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Hub location problems generally assume that the triangle inequality applies on the edges of a complete graph. Hence the flow between any pair of nodes requires at most two hubs for the transfer process. Here we relax the triangle inequality restriction and present two new formulations of the uncapacitated multiple allocation p-hub median problem that allow transfer through more than two hubs. Some testing is performed on newly generated instances where the triangle inequality does not hold in order to assess the tractability of these new mathematical models, and their usefulness compared to the standard approach.
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This research is partially supported by Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development under the grants nos. 174010 and 044006. In addition, this research is partially covered by the framework of the Grant Number BR05236839 “Development of information technologies and systems for stimulation of personality’s sustainable development as one of the bases of development of digital Kazakhstan”.
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Brimberg, J., Mladenović, N., Todosijević, R. et al. A non-triangular hub location problem. Optim Lett 14, 1107–1126 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11590-019-01392-2
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