Optimizing facility location, sizing, and growth time for a cultivated resource: A case study in coral aquaculture.

ABSTRACT: Production of cultivated resources require additional planning that takes growth time into account. We formulate a mathematical programming model to determine the optimal location and sizing of growth facilities, impacted by resource survival rate as a function of its growth time. Our method informs strategic decisions regarding the number, location, and sizing of facilities, as well as operational decisions of optimal growth time for a cultivated resource in a facility to minimize total costs. We solve this facility location and sizing problem in the context of coral aquaculture for large-scale reef restoration using a two-stage algorithm and a linear mixed-integer solver. We assess growth time in a facility in terms of its impact on survival (post-deployment) considering growth quantity

SUBMITTER: Lippmann RB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10016709 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature