Objectives

The fields of Location and Network Design have progressed in parallel, although some researchers have made contributions to both fields, and some problems touch both sides, being the hub problem an example.

From a different perspective, there are conferences, meeting or symposia in both fields, but these are organized separately –Tristan and Isolde for instance. And none of these take place in South America.

We invite you to participate in a workshop being held in Pucón, Chile, with the goal of making researchers in both areas to join, present leading work in both fields, exchange ideas, and explore common interest. A further goal is to develop a research network.

Scope

Presentation are encouraged focusing on theory, modeling or applications of Location and Network Design, including but not limited to Health, Energy, Transportation, Telecommunications, Retail, Natural Resources, Environment, etc. Also, papers dealing with methodology, including exact methods, heuristics and simulation.

Key Speakers

	Rajan Batta State University of New York-Buffalo			Oded Berman Rotman School of Management-U. of Toronto
	Richard Church U. of California-Santa Barbara			Mark Daskin Northwestern University
	Michel Gendreau Université de Montréal			Abilio Lucena U. Federal de Rio de Janeiro
	Nelson Maculan U. Federal de Rio de Janeiro			Thomas Magnanti Massachusetts Institute of Technology
	Vladimir Marianov Pontifícia Universidad Católica de Chile

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Sponsor Institutions