The location of benefit-distributing facilities in the Brazilian Social Security System

The distribution of benefits in the Brazilian Social Security System is done by Government-run facilities located both in small and large urban areas. In this paper the authors describe a methodology to locate facilities for these two cases. In the large urban areas a capacitated location problem must be solved; in the smaller centers the solution of an uncapacitated problem is sufficient. Case studies that describe the application of the methodology are presented.