility location game is a kind of competitive game in which service-providers select locations to place their facilities in order to maximize their profits.Eva Tardos and Tom Wexler, "Network Formation Games". Chapter 19 in The ga ...
is a problem in game theory: finding an equilbrium in a game in which the players are different producers, each of which looks for a location for placing a facility in order to attract as many consumers as possible.
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Facility location (cooperative game) The cooperative facility location game is a cooperative game of cost sharing. The goal is to share the cost of opening new facilities between the clients enjoying these facilities.Kamal Jain and Mohammad Mahdian, "Cost Sharing". Chapter 15 in
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is the problem of how to share the cost of opening new facilities between the clients enjoying these facilities.
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