Application and Extension of the Moore and ReVelle Hierarchical Maximal Covering Model

Authors

Samuel J. Ratick, Clark University
Jeffrey P. Osleeb, University of Connecticut
Dai Hozumi, St. Mary's Hospital Kurume

Document Type

Article

Abstract

In a paper published in Management Science in 1982, George Moore and Charles ReVelle proposed a location model for siting a hierarchical system of medical facilities. In this paper we apply the Moore and ReVelle Hierarchical Maximal Covering Model to the location of medical facilities in the Kohat district in Pakistan. Optimal solutions of the Moore and ReVelle model are compared against the actual location of medical facilities in this district. We then extend the Moore and ReVelle formulation to include fixed and variable costs for siting and operating the facilities. We compare the solutions of that formulation with the results of the original Moore and ReVelle model. © 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Publication Title

Socio-Economic Planning Sciences

Publication Date

6-1-2009

Volume

43

Issue

2

First Page

92

Last Page

101

ISSN

0038-0121

DOI

10.1016/j.seps.2008.02.011

Keywords

facility siting, hierarchical maximal covering models, medical facilities

Repository Citation

Ratick, Samuel J.; Osleeb, Jeffrey P.; and Hozumi, Dai, "Application and Extension of the Moore and ReVelle Hierarchical Maximal Covering Model" (2009). Sustainability and Social Justice. 470.
https://commons.clarku.edu/faculty_idce/470