Graduate Project
 

A geographic application project utilizing location-allocation computer programs to determine canning facility locations in the Willamette Valley

Pubblico Deposited

Contenuto scaricabile

Scarica il pdf
https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_projects/8049g5877

Descriptions

Attribute NameValues
Creator
Abstract
  • A Willamette Valley farm cooperative was interested in evaluating locations for their canning facilities based on the criterion of minimizing aggregate distance to their contract farms. This location problem presented an excellent opportunity for a geographic application project as it was characterized by one, a spatial distribution of farms and two, the need to minimize one variable, distance. The projects aim was to provide a methodology utilizing location-allocation analysis performed by a geographic tool, the computer, to solve the specific facility location problems of the cooperative. Since the growers were constrained to existing roads in transporting their produce to the canning facilities, the problem became one of minimizing distance over a route network. Two location-allocation computer programs, designed to solve location problems on a network were called upon to generate locations for the canning facilities. The cooperative was presented with detailed information about one very important variable, distance minimization, to be considered along with the many complex variables weighing in their ultimate locational decision.
Resource Type
Date Available
Date Issued
Degree Level
Degree Name
Degree Field
Degree Grantor
Commencement Year
Advisor
Academic Affiliation
Subject
Dichiarazione dei diritti
Publisher
Peer Reviewed
Language
Digitization Specifications
  • File scanned at 300 ppi (Monochrome, 256 Grayscale) using Capture Perfect 3.0.82 on a Canon DR-9080C in PDF format. CVista PdfCompressor 4.0 was used for pdf compression and textual OCR.
Replaces

Le relazioni

Parents:

This work has no parents.

Elementi

Thumbnail Titolo Data caricata Visibilità Azioni
file details MaddocksNicholasAnthony.pdf 2017-07-10 Pubblico Scaricare