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[81] Facility location analyses on one dimensional space based on intervening opportunity models
- Estimating the number of the custormes of rest area and parking area on highways
Keywords:intervening opportunity model, facility location model, rest area, parking area
In this study, the stochastic behavior of consumers' dropping by a road-side shop is concerned using the intervening opportunity model. The model is applied to formulate the mathematical programing problem maximizing the sum of the numbers of dropping by customers under the condition of multiple facility location. For the case of uniform trip density, the optimal facility location is derived as each interval of the facilities is mutually equal. Next, the model is applied to describe the dropping by numbers of automobiles to rest areas and parking areas on a highway. The validity of this model was demonstrated by the actual data in this study.