Title
Weber‘s Problem with Attraction and Repulsion under Polyhedral Gauges
Abstract
Given a finite set of points in the plane anda forbidden region R, we want to find a point X ∉ int(R), such thatthe weighted sum to all given points is minimized.This location problem is a variant of the well-known Weber Problem, where wemeasure the distance by polyhedral gauges and alloweach of the weights to be positive ornegative. The unit ballof a polyhedral gauge may be any convex polyhedron containingthe origin. This large class of distance functions allows verygeneral (practical) settings – such as asymmetry – to be modeled. Each given point isallowed to have its own gaugeand the forbidden region Renables us to include negative information in the model. Additionallythe use of negative and positive weights allows to include thelevel of attraction or dislikeness of a new facility.Polynomial algorithms and structural properties for this globaloptimization problem (d.c. objective function and anon-convex feasible set) based on combinatorial and geometrical methodsare presented.
Year
DOI
Venue
1997
10.1023/A:1008235107372
Journal of Global Optimization
Keywords
Field
DocType
Location Theory,global optimization,discretization,geometrical algorithms
Combinatorics,Mathematical optimization,Finite set,Global optimization,Convex polytope,Feasible region,1-center problem,Gauge (firearms),Weber problem,Mathematics,Unit sphere
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
11
4
1573-2916
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
6
0.97
3
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Stefan Nickel142741.70
Eva-Maria Dudenhöffer260.97