A MATHEMATICAL FORMULATION OF URBAN ZONING SELECTION CRITERIA IN A DISTRIBUTED SERVICE NETWORK

Suchita Gupta, Arun Pratap Singh

Abstract: Distributed Service Network is a wide term related to distribution and travelling i.e. distribution of resource among facilities located at various locations and travelling of resource along a distributed network. Policy making problems in distributed service networks can be clearly classified into a number of hierarchical levels. The levels are distinguished by time horizon of the problem, by amount of cost involved in the implementation of a solution, and by the political implications of the solution. In the public sector, it includes ambulance, fire, police and other services. In the private sector courier, taxi, repair, maintenance and the like are considered to be distributed service network. In this paper an attempt has been made to obtain a mathematical model by which a network can be partitioned into subnetworks in a Distributed Service Network. The constraints like demand equity, contiguity, compactness, enclaves etc. are applied for Zoning

Keywords: Zoning, Contiguity, subnetwork, Compactness, Enclave.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2015.0402006