| Article ID: | iaor199649 |
| Country: | Greece |
| Volume: | 5 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page Number: | 59 |
| End Page Number: | 83 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 1993 |
| Journal: | Studies In Locational Analysis |
| Authors: | Michelot Christian |
This paper provides a tutorial introduction to the most important and useful mathematical tools in the framework of continuous location theory. Several illustrations of how these tools can be successfully used are given with a special emphasis on a geometrical approach which gives interesting insights on the properties of location problems.