New geometrical compactness measures for zones design

 

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Autores: Rincón-García, Eric A., Gutiérrez-Andrade, Miguel Ángel, De-Los-Cobos-Silva, Sergio G., Lara-Velázquez, Pedro
Formato: artículo original
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2012
Descripción:The design of compact zones has been studied because of its influence in the creation of zones with regular forms, which are easier to analyze, to investigate or to administer. This paper propose a new method to measure compactness,by means of the transformation of the original geographical spaces, into figures formed with square cells, which are used to measure the similarity between the original zone and an ideal zone with straight forms. The proposed method was applied to design electoral zones, which must satisfy constraints of compactness, contiguity and population balance, in a topographical configuration that favors the creation of twisted and diffuse shapes. The results show that the new method favors the creation of zones with straight forms, without an important effect to the population balance, which are considered zones of high quality.
País:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Lenguaje:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/1333
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/matematica/article/view/1333
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Redistricting
compactness
simulated annealing
GIS
Distritación
compacidad
recocido simulado
SIG