Co-authors: Serena Guarino (University of Pisa (Italy)), Fabrizio Oliviero (University of Pisa (Italy))
A model problem for the location of a given number N of points in a given region Ω and with a given resources density ρ(x) is considered. The main difference between the usual location problems and the present one is that in addition to the location cost an extra {\it routing cost} is considered, that takes into account the fact that the resources have to travel between the locations on a point-to-point basis. The limit problem as N→∞ is characterized and some applications to airfreight systems are shown.
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