New geometrical compactness measures for zones design

 

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Yazarlar: Rincón-García, Eric A., Gutiérrez-Andrade, Miguel Ángel, De-Los-Cobos-Silva, Sergio G., Lara-Velázquez, Pedro
Materyal Türü: artículo original
Durum:Versión publicada
Yayın Tarihi:2012
Diğer Bilgiler: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.
Ülke:Portal de Revistas UCR
Kurum:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Dil:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/1333
Online Erişim:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/matematica/article/view/1333
Anahtar Kelime:Redistricting
compactness
simulated annealing
GIS
Distritación
compacidad
recocido simulado
SIG