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Global Optimization in Weber’s Problem with Attraction and Repulsion

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  1. Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA

    Costas D. Maranas

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544-5263, USA

    Christodoulos A. Floudas

  2. Center for Applied Optimization, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611-6595, USA

    Panos M. Pardalos

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Maranas, C.D. (2008). Global Optimization in Weber’s Problem with Attraction and Repulsion . In: Floudas, C., Pardalos, P. (eds) Encyclopedia of Optimization. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-74759-0_249

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