An assessment of competing facility location optimization parameters: a case study of the United States Navy, Morale Welfare and Recreation Facilities.

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by  Bowers, Charles Emery.

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An Assessment ofCompeting Facility Location Optimization Parameters: A Case
Study ofThe United States Navy, Morale Welfare and Recreation Facilities
by
Charles Emery Bowers, B.S.
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Thesis
Presented to the Faculty ofthe Graduate School
ofthe University ofTexas at Austin
in Partial Fulfillment
ofthe Requirements
for the Degree of
Masters ofCommunity and Regional Planning
The University ofTexas at Austin
December, 2000
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DUDLEY KNOX LIBRARY
NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL
MONTEREY CA 93943-5101
An Assessment ofCompeting Facility Location Optimization Parameters: A Case
Study ofThe United States Navy, Morale Welfare and Recreation Facilities

Table ofContents
Chapter 1: Preface 1
This paper is about 1
Why it's important 1
Authors perspective 3
Approach and Methodology 3
Major sources ofInfo 4
Form offinal product 5
Chapter 2: Background 8
Regional Planning 9
Central focus: facility criteria planning 10
Regional facility planning 12
Organizational considerations 14
Regional planning objectives 15
Regional planning considerations 16
Summary 17
Chapter 3: Literature Review and Methodology 20
Types ofaccessibility measures 22
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Cumulative Opportunities Coverage 22
Gravity 24
Random Utility 28
Specification 31
Spatial 31
Soico economic 32
Trip purpose 32
Travel impedance 33
Measure 34
Mode 34
Attractiveness 35
Location Theory 35
Customized to Navy problem 41
Analytic solution not feasible 44
Approach therefore is to simulate 46
Form ofequation 47
Retail goods or services 48
Entitled goods or services 57
Summary 58
Chapter 4: Application: Using GIS for locational analysis 64
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Thematic mapping: Accessibility insights problem comprehension 65
Origin-Destination trips v. trip chains 66
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