The technical characteristics of a procedure to simulate a national distribution system are discussed and compared to linear programming techniques often used in such analyses. The manner in which the cost-generating elements of the system were structured for simulation and the procedure for...

The general conclusion of our examination of the work of the Messrs. Kuehn and Hamburger [Kuehn, A. A., M. J. Hamburger. 1963. A heuristic program for locating warehouses. Management Sci. 9(4) 643-666.] is that they have made available an important tool for the study of the warehouse location...