Article ID: | iaor20022152 |
Country: | United States |
Volume: | 31 |
Issue: | 2 |
Start Page Number: | 81 |
End Page Number: | 92 |
Publication Date: | Mar 1998 |
Journal: | Networks |
Authors: | Berman Oded, Averbakh Igor |
Keywords: | networks |
We study generalizations of classical multifacility location problems, where customers' demand has a hierarchial structure, i.e., the set of local customers is partitioned into categories (global customers), each having its own requirements for quality of service. For the case of identical facilities, we prove that the categorized coverage, covering,