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Interfacility Interaction in Models of Hub and Spoke Networks

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  • Morton E. O’Kelly
  • Deborah Bryan

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Providers of transportation services may reduce their average unit costs by bundling flows and channeling them between hubs (also known as concentrators or routers). The resulting facility locations are interdependent because of the flows between them. This paper analyzes mathematical models of hub systems in an effort to enhance understanding of the optimal location of interactive facilities. The paper examines the behavior of solutions to several alternative models that require the location of a hub at either of two similar locations. A model employing a concave cost function favors the assembly of flows, penalizes fractional facility locations, and produces local minima that have integer facilities.

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  • Morton E. O’Kelly & Deborah Bryan, 2002. "Interfacility Interaction in Models of Hub and Spoke Networks," Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 42(1), pages 145-164, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jregsc:v:42:y:2002:i:1:p:145-164
    DOI: 10.1111/1467-9787.00254
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    1. Lin, Cheng-Chang & Lee, Shwu-Chiou, 2010. "The competition game on hub network design," Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Elsevier, vol. 44(4), pages 618-629, May.
    2. Selim Çetiner & Canan Sepil & Haldun Süral, 2010. "Hubbing and routing in postal delivery systems," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 181(1), pages 109-124, December.

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