Expected Travel Distances in Distribution Problem

Abstract

There are two ways to estimate the expected length of travelling distances through number ‘n’ of random points distributed over some area, theoretical methods and simulation way. The comparison had been made firstly, the results of the above methods for several position of the workplace relative to the centre of area. Secondly the comparison had been made for the simulation results themselves, but for different shapes of area (i.e., square, circle and rectangle).