Facility location has fascinated geographers, logisticians, and ultimately, supply chain researchers for a long time. There are all the obvious push and pull factors, proximity to suppliers and markets, transportation rates etc. But what do you do if you have some sort of reason to locate a facility in the middle of nowhere (or a legacy of being located in the middle of nowhere)? Jan Husdal has now explored this question in terms of “sparse transportation networks”. Here it is. Delightful reading.
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Thanks for the kind words. I’m glad you enjoyed my post and wish to share it with your readers.
You’ll laugh, it’s due to a student project that I found your blog input on the topic.
I’m not laughing. I know my readership, and I know that students are frequent visitors, along with industry professionals. Not so many academics…yet, besides you