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Location Analysis in Practice

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Applications of Location Analysis

Part of the book series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science ((ISOR,volume 232))

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Location choices are as old as mankind. Individuals have always chosen their place of residence, starting with the appropriate cave, which would have to be in reasonable proximity to places in which food, and later work, could be found). Municipalities located central places to conduct business, such as the Greek agora or the Roman forum (or arenas for gladiator fights, for that matter), while leaders of countries located places for their administration, their armies, &, eventually, their burial sites (e.g., pyramids).

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  1. Faculty of Business Administration, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, E3B 5A3, Canada

    H. A. Eiselt

  2. Department of Electrical Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

    Vladimir Marianov

  3. Bryan School of Business and Economics, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, 27402-6170, USA

    Joyendu Bhadury

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Eiselt, H., Marianov, V., Bhadury, J. (2015). Location Analysis in Practice. In: Eiselt, H., Marianov, V. (eds) Applications of Location Analysis. International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, vol 232. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20282-2_1

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