This paper aims at determining the optimal number of new facilities besides specifying both the optimal location and design level of them under the budget constraint in a competitive environment by a novel hybrid continuous and discrete firefly algorithm. A real-world application of locating new...

Location games offer simple and parsimonious frameworks for analyzing a host of issues from political competition to product positioning and business strategy. In this chapter, we review existing approaches to modeling spatial competition using location games and benefits, as well as challenges...