School redistricting: embedding GIS tools with integer programming

F Caro, T Shirabe, M Guignard and A Weintraub ()
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F Caro: Universidad de Chile
T Shirabe: Technical University of Vienna
M Guignard: University of Pennsylvania
A Weintraub: Universidad de Chile

Journal of the Operational Research Society, 2004, vol. 55, issue 8, 836-849

Abstract: 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 analysis and subjective judgement.

Keywords: school districting; mathematical programming; integer programming; application; geographic information systems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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