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A compelling argument for the gravity p-median model

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  • Carling, Kenneth
  • Håkansson, Johan

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The p-median model is used to locate P facilities to serve a geographically distributed population. Conventionally, it is assumed that the population always travels to the nearest facility. Drezner and Drezner (2006, 2007) re-estate three arguments on why this assumption might be incorrect, and they introduce the gravity p-median model to relax the assumption. We favor the gravity p-median model, but we note that in an applied setting, the three arguments are incomplete. In this communication, we point at the existence of a fourth compelling argument for the gravity p-median model.

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  • Carling, Kenneth & Håkansson, Johan, 2013. "A compelling argument for the gravity p-median model," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 226(3), pages 658-660.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ejores:v:226:y:2013:i:3:p:658-660
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2012.11.041
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