Comparison of Alternative Location-Allocation Algorithms


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Comparison of Alternative Location-Allocation Algorithms

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Why?

Brief Description of alternative methods

Classical tools

Genetic Algorithm based alternatives

A (hybrid) GA Method building for the Location-allocation problems

ZDES based zone design approach

ZDES Function

A different approach to the same problem

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BUT

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does it work?

Two data sets

Test data set 1 (30 demands / 6 centres )

Comparison of the results of the ALA, Rosing, and the GA based alternative

Result 1

Result 2

Result 3

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To test large data sets, Leeds ED data sets are used

Result 4

Result 5

GIS interface

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Conclusions

the SURPRISE was the excellent performance of the non-conventional ZDES approach esp. as LA problems are complex and the data size are larger

WWW page for the ZDES

Authors: Young-Hoon Kim and Stan Openshaw

Email:
pgky@geog.leeds.ac.uk
stan@geog.leeds.ac.uk

Home Pages:
http://www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/pgrads/y.kim/
http://www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/staff/s.openshaw/