We empirically study the spatio-temporal location problem motivated by an online retailer that uses the Buy-Online-Pick-Up-In-Store fulfillment method. Customers pick up their orders from trucks parked at specific locations on specific days, and the retailer's problem is to determine where and...

We consider the problem of optimizing the location and size of buffers in semi-continuous manufacturing processes. This problem is formulated as a non-linear integer program that determines the optimal buffer size for individual stages and allocates tanks to those stages in order to minimize...