DOI
https://doi.org/10.25772/C02M-VW85
Defense Date
2009
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science
Department
Mathematical Sciences
First Advisor
Jill Hardin
Abstract
Virginia’s Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) assigns all of Virginia localities to Regional Offices to help conserve the natural resources in a certain region. In this paper, we present a mathematical model for optimizing such assignments by minimizing the travel time and cost of these assignments. With the growing increase in fuel costs and tighter budgets, our solution finds alternate assignments that will help cut costs by 14% annually. We have used integer programming techniques to find optimal assignments which satisfy requirements, respect limitations and minimize cost. Several plans are suggested, some keeping soil and water conservation districts together and some without.
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Is Part Of
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Date of Submission
August 2009