We consider the k-level stochastic facility location problem. For this, we present an LP rounding algorithm that is 3-approximate. This result is achieved by a novel integer linear programming formulation that exploits the stochastic structure.

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ERIM Article Series (EAS)
Operations Research Letters
Erasmus Research Institute of Management

Wang, Z., Du, D. L., Gabor, A., & Xu, D. C. (2010). An approximation algorithm for the k-level stochastic facility location problem. Operations Research Letters, 38(5), 386–389. doi:10.1016/j.orl.2010.04.010