We revisit classical systems of linear inequalities associated with location problems and with the p-median problem. We present an overview of the cases for which these linear systems define integral polytopes. We also give polynomial time algorithms to recognize these cases.
By: Mourad Baïou; Francisco Barahona
Published in: RC24683 in 2008
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