Location Theory and Decision Analysis with Facility

Chan, Yupo

ISBN 10: 0538886706 / ISBN 13: 9780538886703

Published by South-Western Pub, 2000

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Synopsis:

This text integrates the models for facilities siting and land-use. Employing state-of-the-art quantitative models and case-studies, the book guides the siting of such facilities as transportation terminals, warehouses, nuclear power plants, military bases, landfills, emergency shelters, state parks, and industrial plants. The text should be of value to management-science analysts, transportation logisticians, civil and environmental engineers, economists, geographers, urban planners, developers, corporations, and government officials, who are involved in facility operation and planning - and who wish to avoid the costly mistakes that can result from poor locational decisions. It also discusses facility consolidation, contraction, expansion and the traffic flow through these facilities.

From the Back Cover: Employing state-of-the art quantitative models and case studies, Location Theory and Decision Analysis provides the methodologies behind the siting of such facilities as transportation terminals, warehouses, housing, landfills, state parks and industrial plants. Through its extensive methodological review, the book serves as a primer for more advanced texts on spatial analysis, including the monograph on Location, Transport and Land-Use by the same author. Given the rapid changes over the last decade, the Second Edition includes new analytic contributions as well as software survey of analytics and spatial information technology.  While the First Edition served the professional community well, the Second Edition has substantially expanded its emphasis for classroom use of the volume. Extensive pedagogic materials have been added, going from the fundamental principles to open-ended exercises, including solutions to selected problems. The text is of value to engineering and business programs that offer courses in Decision and Risk Analysis, Muticriteria Decision-Making, and Facility Location and Layout. It should also be of interest to public policy programs that use geographic Information Systems and satellite imagery to support their analyses.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Location Theory and Decision Analysis with ...
Publisher: South-Western Pub
Publication Date: 2000
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good