Production and Operations Analysis, Seventh Edition
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Chapter 11, Problem 54AP
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Interpretation: An electronics firm located near Phoenix, Arizona, is considering where to locate a new phone switch that will link five buildings. The buildings are located at (0,0), (2,6), (10,2), (3,9) and (0,4). The objective is to locate the switch to minimize the cabling required to those five buildings, for which the gravity solution needs to be determined.
Concept Introduction: In a gravity modeling, locations are determined that minimizes the cost of transportation of raw materials from the supplier as well as manufactured goods to the market.
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Summary Introduction
Interpretation: An electronics firm located near Phoenix, Arizona, is considering where to locate a new phone switch that will link five buildings. The buildings are located at (0,0), (2,6), (3,9) and (0,4). The objective is to locate the switch to minimize the cabling required to those five buildings. Assuming a straight line distance measurement and if the problem is solved by hand, the appropriate equations needs to be iterated at least five times, and the optimal location needs to be determined.
Concept Introduction: The simple measurement of distance in a straight line between two facilities is called Euclidean Distance.
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