This chapter focuses on a review of Geographic Information System-based Multicriteria
Decision Analysis (GIS-MCDA). These two distinctive areas of research can benefit from …

Districting is the problem of grouping small geographic areas, called basic units, into larger
geographic clusters, called districts, such that the latter are balanced, contiguous, and …

Calibration and validation of models predicting urban growth have been largely developed
using internal variables. Further investigation is required to improve model's calibration and …

In this study we provide a comprehensive review of the existing literature on (dis)
aggregation and decomposition methods in traffic assignment and classify them based on …

This study considers a multi-objective dynamic stochastic districting and routing problem in
which the customers of a territory stochastically evolve over several periods of a planning …

In this paper, we address a territory design problem arising from a bottled beverage
distribution company. We propose a bi-objective programming model where dispersion and …

The model framework MULBO (Multicriteria Landscape Assessment and Optimisation) is a
spatially explicit decision support method on the basis of risk evaluations for landscape …

Spatial optimization techniques are commonly used for regionalization problems, often
represented as p-regions problems. Although various spatial optimization approaches have …

A bi-objective commercial territory design problem motivated by a real-world application
from the bottled beverage distribution industry is addressed. The problem considers territory …

Political redistricting is a process used to redraw political boundaries based on a number of
criteria that include population equality, minority representation, contiguity, and …