Grain Storage in Developing Areas: Location and Size of Facilities
研究发展中国家粮食储存设施的选址与规模问题，通过容量网络模型分析巴西案例，发现分散化储存（更多小型设施靠近农户）能降低运输成本，对规划者和农民有参考价值。
Abstract Storage planners in developing countries often exploit scale economies in grain facilities by building large units far from producers without accounting for the effect on transport costs. Capacitated networks with an approximate master program solve this plant size‐location problem, offering computational efficiency, ease of use, and productive interaction with planners unfamiliar with programming techniques. Tests with transport costs in three Brazilian production areas recommend decentralization of storage—more smaller units closer to farmers, a conclusion supported by sensitivity analysis and recent experience of farmers, planners, and cooperative officials.