Definitions and Curve Fitting of Time Satisfaction Functions in Facility Location Problems

This paper establishes the relationship between the customer´s satisfaction with waiting time and the travel distance from a service facility cite to the customer´s demand cite it served, describes the curve fitting methods for time satisfaction function, presents some curve fitting principles for time satisfaction function, consequently make location problems more adaptable to fierce competing environment by making full use of tremendous customer data generated by highly developed information technology, thus can benefit private and public firms by integrating location decision with corporation strategies