the hierarchical hub location problem is encountered three-level network that is applied in production-distribution system, education system, emergency medical services, telecommunication network, etc. this paper addresses the hierarchical hub covering problem with single assignment accounting for mandatory dispersion of central hubs restriction as a special case. this formulation with incorpor...

We propose an hour-ahead prediction model for electricity prices that captures the heavy-tailed behavior that we observe in the hourly spot market in the Ercot (Texas) and the PJM West hub grids. We present a model according to which we separate the price process into a thin-tailed trailing-median process and a heavytailed residual process whose probability distribution can be approximated by a...

Hub facilities are centralized locations that consolidate and distribute the commodities in transportation networks. In many real world applications, transport service providers may prefer to lease hub for a time horizon rather than being owned or constructed. this paper, modeling framework is proposed multi-period location problem arises design of star–star network with two types hubs links. I...

abstract one of the basic assumptions in hub covering problems is considering the covering radius as an exogenous parameter which cannot be controlled by the decision maker. practically and in many real world cases with a negligible increase in costs, to increase the covering radii, it is possible to save the costs of establishing additional hub nodes. change in problem parameters during the pl...

This paper presents a bi-objective capacitated hub arc location problem with single assignment for designing a metro network with an elastic demand. In the literature, it is widely supposed that the network created with the hub nodes is complete. In this paper, this assumption is relaxed. Moreover, in most hub location problems, the demand is assumed to be static and independent of the location...

The biggest challenges faced in big cities are greenhouse gas emission and growing energy needs. Efficient utilization of existing infrastructures has a prominent role in response to the challenges. Energy hub approach embraces performance of different energy networks. Energy hub is defined as a super node in electrical system receiving distinctive energy carriers such as gas and electricity in...

In this paper, a comprehensive model for hub location-routing problem is proposed which no network structure other than connectivity is imposed on backbone (i.e. network between hub nodes) and tributary networks (i.e. networks which connect non-hub nodes to hub nodes). This model is applied in public transportation, telecommunication and banking networks. In this model locating and routing is c...

BACKGROUND The majority of established telestroke services are based on "hub-and-spoke" models for providing acute clinical assessment and thrombolysis. We report results from the first year of the successful implementation of a locally based telemedicine network, without the need of 1 or more hub hospitals, across a largely rural landscape. METHODS AND RESULTS Following a successful pilot ph...

In hub-and-spoke systems, due to the changes in input parameters affecting system over time, transportation providers should make right and timely decisions about hub facilities. For this reason, multi-period location problems are especially important. This paper presents a comprehensive review of from 1990 up most recent published studies. First, we study developed models based on some charact...