AM12-1 - Operations research modeling and location modeling principles

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Author and Citation Info: 

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