This is the app page of ODMO program for Choosing locations for new plants

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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