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Decision Support for Location Problems in Town Planning
Author(s) -
Patz Renate,
Spitzner Jan,
Tammer Christiane
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
international transactions in operational research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.032
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1475-3995
pISSN - 0969-6016
DOI - 10.1111/1475-3995.00355
Subject(s) - computer science , town planning , point (geometry) , process (computing) , urban planning , operations research , state (computer science) , mathematics , civil engineering , algorithm , engineering , geometry , operating system
Urban development and town planning need an adequate decision‐making process. European cities, in particular, are compact. Urban elements and functions are in a constant state of change. Moreover, the large number of historic buildings and areas means a sensitive and responsible approach must be taken. The aim of this paper is to consider special location problems in town planning. We formulate multi‐criteria location problems, derive optimality conditions and present a geometric algorithm and an interactive procedure including a proximal point algorithm for solving multi‐criteria location problems. In this paper, we use location theory as a possible method to help determine the location of a children’s playground in a newly‐built district of Halle, Germany.