Over 20% of Americans do not have adequate access to primary care services due to a lack of available physicians (HRSA, 2014). In response many have called for an increased role of the Nurse Practitioner. The retail health clinic, a recent innovation, is well suited to serve as a conduit for...

The paper presents continuous and both capacitated/uncapacitated location-allocation problem (LAP) concerning location of distribution centers (DCs) and their allocation to groups of customers (stores) served by a retail physical distribution network. The primary purpose is to develop a model of...