East Coast Trucking provides service from Boston to Miami using regional offices located in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Richmond, Raleigh, Florence, Savannah, Jacksonville, Tampa, and Miami. The number of miles between each of the regional offices and the numbers associated with each city are provided in the following table.   New York Philadelphia Baltimore Washington Richmond Raleigh Florence Savannah Jacksonville Tampa Miami Boston    1 211 320 424 459 565 713 884 1,056 1,196 1,399 1,669 New York    2   109 213 248 354 502 673 845 985 1,188 1,458 Philadelphia    3     104 139 245 393 564 736 876 1,079 1,349 Baltimore    4       35 141 289 460 632 772 975 1,245 Washington    5         106 254 425 597 737 940 1,210 Richmond    6           148 319 491 631 834 1,104 Raleigh    7             171 343 483 686 956 Florence    8

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East Coast Trucking provides service from Boston to Miami using regional offices located in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Richmond, Raleigh, Florence, Savannah, Jacksonville, Tampa, and Miami. The number of miles between each of the regional offices and the numbers associated with each city are provided in the following table.
  New York Philadelphia Baltimore Washington Richmond Raleigh Florence Savannah Jacksonville Tampa Miami
Boston    1 211 320 424 459 565 713 884 1,056 1,196 1,399 1,669
New York    2   109 213 248 354 502 673 845 985 1,188 1,458
Philadelphia    3     104 139 245 393 564 736 876 1,079 1,349
Baltimore    4       35 141 289 460 632 772 975 1,245
Washington    5         106 254 425 597 737 940 1,210
Richmond    6           148 319 491 631 834 1,104
Raleigh    7             171 343 483 686 956
Florence    8               172 312 515 785
Savannah    9                 140 343 613
Jacksonville    10                   203 473
Tampa    11                     270
Miami    12                      
The company's expansion plans involve constructing service facilities in some of the cities where a regional office is located, such that each regional office is within 400 miles of at least one service facility. For instance, if a service facility is constructed in Richmond, it can provide service to regional offices located in New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Richmond, Raleigh, and Florence. Management would like to determine the minimum number of service facilities needed and where they should be located.
(a)
Formulate an integer linear program that can be used to determine the minimum number of service facilities needed and their location. (Let 
xi
 be the 0-1 variable, which is 1 if a service facility is constructed in city i, and 0 otherwise.)
Min     
 
 
 
s.t.Boston
 
 
 
New York
 
 
 
Philadelphia
 
 
 
Baltimore
 
 
 
Washington
 
 
 
Richmond
 
 
 
Raleigh
 
 
 
Florence
 
 
 
Savannah
 
 
 
Jacksonville
 
 
 
Tampa
 
 
 
Miami
 
 
 
x1, x2, x3, x4, x5, x6, x7, x8, x9, x10, x11, x12 = 0, 1
(b)
Solve the linear program formulated in part (a). How many service facilities are required?
 
Where should they be located? (Select all that apply.)
BostonNew YorkPhiladelphiaBaltimoreWashingtonRichmondRaleighFlorenceSavannahJacksonvilleTampaMiami
(c)
Suppose that each service facility can only provide service to regional offices within 300 miles. How many service facilities are required?
 
Where should they be located? (Select all that apply.)
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Richmond
Raleigh
Florence
Savannah
Jacksonville
Tampa
Miami
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