GIS-FLSolution: A Spatial Analysis Platform for Static and Transportation Facility Location Allocation Problem

Authors:
Wei Gu;Xin Wang;Liqiang Geng
Affiliations:
Department of Geomatics Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada;Department of Geomatics Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada;NRC Institute for Information Technology, Fredericton, Canada
Venue:
ISMIS '09 Proceedings of the 18th International Symposium on Foundations of Intelligent Systems
Year:
2009

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Abstract

Static and transportation facility location allocation problem is a new problem in facility location research. It aims to find out optimal locations of static and transportation facilities to serve an objective area with minimum costs. The problem is challenging because two types of facilities are involved and locations of transportation facilities are dependent on locations of static facilities and demand objects. This paper proposes a new stand-alone GIS platform, GIS-FLSolution, to solve the problem. Combined with a customized algorithm called STFLS, the platform is built on MapObjects and can successfully provide results with a friendly graphical user interface. Preliminary experiments have been conducted to demonstrate the efficiency and practicality of the platform.