Survey: Hub location problems: A review of models, classification, solution techniques, and applications

  • Authors:

  • Reza Zanjirani Farahani;Masoud Hekmatfar;Alireza Boloori Arabani;Ehsan Nikbakhsh

  • Affiliations:

  • Department of Informatics and Operations Management, Kingston Business School, Kingston University, Kingston Hill, Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey KT2 7LB, UK;Department of Industrial Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran;Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA;Department of Industrial Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

  • Venue:
  • Computers and Industrial Engineering
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

Hub location problem (HLP) is a relatively new extension of classical facility location problems. Hubs are facilities that work as consolidation, connecting, and switching points for flows between stipulated origins and destinations. While there are few review papers on hub location problems, the most recent one (Alumur and Kara, 2008. Network hub location problems: The state of the art. European Journal of Operational Research, 190, 1-21) considers solely studies on network-type hub location models prior to early 2007. Therefore, this paper focuses on reviewing the most recent advances in HLP from 2007 up to now. In this paper, a review of all variants of HLPs (i.e., network, continuous, and discrete HLPs) is provided. In particular, mathematical models, solution methods, main specifications, and applications of HLPs are discussed. Furthermore, some case studies illustrating real-world applications of HLPs are briefly introduced. At the end, future research directions and trends will be presented.