Title
When centers can fail: A close second opportunity
Abstract
This paper presents the p-next center problem, which aims to locate p out of n centers so as to minimize the maximum cost of allocating customers to backup centers. In this problem it is assumed that centers can fail and customers only realize that their closest (reference) center has failed upon arrival. When this happens, they move to their backup center, i.e., to the center that is closest to the reference center. Hence, minimizing the maximum travel distance from a customer to its backup center can be seen as an alternative approach to handle humanitarian logistics, that hedges customers against severe scenario deteriorations when a center fails.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1016/j.cor.2015.01.002
Computers & Operations Research
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Integer programming,Discrete location,p-center
Journal
62
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
C
0305-0548
2
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.39
19
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Maria Albareda-Sambola120314.01
Yolanda Hinojosa2988.14
Alfredo Marín345332.98
Justo Puerto471773.21