Criterion function for accessibility,uncertainty problems in regional land-use planning

One objective in regional planning is the creation of communities with great accessibility. Thus we should plan the locations of inhabitants and the activities of the region so that the total accessibility will be maximized subject to some restrictions. This is a quadratic programming problem, which can be solved by quadratic programming techniques, but we cannot then take into account the uncertainties of the problem.In this paper a new criterion function is proposed for accessibility, uncertainty problems in regional land-use planning. It is derived from Hurwicz's generalized maximin principle. Many advantages are gained, for the planning problem is separated into linear programming problems, the uncertainties are taken into consideration as in game theory and the methods of parametric programming are available.A simplified problem of the populations of three town areas is studied and the method is generalized for problems of many activities and areas.