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A Parametric Approach for a Nonlinear Discrete Location Problem

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A discrete location problem is formulated for the design of a postal service network. The cost objective of this problem includes a nonlinear concave component. A parametric integer programming algorithm is developed to find an approximate solution to the problem. The algorithm reduces the problem into a sequence of p-median problems and deals with the nonlinear cost by a node-replacement scheme. Preliminary computational results are presented.

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  1. Department of Decision Sciences and Singapore-MIT Alliance, National University of Singapore, Republic of Singapore, 119260

    J. Sun

  2. Department of Decision Sciences, National University of Singapore, Republic of Singapore, 119260

    Y. Gu

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Sun, J., Gu, Y. A Parametric Approach for a Nonlinear Discrete Location Problem. Journal of Combinatorial Optimization 6, 119–132 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013802826295

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