鲁棒动态设施选址问题的近似算法

设施选址问题是组合优化中重要问题之一。动态设施选址问题是传统设施选址问题的推广,其中度量空间中设施的开设费用和顾客的需求均随着时间的变化而变化。更多地,经典设施选址问题假设所有的顾客都需要被服务。在这个模型假设下,所有的顾客都需要服务。但事实上,有时为服务距离较远的顾客,需要单独开设设施,导致了资源的浪费。因此,在模型设置中,可以允许一些固定数目的顾客不被服务 (带异常点的设施选址问题),此外也可以通过支付一些顾客的惩罚费用以达到不服务的目的 (带惩罚的设施选址问题)。本文将综合以上两种鲁棒设置考虑同时带有异常点和惩罚的动态设施选址问题,通过原始-对偶框架得到近似比为3的近似算法。     

The rectilinear distance Weber problem in the presence of a probabilistic line barrier

This paper considers the problem of locating a single facility in the presence of a line barrier that occurs randomly on a given horizontal route on the plane. The objective is to locate this new facility such that the sum of the expected rectilinear distances from the facility to the demand points in the presence of the probabilistic barrier is minimized. Some properties of the problem are reported, a solution algorithm is provided with an example problem, and some future extensions to the problem are discussed.     

The gravity p-median model

In this paper we propose a new model for the p-median problem. In the standard p-median problem it is assumed that each demand point is served by the closest facility. In many situations (for example, when demand points are communities of customers and each customer makes his own selection of the facility) demand is divided among the facilities. Each customer selects a facility which is not necessarily the closest one. In the gravity p-median problem it is assumed that customers divide their patronage among the facilities with the probability that a customer patronizes a facility being proportional to the attractiveness of that facility and to a decreasing utility function of the distance to the facility.     

带惩罚的动态设施选址问题的近似算法

本文研究带惩罚的动态设施选址问题,在该问题中假设不同时段内设施的开放费用、用户的需求及连接费用可以不相同,而且允许用户的需求不被满足,但是要有惩罚.对此问题我们给出了第-个近似比为1.8526的原始对偶(组合)算法.     

A spring-embedding approach for the facility layout problem

The facility layout problem is concerned with finding the most efficient arrangement of a given number of departments with unequal area requirements within a facility. The facility layout problem is a hard problem, and therefore, exact solution methods are only feasible for small or greatly restricted problems. In this paper, we propose a spring-embedding approach that unlike previous approaches results in a model that is convex. Numerical results demonstrating the potential of our model and the efficiency of our solution procedure are presented.     

Approximate algorithms for the competitive facility location problem

We consider the competitive facility location problem in which two competing sides (the Leader and the Follower) open in succession their facilities, and each consumer chooses one of the open facilities basing on its own preferences. The problem amounts to choosing the Leader’s facility locations so that to obtain maximal profit taking into account the subsequent facility location by the Follower who also aims to obtain maximal profit. We state the problem as a two-level integer programming problem. A method is proposed for calculating an upper bound for the maximal profit of the Leader. The corresponding algorithm amounts to constructing the classical maximum facility location problem and finding an optimal solution to it. Simultaneously with calculating an upper bound we construct an initial approximate solution to the competitive facility location problem. We propose some local search algorithms for improving the initial approximate solutions. We include the results of some simulations with the proposed algorithms, which enable us to estimate the precision of the resulting approximate solutions and give a comparative estimate for the quality of the algorithms under consideration for constructing the approximate solutions to the problem.     

考虑设施中断情景的震后救援初期应急物流网络优化设计

在震后救援初期,构建合理的应急物流网络,对于快速有效供应应急物资、减轻灾情具有重大价值。在传统可靠性选址问题与应急设施选址-分配问题的基础上,考虑震后救援初期的阶段性特征、设施中断情景、多品种模糊需求、设施能力限制等因素,建立了一个适用于震后救援初期的应急设施选址-分配模型。通过三角模糊数的期望值公式将模糊需求去模糊化。在此基础上,考虑模型特点,设计了一种整数编码的混合遗传算法。最后,以5·12汶川地震为背景,构造算例进行数值仿真。验证了所提模型和算法。结果表明:考虑设施中断情景后,即使系统中的部分设施失效,整个网络仍能较好运行,且优化结果更具可靠性和稳健性。     

软容量约束的动态设施选址问题的近似算法

考虑软容量约束的动态设施选址问题.假设设施的开放费用及连接费用都与时间有关,而且每一个设施均有容量约束.对此问题给出了第一个近似比为6的原始对偶(组合)算法.运行贪婪增加程序后,近似比进一步改进到3.7052.     

Single- and multi-objective facility layout with workflow interference considerations

The effect of workflow interference is a major concern in facility layout design. Yet, despite the extensive amount of research conducted on the facility layout problem, very little has been done to incorporate interference as part of an overall approach to layout design. This paper examines the impact of workflow interference considerations on facility layout analyses. Linear and nonlinear integer programming formulations of the problem are presented. The structural properties of the resulting formulations, as applied to facility design, are investigated. Finally, a multi-objective approach to facility layout design is presented, incorporating the traditional distance-based objective with that of workflow interference.     

Local search algorithm for universal facility location problem with linear penalties

The universal facility location problem generalizes several classical facility location problems, such as the uncapacitated facility location problem and the capacitated location problem (both hard and soft capacities). In the universal facility location problem, we are given a set of demand points and a set of facilities. We wish to assign the demands to facilities such that the total service as well as facility cost is minimized. The service cost is proportional to the distance that each unit of the demand has to travel to its assigned facility. The open cost of facility i depends on the amount z of demand assigned to i and is given by a cost function \(f_i(z)\). In this work, we extend the universal facility location problem to include linear penalties, where we pay certain penalty cost whenever we refuse serving some demand points. As our main contribution, we present a (\(7.88+\epsilon \))-approximation local search algorithm for this problem.     

平方度量动态设施选址问题的近似算法

研究了单阶段度量设施选址问题的推广问题平方度量动态设施选址问题. 研究中首先利用原始对偶技巧得到 9-近似算法, 然后利用贪婪增广技巧将近似比改进到2.606, 最后讨论了该问题的相应变形问题.     

Lagrangian-relaxation-based solution procedures for a multiproduct capacitated facility location problem with choice of facility type

This paper presents exact and heuristic solution procedures for a multiproduct capacitated facility location (MPCFL) problem in which the demand for a number of different product families must be supplied from a set of facility sites, and each site offers a choice of facility types exhibiting different capacities. MPCFL generalizes both the uncapacitated (or simple) facility location (UFL) problem and the pure-integer capacitated facility location problem. We define a branch-and-bound algorithm for MPCFL that utilizes bounds formed by a Lagrangian relaxation of MPCFL which decomposes the problem into UFL subproblems and easily solvable 0-1 knapsack subproblems. The UFL subproblems are solved by the dual-based procedure of Erlenkotter. We also present a subgradient optimization-Lagrangian relaxation-based heuristic for MPCFL. Computational experience with the algorithm and heuristic are reported. The MPCFL heuristic is seen to be extremely effective, generating solutions to the test problems that are on average within 2% of optimality, and the branch-and-bound algorithm is successful in solving all of the test problems to optimality.     

A convex optimisation framework for the unequal-areas facility layout problem

The unequal-areas facility layout problem is concerned with finding the optimal arrangement of a given number of non-overlapping indivisible departments with unequal area requirements within a facility. We present a convex-optimisation-based framework for efficiently finding competitive solutions for this problem. The framework is based on the combination of two mathematical programming models. The first model is a convex relaxation of the layout problem that establishes the relative position of the departments within the facility, and the second model uses semidefinite optimisation to determine the final layout. Aspect ratio constraints, frequently used in facility layout methods to restrict the occurrence of overly long and narrow departments in the computed layouts, are taken into account by both models. We present computational results showing that the proposed framework consistently produces competitive, and often improved, layouts for well-known large instances when compared with other approaches in the literature.     

Determining an optimum location for an undesirable facility in a workroom environment

This paper deals with the problem of placing an undesirable but necessary piece of equipment, process or facility into a working environment. Locating a piece of equipment that produces contaminants or creates stresses for nearby workers, placing a storage facility for flammable materials or locating hazardous waste in the workroom environment, are all typical examples of the undesirable facility location problem. The degree of undesirability between an existing facility or worker and the new undesirable entity is reflected through a weighting factor. The problem is formally defined to be the selection of a location within the convex region that maximizes the minimum weighted Euclidean distance with respect to all existing facilities. A ‘Maximin’ model is formulated and two solution procedures introduced. A geometrical approach and an algorithmic approach are described in detail. An example is provided for each solution procedure and the computational efficiency of the algorithm is discussed and illustrated.     

Location Among Regions with Varying Norms

This paper investigates a new variation in the continuous single facility location problem. Specifically, we address the problem of locating a new facility on a plane with different distance norms on different sides of a boundary line. Special cases and extensions of the problem, where there are more than two regions are also discussed. Finally, by investigating the properties of the models, efficient solution procedures are proposed.     

Linear facility location — Solving extensions of the basic problem

The basic problem is to locate a linear facility to minimize the sume of weighted shortest Euclidean distances from demand points to the facility. We extend the analysis to locating a constrained linear facility, a radial facility, a linear facility where distances are rectangular and a linear facility under the minimax criterion. Each case is shown to admit a simple solution technique.     

On the Weber facility location problem with limited distances and side constraints

The objective in the continuous facility location problem with limited distances is to minimize the sum of distance functions from the facility to the customers, but with a limit on each of the distances, after which the corresponding function becomes constant. The problem has applications in situations where the service provided by the facility is insensitive after a given threshold distance. In this paper, we propose a global optimization algorithm for the case in which there are in addition lower and upper bounds on the numbers of customers served.     

最小最大后悔准则下新增设施选址策略研究

基于新增设施选址问题,考虑网络节点权重不确定性,以设施中最大负荷量最小为目标,提出最小最大后悔准则下的新增设施选址问题。在网络节点权重确定时,通过证明将网络图中无穷多个备选点离散为有限个设施候选点,设计了时间复杂度为O(mn²)的多项式算法;在节点权重为区间值时,通过分析最大后悔值对应的最坏情境权重结构,进而确定最大后悔值最小的选址,提出时间复杂度为O(2ⁿm²n³)的求解算法;最后给出数值算例。     

Placing a finite size facility with a center objective on a rectangular plane with barriers

This paper addresses the finite size 1-center placement problem on a rectangular plane in the presence of barriers. Barriers are regions in which both facility location and travel through are prohibited. The feasible region for facility placement is subdivided into cells along the lines of Larson and Sadiq [R.C. Larson, G. Sadiq, Facility locations with the Manhattan metric in the presence of barriers to travel, Operations Research 31 (4) (1983) 652–669]. To overcome complications induced by the center (minimax) objective, we analyze the resultant cells based on the cell corners. We study the problem when the facility orientation is known a priori. We obtain domination results when the facility is fully contained inside 1, 2 and 3-cornered cells. For full containment in a 4-cornered cell, we formulate the problem as a linear program. However, when the facility intersects gridlines, analytical representation of the distance functions becomes challenging. We study the difficulties of this case and formulate our problem as a linear or nonlinear program, depending on whether the feasible region is convex or nonconvex. An analysis of the solution complexity is presented along with an illustrative numerical example.     

有容量限制的可靠性固定费用选址问题

设施网络可能面临各种失灵风险,而设施选址属于战略决策问题,短期内难以改变,因而在选址设计时需要充分考虑设施的非完全可靠性。本文针对无容量限制的可靠性固定费用选址问题进行扩展,进一步考虑设施的容量约束,基于非线性混合整数规划方法建立了一个有容量限制的可靠性固定费用选址问题优化模型。针对该模型的特点,应用线性化技术进行模型转化,并设计了一种拉格朗日松弛算法予以求解。通过多组算例分析,验证了算法的性能。算例分析结果表明设施失灵风险和设施容量对于选址决策有显著影响,因而在实际的选址决策过程中有必要充分考虑设施的失灵风险及容量约束。