Determination of the geographical location of a central facility

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Determination of the geographical location of a central facility

Original language description

Central facility location models are mostly used in logistics and transport networks to find the optimal position of a central warehouse, distribution centre or terminal. These models usually minimize the total transportation or distribution costs, which are based on the costs per unit, transport volumes and distances between existing customers and future center. This paper analyses the different possibilities for determining the distances between customers and the central facility. The coordinates of existing facilities (customers) and a suitable coordinate system are the default inputs for solving. The distance can be expressed by different ways e.g. direct, corrected, rectangular or quadratic. This expression is usually sufficient for relative short distances (tens to hundreds km) in planar space. In the case of longer distances, the curvature of the earth´s surface should be considered. The paper deals with the possibility of using the geographical coordinates and orthodromic distance in location models. Authors focus on simple and practical solving with the use of commonly available software applications. The accuracy of the different distance calculations will be compared.

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50703 - Transport planning and social aspects of transport (transport engineering to be 2.1)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

Transport Means : proceedings of the international scientific conference

ISBN

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ISSN

1822-296X

e-ISSN

2351-7034

Number of pages

4

Pages from-to

478-481

Publisher name

Kaunas University of Technology

Place of publication

Kaunas

Event location

Trakai

Event date

Oct 3, 2018

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

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