As residential broadband options such as cable and xDSL grow in popularity, broadband providers continue to roll out service in select market areas. However, due to technological limitations, some locations qualify for xDSL broadband service while others do not. The purpose of this article is to...

type="main" xml:lang="es" <title type="main">Resumen</title> <p>Se emplea un modelo de localización en la planificación urbana y regional de las instalaciones de sitio que proporcionan servicios de algún tipo. Las cuestiones a tener en cuenta incluyen por lo general el número de instalaciones y el lugar donde ubicarlas,...</p>

How to represent geographic space has long been an issue in location modelling. Facilities, demand and/or the region of interest are often abstracted using aggregated points. However, substantial errors can be introduced, and obtained solutions could be dependent on the degree of aggregation. To...