A systematic classification of application of location-allocation models

This paper presents a systematic classification of formally published applications of location allocation-modelling. Its body is composed of two parts. First, a table of classification in which each paper is classified by (1) sector (public, private or academic) and subclassified by type (emergency, fire, etc.); (2) formal model type (p-median, etc.); (3) the nature of the real world application. Comments on features of special interest are also indicated in the table. Second, a bibliographic section which contains the full reference to the entries in the table of classification. Before this, the meat of the paper, however, we briefly discuss the reasons for the list, the limits on candidates to be considered, the classification system and the difficulty of forcing such heterogeneous literature into a rigid structure.