Allocating servers to facilities, when demand is elastic to travel and waiting times

dc.contributor.authorMarianov, V
dc.contributor.authorRios, M
dc.contributor.authorBarros, FJ
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-10T12:04:09Z
dc.date.available2024-01-10T12:04:09Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.description.abstractPublic inoculation centers are examples of facilities providing service to customers whose demand is elastic to travel and waiting time. That is, people will not travel too far, or stay in line for too long to obtain the service. The goal, when planning such services, is to maximize the demand they attract, by locating centers and staffing them so as to reduce customers' travel time and time spent in queue. In the case of inoculation centers, the goal is to maximize the people that travel to the centers and stay in line until inoculated. We propose a procedure for the allocation of multiple servers to centers, so that this goal is achieved. An integer programming model is formulated. Since demand is elastic, a supply-demand equilibrium equation must be explicitly included in the optimization model, which then becomes nonlinear. As there are no exact procedures to solve such problems, we propose a heuristic procedure, based on Heuristic Concentration, which finds a good solution to this problem. Numerical examples are presented.
dc.fechaingreso.objetodigital2024-05-02
dc.format.extent20 páginas
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1051/ro:2006002
dc.identifier.issn0399-0559
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1051/ro:2006002
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/75707
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000234883700001
dc.information.autorucIngeniería;Marianov V;S/I;99349
dc.information.autorucIngeniería;Ríos M;S/I;99584
dc.issue.numero3
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesocontenido parcial
dc.pagina.final162
dc.pagina.inicio143
dc.publisherEDP SCIENCES S A
dc.revistaRAIRO-OPERATIONS RESEARCH
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectfacility location
dc.subjectresource allocation
dc.subjectnonlinear optimization
dc.subjectinteger programming
dc.subjectheuristics
dc.subjectHEURISTIC CONCENTRATION
dc.subjectLOCATION-ALLOCATION
dc.subjectMEDIAN PROBLEM
dc.subjectCENTERS
dc.subjectQUEUES
dc.subjectMODELS
dc.subjectGRAPH
dc.titleAllocating servers to facilities, when demand is elastic to travel and waiting times
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen39
sipa.codpersvinculados99349
sipa.codpersvinculados99584
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.indexScopus
sipa.trazabilidadCarga SIPA;09-01-2024
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