Proceedings of the XII International Workshop on Locational Analysis and Related Problems

TL;DR

This paper reports on the XII International Workshop on Locational Analysis held in Edinburgh, focusing on recent developments, research communication, and international collaboration in location analysis and related problems.

Contribution

It introduces the first international workshop outside Spain, promoting research exchange and development in location analysis and related fields.

Findings

First international workshop held outside Spain

Enhanced international collaboration in location analysis

Discussion of recent models and solution methods

Abstract

The International Workshop on Locational Analysis and Related Problems will take place during September 7-8, 2023 in Edinburgh (United Kingdom). It is organized by the Spanish Location Network and the Location Group GELOCA from the Spanish Society of Statistics and Operations Research (SEIO). The Spanish Location Network is a group of more than 140 researchers from several Spanish universities organized into 7 thematic groups. The Network has been funded by the Spanish Government since 2003. The current project is RED2022-134149-T. One of the main activities of the Network is a yearly meeting aimed at promoting the communication among its members and between them and other researchers, and to contribute to the development of the location field and related problems. As a proof of the internationalization of this research group, this will be the first time that the meeting is held out of Spain. The topics of interest are location analysis and related problems. This includes location models, networks, transportation, logistics, exact and heuristic solution methods, and computational geometry, among others.