Facility location is a name given to several different problems in computer science and in game theory:
- Facility location (optimization problem), the optimal placement of facilities as a function of transportation costs and other factors
- Facility location (competitive game), in which competitors simultaneously select facility locations and prices, in order to maximize profit
- Facility location (cooperative game), with the goal of sharing costs among clients
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