Solving multifacility Huff location models on networks using metaheuristic and exact approaches

p-facility Huff location problem on networks

The p-facility Hu location problem aims at locating facilities on a competitive environment so as to maximize the market share. While it has been deeply studied in the eld of continuous location, in this paper we study the p-facility Hu location problem on networks formulated as a Mixed Integer Nonlinear Programming problem that can be solved by a branch and bound algorithm. We propose two appr...

fault location in power distribution networks using matching algorithm

چکیده رساله/پایان نامه : تاکنون روش‏های متعددی در ارتباط با مکان یابی خطا در شبکه انتقال ارائه شده است. استفاده مستقیم از این روش‏ها در شبکه توزیع به دلایلی همچون وجود انشعاب‏های متعدد، غیر یکنواختی فیدرها (خطوط کابلی، خطوط هوایی، سطح مقطع متفاوت انشعاب ها و تنه اصلی فیدر)، نامتعادلی (عدم جابجا شدگی خطوط، بارهای تک‏فاز و سه فاز)، ثابت نبودن بار و اندازه گیری مقادیر ولتاژ و جریان فقط در ابتدای...

Solving Euclidean Distance Multifacility Location Problems Using Conjugate Subgradient and Line-Search Methods

A Multifacility Location Problem on Median Spaces

This paper is concerned with the problem of locating II new facilities in the median space when there are k facilities already located. The objective is to minimize the weighted sum of distances. Necessary and sufficient conditions are established. Based on these results a polynomial algorithm is presented. The algorithm requires the solution of a sequence of minimum-cut problems. The complexit...

Metaheuristic Approaches to Solving Large-scale Bilevel Uncapacitated Facility Location Problem with Clients’ Preferences

In this study, we consider a variant of the Bilevel Uncapacitated Facility Location Problem (BLUFLP), in which the clients choose suppliers based on their own preferences. We propose and compare three metaheuristic approaches for solving this problem: Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), Simulated Annealing (SA), and a combination of Reduced and Basic Variable Neighborhood Search Method (VNS). We...