Determining Alternative Locations for Plant Processing Facilities: A Method for Guidance of Policymakers

A method is outlined which augments and modifies the Logan and King optimum solution of the processing plant location problem to give a number of near optimum solutions. Policy-makers can then consider jointly the comparative costs of alternative locations and their comparative noneconomic benefits. A Western Australian example involving the location of wool assembly and sampling centres is used to illustrate the method.

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Year of publication:	1972
Authors:	Ferguson, D.C. ; McCarthy, W.O. ; Rodgers, J.L.
Published in:	Review of Marketing and Agricultural Economics. - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society - AARES. - Vol. 40.1972, 04
Publisher:	Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society - AARES
Subject:	Agribusiness

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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