Over the years, the term “facility siting” has had many meanings, has been conducted for varying, but related purposes, and has been performed with ever‐increasing degrees of sophistication following the advancement in computing capabilities. This paper describes the history of facility siting in terms of the industry events, resulting regulations and standards, improvements in modeling techniques, and expansion of computing power that have driven the changes.

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设施选址的历史概述

多年来，“设施选址”一词具有多种含义，是出于各种不同但相关的目的进行的，并且随着计算能力的提高，其执行程度也越来越高。本文根据行业事件，由此产生的法规和标准，建模技术的改进以及推动变化的计算能力的扩展来描述设施选址的历史。