Abstract:This article presents a hybrid algorithm for the service area problem. The design of service areas is one of the essential issues in providing efficient services in both the public and private sectors. For a geographical region with a number of small spatial units, the service area problem is to assign the service-demand units to the service-supply units such that each facility has a service area. The basic criteria for the service areas are the highest service accessibility, the contiguous service areas, and … Show more
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