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Sensitivity Testing and the Plant Location Problem
Author(s) -
Toft H. I.,
Cassidy P. A.,
McCarthy W. O.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
american journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.949
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1467-8276
pISSN - 0002-9092
DOI - 10.2307/1237392
Subject(s) - sensitivity (control systems) , problem statement , statement (logic) , stability (learning theory) , mathematical optimization , computer science , range (aeronautics) , matrix (chemical analysis) , linear programming , operations research , mathematics , management science , engineering , materials science , electronic engineering , machine learning , political science , law , composite material , aerospace engineering
A wide range of models and and solution procedures are now available to the analyst concerned with plant or warehouse location problems. While these produce an optimal solution, no explicit statement is usually made about solution stability. One large group of models concerned with size and siting problems uses the transportation model of linear programming as a solution procedure. This paper presents a method of testing the stability of such solutions. The problem outlined here concerns a plant location study and explicitly examines processing cost variations. However, the sensitivity test used can be applied in general to any cost elements of a transportation problem matrix.