The maximum absolute deviation measure in location problems on networks

In selecting sites for facilities, especially in the public sector, the issue of equity is becoming increasingly important. In this way several equity criteria have already been applied to solve single facility location problems on networks. In this paper, a new locational equity measure, the maximum absolute deviation, is analyzed, its properties investigated and an algorithm for locating the single facility which minimizes such a measure on a network is proposed. Likewise, a particular case is also studied and a numerical example is presented.