Title :
A path-based hub-and-spoke network design model and its linearization
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Planning, East Carolina Univ., Greenville, NC, USA
Abstract :
The paper presents a general path-based hub-and-spoke network design model and shows that a simplification of it leads to O´Kelly´s quadratic hub location model. Several linearization algorithms for solving the general model and its simplification are also discussed
Keywords :
linearisation techniques; network topology; operations research; telecommunication networks; transportation; O´Kelly´s quadratic hub location model; linearization; path-based hub-and-spoke network design model; Air transportation; Airplanes; Airports; Artificial satellites; Communication switching; Economies of scale; Path planning; Satellite ground stations; Telecommunication network topology; Telecommunication switching;
Conference_Titel :
Computers and Communications, 1996., Conference Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE Fifteenth Annual International Phoenix Conference on
Conference_Location :
Scottsdale, AZ
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3255-5
DOI :
10.1109/PCCC.1996.493655