School redistricting: embedding GIS tools with integer programming

School redistricting: embedding GIS tools with integer programming

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Article ID: iaor2005965
Country: United Kingdom
Volume: 55
Issue: 8
Start Page Number: 836
End Page Number: 849
Publication Date: Aug 2004
Journal: Journal of the Operational Research Society
Authors: , , ,
Keywords: programming: integer
Abstract:

The paper deals with a school redistricting problem in which blocks of a city must be assigned to schools according to diverse criteria. Previous approaches are reviewed and some desired properties of a good school districting plan are established. An optimization model together with a geographic information system environment are then proposed for finding a solution that satisfies these properties. A prototype of the system is described, some implementation issues are discussed, and two real-life examples from the city of Philadelphia are studied, one corresponding to a relatively easy to solve problem, and the other to a much harder one. The trade-offs in the solutions are analysed and feasibility questions are discussed. The results of the study strongly suggest that ill-defined spatial problems, such as school redistricting, can be addressed effectively by an interaction between objective and subjective judgement.

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