AM12-1 - Operations research modeling and location modeling principles
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DiBiase, D., DeMers, M., Johnson, A., Kemp, K., Luck, A. T., Plewe, B., and Wentz, E. (2006). Operations research modeling and location modeling principles. The Geographic Information Science & Technology Body of Knowledge. Washington, DC: Association of American Geographers. (2nd Quarter 2016, first digital).
Learning Objectives:
Explain how optimization models can be used to generate models of alternate options for presentation to decision makers
Explain, using the concept of combinatorial complexity, why some location problems are very hard to solve
Compare and contrast the concepts of discrete location problems and continuous location problems
Explain the concept of solution space
Explain the principles of operations research modeling and location modeling
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DiBiase, D., DeMers, M., Johnson, A., Kemp, K., Luck, A. T., Plewe, B., and Wentz, E. (2006). Operations research modeling and location modeling principles. The Geographic Information Science & Technology Body of Knowledge. Washington, DC: Association of American Geographers. (2nd Quarter 2016, first digital).