Equitable service by a facility: minimizing the Gini coefficient

DOI10.1016/j.cor.2009.02.019zbMath1176.90353OpenAlexW1984386586MaRDI QIDQ833549

Jeffery Guyse, Tammy Drezner, Zvi Drezner

Publication date: 14 August 2009

Published in: Computers \& Operations Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2009.02.019

zbMATH Keywords

Gini coefficientlocationLorenz curve

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Discrete location and assignment (90B80)

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