| | Objective |
| | - 0 |
| | - 0 |
| | - 0 |
| | - 0 |
| | - 0 |
| | - 0 |
| | - 0 |
| | - 0 |
| | - 0 |
| | - 0 | <<<--- Total Distance Times Demand |
| | 0 | <<<-- Average Demand Weighted Distance |
| Set of Cities | Demand-j | X-i (use = 1) |
| Chicago | 2,870,000 | - 0 |
| Atlanta | 572,000 | - 0 |
| New York | 8,450,000 | - 0 |
| St. Louis | 350,000 | - 0 |
| Detroit | 901,000 | - 0 |
| Cincinnati | 333,000 | - 0 |
| Pittsburgh | 306,000 | - 0 |
| Charlotte | 723,000 | - 0 |
| Boston | 610,000 | - 0 |
| | Total Facilites | 0 |
| | Total Allowed | 3 | <<<--- Constraint on number of facilities allowed |
| Y- i,j | Chicago | Atlanta | New York | St. Louis | Detroit | Cincinnati | Pittsburgh | Charlotte | Boston | | | Map source: batchgeo.com |
| Chicago | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Atlanta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Louis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cincinnati | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlotte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Must Be Supplied | - 0 | - 0 | - 0 | - 0 | - 0 | - 0 | - 0 | - 0 | - 0 |
| Distance Matrix | Chicago | Atlanta | New York | St. Louis | Detroit | Cincinnati | Pittsburgh | Charlotte | Boston |
| Chicago | 0 | 720 | 790 | 297 | 283 | 296 | 461 | 769 | 996 |
| Atlanta | 720 | 0 | 884 | 555 | 722 | 461 | 685 | 245 | 1099 |
| New York | 790 | 884 | 0 | 976 | 614 | 667 | 371 | 645 | 219 |
| St. Louis | 297 | 555 | 976 | 0 | 531 | 359 | 602 | 715 | 1217 |
| Detroit | 283 | 722 | 614 | 531 | 0 | 263 | 286 | 629 | 721 |
| Cincinnati | 296 | 461 | 667 | 359 | 263 | 0 | 288 | 479 | 907 |
| Pittsburgh | 461 | 685 | 371 | 602 | 286 | 288 | 0 | 448 | 589 |
| Charlotte | 769 | 245 | 645 | 715 | 629 | 479 | 448 | 0 | 867 |
| Boston | 996 | 1099 | 219 | 1217 | 721 | 907 | 589 | 867 | 0 |