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There are N = 3 new assembly plants need to be located in 3 out of P = 6 possible areas. The locations of 6 possible areas are in the following table
Possible areas
1
2
3
4
5
6
x (km)
y (km)
The number of suppliers is S = 10. Assembly plants need all of 10 pieces from all suppliers to produce a final product. The cost of moving one piece from each suppliers and their locations are given the following table
Supplier
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Cost of moving one
piece ($/piece/km)
x (km)
y (km)
The number of required products of each plant are given in the following table
Plant
1
2
3
#Required product
Find the locations for 3 new assembly plants to minimize the delivery cost.
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