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Aggregation and Surrogation Error in the p-Median Model

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Hodgson, M.J., Hewko, J. Aggregation and Surrogation Error in the p-Median Model. Annals of Operations Research 123, 53–66 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026115027615

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