Title
Point Demand Forecasting
Date of Original Version
2001
Type
Working Paper
Abstract or Table of Contents
This paper provides geographic information system (GIS) methods and empirical models to forecast point demand for home-delivered goods. A point forecast consists of stops on a street network, including demand at each stop. The purpose of the forecast is to support a network optimization model, based on the traveling salesman problem, to locate one or more new facilities in a region. We illustrate our approach with a case study of home-delivered meals (meals on wheels) in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
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