Facility Location, Warehousing and Transportation

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Description: Analytical models for single and multi-facility location problems. Algorithms for network location problems including the median, center, and covering problems. Storage policies such as dedicated, randomized and class-based and their relationship to the warehouse layout problem. Order picking and routing in warehouses. Warehouse material handling and storage/retrieval systems. Overview of the Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP). Clark and Wright heuristic for the single-depot VRP problem.