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Efforts were made to determine mathematically the best location for placing a new piece of equipment with undesirable environmental properties among several workers within a defined work room area. An algorithmic procedure was developed for solving the mathematical location model. The mathematical model was labeled the MAXIMIN location problem. An extensive literature search was made for studies on facility or equipment location. A computer program to implement the MAXIMIN solution procedure was developed and documented. The program developed and its solutions were applicable only in situations where the degree of undesirability between a new facility and a worker was linearly related to the distance between the new facility and the worker. The mathematical model incorporated weighted factors which reflect the degree to which a worker should oppose a particular type of facility being located near him. Circumstances where equipment is to be located in a room which is not rectangular in shape present particular problems and a special computer code has been developed to handle this situation. The computer code developed was expensive to implement; efforts were underway to reduce computation time and improve the ease with which the code can be implemented.