Abstract
This paper introduces FLP Spreadsheet Solver, an open source spreadsheet based Decision Support System for Facility Location Problems. Structure of the spreadsheets, interface of the solver, and a Tabu Search algorithm implemented within the solver are described. An integer programming formulation of the underlying facility location problem is provided. Computational tests show that FLP Spreadsheet Solver can solve benchmark p-median and capacitated p-median instances to near optimality. The paper also includes a case study consisting of the application of FLP Spreadsheet Solver to a healthcare facility location problem.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 113116 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1-12 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Decision Support Systems |
| Volume | 125 |
| Early online date | 8 Aug 2019 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 31 Oct 2019 |
Keywords
- Facility location analysis
- Health services
- Open source
- Spreadsheets
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Management Information Systems
- Information Systems
- Developmental and Educational Psychology
- Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
- Information Systems and Management
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Christos Vasilakis
- Management - Professor
- Bath Centre for Healthcare Innovation and Improvement - Director
- Information, Decisions & Operations - Chair in Management Science
- Centre for Bioengineering & Biomedical Technologies (CBio)
Person: Research & Teaching, Affiliate staff