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A Maximum Expected Covering Location Model: Formulation, Properties and Heuristic Solution

Mark S. Daskin
Mark S. Daskin
Department of Civil Engineering and The Transportation Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
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Department of Civil Engineering and The Transportation Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

Published Online:1 Feb 1983https://doi.org/10.1287/trsc.17.1.48

This article is part of the Transportation Science Classics collection, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the journal.

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