A Long-Range Selection and Timing Analysis System for Facility Location: Implementation

Abstract

This paper describes the application of a mixed-integer program to the problem of providing strategic decisions for the selection and timing of a set of proposed facilities to serve distinct geographic regions. Solutions to this selection-timing process are obtained by the system presented so as to maximize the ratio of total net revenues to total assets. In addition, a series of optimal integer solutions to a large-scale problem is included with discussion and analysis.