Ambiguous Territory Design for a World Estranged

Постановка задачи. В настоящее время формирование современной комфортной городской среды приобретает особое социально-экономическое значение и выдвигается в число приоритетных государственных масштабных программ. В связи с этим необходимо разработать концепцию благоустройства ключевого общественного пространства, а именно: определить основные и сопутствующие функции данной территории, создать эскизное предложение проекта благоустройства с учетом всех необходимых норм и стандартов, внедрить современные технологии. Результаты. Выполнен эскизный дизайн-проект «Аллеи архитекторов» по ул. Орджоникидзе г. Воронеж, включающий в себя основные элементы по зонированию территории, проектированию акцентных объектов и внедрению инновационных технологий «умного города», позволяющих повысить уровень комфорта горожан. Выводы. Благоустройство населенных мест приобретает особое значение в условиях дискомфорта среды. С выполнением комплекса мероприятий, направленных на благоустройство, и с внедрением современных технологий значительно улучшается экологическое состояние, внешний облик города. Оздоровление и модернизация среды, которая окружает человека в городе, благотворно влияет на психофизическое состояние, что особенно важно в период интенсивного роста городов. Statement of the problem. Currently the formation of the modern comfortable urban environment is gaining a special social and economic value and moving forward in the priorities of state large-scale programs. The purpose of development of the concept of improvement of public space is definition of the main and accompanying functions of this territory, design of the outline offer of the project of improvement considering all necessary norms and standards and implementation of modern technologies. Results. The conceptual project of “Alley of Architects” includes the basic elements of territory zoning, design of accent objects and implementation of technologies of a “smart-city”. These elements allow one to increase the level of comfort of inhabitants. Conclusions. Improvement of the inhabited places is of particular importance in the conditions of discomfort of the environment. Carrying out a complex of the actions directed to gardening and improvement, introducing modern technologies, the ecological condition, the physical appearance of the city considerably improves. Improvement and modernization of the environment which surrounds the person in the city influences a psychophysical state well that especially important during intensive growth of the cities.

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A Heuristic Algorithm for Solving a Large-scale Real-world Territory Design Problem

Omega ◽

10.1016/j.omega.2021.102442 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 102442

Author(s):

Lin Zhou ◽

Lu Zhen ◽

Roberto Baldacci ◽

Marco Boschetti ◽

Ying Dai ◽

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Keyword(s):

Heuristic Algorithm ◽

Real World ◽

Design Problem ◽

Large Scale ◽

Territory Design

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New Models for Commercial Territory Design

Networks and Spatial Economics ◽

10.1007/s11067-010-9151-6 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 487-507 ◽

Cited By ~ 35

Author(s):

María Angélica Salazar-Aguilar ◽

Roger Z. Ríos-Mercado ◽

Mauricio Cabrera-Ríos

Keyword(s):

Territory Design ◽

New Models

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A hybrid K-means and integer programming method for commercial territory design: a case study in meat distribution

Annals of Operations Research ◽

10.1007/s10479-017-2742-6 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 286 (1-2) ◽

pp. 87-117 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Sebastián Moreno ◽

Jordi Pereira ◽

Wilfredo Yushimito

Keyword(s):

Integer Programming ◽

Programming Method ◽

Territory Design

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Sales Territory Design and Salesforce Performance in the Detergent Manufacturing Companies: The Actual Kenyan Context

European Scientific Journal ESJ ◽

10.19044/esj.2021.v17n35p203 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 17 (35) ◽

pp. 203

Author(s):

Benson Muchoki Mwangi ◽

Francis N. Kibera ◽

Mary Kinoti ◽

Magutu P. Obara

Keyword(s):

Critical Role ◽

Strong Relationship ◽

Primary Data ◽

P Value ◽

Manufacturing Companies ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Territory Design ◽

Simple Regression Model ◽

Independent Variable ◽

Cross Sectional Design

This paper focuses on determining the influence of sales territory design on salesforce performance in the detergent manufacturing companies in Kenya. Detergents play a critical role in our everyday lives by ensuring hygiene at our personal level, in our homes, in schools, institutions, and hospitals. Detergents have gained a lot of prominence since the onset of the Corona Virus (COVID-19) disease in 2019, as it has been proved that they play an important role in curtailing the transmission of the COVID-19 disease. The Salesforce plays an important role in organizations as they are the ones who in most cases interact with customers, provide information about their organization and products, provide prices, demonstrate how products are used, train customers, provide after sales service, and resolve any issues that may arise. The study was anchored on Expectancy Theory, Resource Based Theory, Equity Theory, and Agency Theory. The study adopted positivism philosophy and used a descriptive cross sectional design. The unit of analysis was the sales people in the detergent manufacturing companies in Kenya who are members of Kenya Association of Manufacturers as per list obtained from KAM in December 2018. The study used primary data which was collected by administering semi-structured questionnaires. The data was analyzed using a combination of both descriptive and inferential statics to describe the manifestations of the variables in the data collected, simple regression model was used to test the significance of the influence of sales territory design (independent variable) on the salesforce performance (dependent variable). Fischer distribution test (F-test) was used to test the significance of the independent variable and the overall model. The p-value for the F-statistic was used to determine the robustness of the model. This was done at 95% confidence level (p<0.05). The study found a strong relationship between sales territory design and salesforce performance. This depicts that sales territory design is critical in determining salesforce performance in detergent manufacturing companies in Kenya.

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Multi-Objective Territory Design for Sales Managers of a Direct Sales Company

Advances in Civil and Industrial Engineering - Optimizing Current Strategies and Applications in Industrial Engineering ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-8223-6.ch007 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 160-178 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Elias Olivares-Benitez ◽

Pilar Novo Ibarra ◽

Samuel Nucamendi-Guillén ◽

Omar G. Rojas

Keyword(s):

Integer Program ◽

National Average ◽

Mixed Integer ◽

Mixed Integer Program ◽

Sales Managers ◽

Territory Design ◽

Direct Sales ◽

Sales Company ◽

A Company

This chapter presents a case study to organize the sales territories for a company with 11 sales managers to be assigned to 111 sales coverage units in Mexico. The assignment problem is modeled as a mathematical program with two objective functions. One objective minimizes the maximum distance traveled by the manager, and the other objective minimizes the variation of the sales growth goals with respect to the national average. To solve the bi-objective non-linear mixed-integer program, a weights method is selected. Some instances are solved using commercial software with long computational times. Also, a heuristic and a metaheuristic based on simulated annealing were developed. The design of the heuristic generates good solutions for the distance objective. The metaheuristic produces better results than the heuristic, with a better balance between the objectives. The heuristic and the metaheuristic are capable of providing good results with short computational times.

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