Assumptions for Objective Selection
Generically, facility location problems optimize a specific objective given several constraints. Example objectives include maximizing profit, minimizing the maximum distance to a facility, or minimizing the average distance to a facility. Example constraints include fixed maximums on the overall volume that can be served by a facility, a limit on the number of facilities, or requirements that demand is satisfied by the nearest facility. These algorithms make specific site proposals from a list of potential sites. Throughout the paper, we will refer to these as proposed sites and potential sites, with actual testing locations referred to as just sitesOur goal was to best serve the Latinx community in each county with a fixed number of sites that had been pre-negotiated with county officials and community partners. In an analogous study investigating distribution of anti-viral medication, a person’s willingness to travel to obtain the medication was estimated to decline rapidly as distance increased (Singh et al., 