| Article ID: | iaor2001632 |
| Country: | Germany |
| Volume: | 8 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page Number: | 3 |
| End Page Number: | 11 |
| Publication Date: | May 2000 |
| Journal: | Central European Journal of Operations Research |
| Authors: | Burkard Rainer E. |
| Keywords: | geometry, obnoxious facilities, p-centre problem |
We sketch the development of location problems from the beginnings in the 17th century until the recent days. In particular recent results concerning obnoxious location problems are mentioned and we report on a large locational analysis problem from practice.