A decision support system for facility location problem under time constraints

The facility location problem in a market environment where other similar facilities are already activated has been studied extensively in the international bibliography. What has not been materialized however, with only a few incomplete exceptions, is software specialized on the specific problem. Given the huge number of models of the problem, the even greater number of their solution methods and its frequent appearance in the operational planning of both public and private organisations, this lack becomes noticeable. In the present paper, a decision support system about the simultaneous location of multiple competitive facilities in a network environment under strict time restrictions is presented.