EQUITY MAXIMIZING FACILITY LOCATION SCHEMES

This paper addresses the equity question in facility location. Section 1 considers the simple case of locating a single facility on a network consisting of two nodes. Section 2 addresses the location of a single facility on a general network. Section 3 shows how the system of taxes (subsidies or grants) or side payments developed in Section 2 applies to any distance-minimizing facility location scheme. Finally, Section 4 considers locating a single facility to minimize customer inequities when taxes or side payments cannot be utilized. An efficient algorithm for this new location problem is presented in the appendix.

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• Authors:
  • Berman, O
  • KAPLAN, E H
• Publication Date: 1990-5

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 137-144
• Serial:
  • Transportation Science
  • Volume: 24
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
  • ISSN: 0041-1655
  • Serial URL: http://transci.journal.informs.org/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Algorithms; Equity; Facilities; Location; Maximization; Payment; Subsidies
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00494561
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: May 31 1990 12:00AM