Linear Programming and Applications in Examining Wasteful Commuting and Allocating Healthcare Providers

A KNIME-based case study applied the linear programming(LP) method to examine the issue of wasteful commuting in Columbus, Ohio; an example of allocating healthcare providers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana to illustrate the implementation of a location-allocation problem. The case study comes from the book, Quantitative Methods and Socioeconomic Applications in GIS, Fahui Wang, 2nd edition.