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Cooperative coverage, which the demand point is covered by at least one facility, is also considered. The problem is formulated as a multi-objective optimization model and solution procedure based on elitist non-dominated sorting genetic algorithms (NSGA-II) is developed. Experimental example demonstrates the best non-dominated solution sets obtained by developed solution procedure. 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