Solving the Flow Intercepting Spatial Interaction Problem with Uncertain Customer Demand

摘要：

The current paper has a dual objective: to propose new models for the location of competitive service facilities under the scenario-based customer demand uncertainty and to develop an efficient solution technique. In this paper, we first propose a flexible model for the location competitive service facilities by introducing non-constant expenditure function into flow intercepting spatial interaction model (FISIM). This model allows us to synchronously capture two key effects embodied in the flow intercepting spatial interaction model: market expansion and market cannibalization. Secondly, we further propose a new model, with maximizing minimum objective function, to locate competitive service facilities under the scenario-based market demand uncertainty. An efficient heuristic method is proposed and illustrated with a numerical example.

关键词： Competitive Facility Location Flow Intercepting Spatial Interaction Model Nonconstant Expenditure Function Uncertain Customer Demand

作者: Wang Xuefeng

作者单位: School of Statistics,Jiangxi University of Finance &Economics,Nanchang, China, 330013

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: The 15th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management(IE&EM2008)(第十五届工业工程与工程管理国际学术会议暨中国机械工程学会第11次工业工程年会)

会议地点: 郑州

会议语种:英文

在线出版日期: 2008-09-20（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）