Locating a facility to simultaneously address access and coverage goals

This paper introduces a bi-objective strategic location problem to address access and coverage. While previous research in continuous location modelling considered access coverage independently, none has approached such a problem in an integrated fashion. In this paper, a new mathematical formulation considering access and coverage is derived, and a solution algorithm to find the entire set of optimal tradeoff solutions is developed. Application findings are reported for several case studies, varying in problem size. The developed approach is shown to provide critical insights for real-time decision-making, facilitating planning, management and policy development.

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This paper introduces a bi-objective strategic location problem that addresses access and coverage. It presents a new mathematical formulation that considers both access and coverage, as well as a solution algorithm to find optimal solutions. Application findings from several case studies show that this approach provides critical insights for real-time decision-making and contributes to planning, management, and policy development.