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The basic industrial location model has been commonly attributed to Alfred Weber, who in 1909 published a successful book on the topic, though Wilhelm Launhardt should be given credit for publishing the same results in 1882 already.
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M. J. Beckmann (1968), Location Theory, Random House, New York.
W. Launhardt (1882), “Die Bestimmung des zweckmässigsten Standorts einer gewerblichen Anlage”, Zeitschrift des Vereins deutscher Ingenieure 26: 106–115.
L. Moses (1958), “Location and the theory of production”, Quarterly Journal ofEconomics 72: 259–272.
T. Palander (1935), Beiträge zur Standortstheorie, Almqvist & Wiksell, Uppsala.
A. Weber (1909), Über den Standort der Industrie, J.C.B. Mohr, Tübingen. ( English translation, Chicago University Press 1929 )
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Puu, T. (2003). Location Theory. In: Mathematical Location and Land Use Theory. Advances in Spatial Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-24785-2_2
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