Researchers have been solving location problems with the assumption that the competition in the market does not subject the new facilities that is located in the market. Meanwhile, competitive facility location model is the awareness that a firm’s location may affect its market share. The facilities capture as many customers as possible in order to maximize the market share. On the other hand, no existing facilities exist in the area where p-center problems apply. The objective in p-center is to minimize the cost for customer. The consideration in this research is customers patronize the nearest facility, whereas distance is the attractiveness. Therefore, we could propose an idea to implement the p-center into competitive location problem model in order to satisfy the assumption. Tabu search is one algorithm that has been applied to location problems successfully. In addition to the contributions mentioned earlier, we could also utilize efficient heuristics for facility location with foresight.
Researchers have been solving location problems with the assumption that the competition in the market does not subject the new facilities that is located in the market. Meanwhile, competitive facility location model is the awareness that a firm’s location may affect its market share. The facilities capture as many customers as possible in order to maximize the market share. On the other hand, no existing facilities exist in the area where p-center problems apply. The objective in p-center is to minimize the cost for customer. The consideration in this research is customers patronize the nearest facility, whereas distance is the attractiveness. Therefore, we could propose an idea to implement the p-center into competitive location problem model in order to satisfy the assumption. Tabu search is one algorithm that has been applied to location problems successfully. In addition to the contributions mentioned earlier, we could also utilize efficient heuristics for facility location with foresight.