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School Consolidation in Sparsely Populated Rural Areas: A Separable Programming Approach
Author(s) -
Holland David W.,
Baritelle John L.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
american journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.949
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1467-8276
pISSN - 0002-9092
DOI - 10.2307/1238874
Subject(s) - consolidation (business) , separable space , linear programming , economics , rural area , computer science , operations research , mathematical optimization , microeconomics , mathematics , political science , finance , mathematical analysis , law
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between internal schooling economies and transportation costs with regard to consolidation of rural schools. The consolidation question was conceptualized as a programming problem where the objective was to simultaneously minimize the sum of schooling and transportation costs. Both linear and separable programming models were used. Model solutions indicated that some consolidation of schools in the study area would minimize costs but total cost savings were relatively small.