In this paper we investigate a model where travel time is not necessarily proportional to the distance. Every trip starts at speed zero, then the vehicle accelerates to a cruising speed, stays at the cruising speed for a portion of the trip and then decelerates back to a speed of zero. We define...

The inequality measure “Quintile Share Ratio” (QSR or sometimes S80/S20) is the primary income inequality measure in the European Union’s set of indicators on social cohesion. An important reason for its adoption as a leading indicator is its simplicity. The Quintile Share Ratio is “The...

In this paper we propose a covering problem where the covering radius of a facility is controlled by the decision-maker; the cost of achieving a certain covering distance is assumed to be a monotonically increasing function of the distance (i.e., it costs more to establish a facility with a...