The aim of this paper is to provide insights for better modeling hub location problems help create a road map future research. We first present taxonomy framework the broad array models, and then seek identify key gaps in literature that opportunities models. some new perspectives several areas, including historical evolution research, models economies scale, relevant characteristics different ...

The hierarchical hub covering facility location problems are applied to distribution systems, transportation, waste disposal, treatment services, emergency services and remote communication. The problems attempt to determine the location of service providers' facilities at different levels and specify their linking directions in order to reduce costs and to establish an appropriate condition in...

This paper addresses the classical single and multiple allocation hub location problems with fully interconnected hubs, in which balanced round-trip flows on links are considered strategic decision making process. The use of is motivated by need to decrease empty-trip rate vehicles increase full-load vehicles. Mixed-integer programming models presented for versions problems. Numerical experimen...

Wireless sensor network performance mainly depend on proper deployment of mobile sink node within the cluster among the network used in routing protocols. Mobile sink node legitimately utilized as a part of routing techniques for the enhancement for power utilization. Since the mobile sink hub based WSN would enhance the entire system lifespan by balancing transmitting power within each and eve...

Third party service providers are locating logistic hub for operating their tasks. Finding a proper location helps them to have better performance in competitive environment. Multiple characteristics of proper location selection faces the decision maker to have a multi criteria decision making problem. Since the location decision is a long term planning, the robustness of the decision is gettin...

this research presents and solves a new mathematical model for school bus routing problem (sbrp). sbrp is a specific case of vehicle routing problem (vrp). despite prevalent models, this model includes location and routing simultaneously. besides, the vehicles are non-homogenous. in addition, instead of locating schools which are the depots, we consider locating bus stops that are mentioned &ap...

The design of hub-and-spoke transport networks is a strategic planning problem, as the choice of hub locations has to remain unchanged for long time periods. However, strikes, disasters or traffic breakdown can lead to the unavailability of a hub for a short period of time. Therefore it is important to consider such events already in the planning phase, so that a proper reaction is possible; on...