This text develops the mathematical implications of barriers to the geometrical and analytical characteristics of continuous location problems. The book will appeal to those working in operations research and management science, and mathematicians interested in optimization theory and its applications.

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Measuring Distances Shortest Paths in the Presence of Barriers Location Problems with Barriers-Basic Concepts and Literature Review Bounds for Location Problems with Barriers Planar Location Problems with Polyhedral Barriers Location Problems with a Circular Barrier Weber Problems with a Line Barrier Weber Problems with Block Norms Center Problems with the Manhattan Metric Multicriteria Location Problems with Polyhedral Barriers Location with Barriers Put to Work in Practice