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ArcObjects Development in Zone Design Using Visual Basic for Applications

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Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2004 (ICCSA 2004)

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The Modifiable Areal Unit Problem (MAUP) is commonplace in the realm of geographical analysis. The MAUP presents issues concerning scale and configuration of geographic partitions that are representative of finer resolution spatial data. To date, these problems cannot be resolved completely. They can only be manipulated. This “manipulation” can be accomplished using an Automated Zoning Procedure (AZP). In theory, this algorithm amalgamates spatial partitions into a set of zones that are optimized for a function of interest, thus an optimal result is achieved regardless of spatial configuration. Using a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software environment, an Automated Zoning Procedure was constructed for ArcGIS 8.3 desktop software using ArcObjects development with Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). The fully functional program represents a deterministic, global optimization approach that aggregates n number of zones into a smaller number of m zones where the Moran’s I statistic of spatial autocorrelation is the primary function under optimization.

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  1. Department of Geography, University of Calgary, Canada

    Sergio Palladini

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Perugia, Via Elce di Sotto, 8, I-06123, Perugia, Italy

    Antonio Laganá

  2. Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive N.W., T2N 1N4, Calgary AB, Canada

    Marina L. Gavrilova

  3. William Norris Professor, Head of the Computer Science and Engineering Department, University of Minnesota, USA

    Vipin Kumar

  4. School of Computing, Soongsil University, Seoul, Korea

    Youngsong Mun

  5. OptimaNumerics Ltd., Cathedral House, 23-31 Waring Street, BT1 2DX, Belfast, UK

    C. J. Kenneth Tan

  6. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Perugia, via Vanvitelli, 1, I-06123, Perugia, Italy

    Osvaldo Gervasi

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Palladini, S. (2004). ArcObjects Development in Zone Design Using Visual Basic for Applications. In: Laganá, A., Gavrilova, M.L., Kumar, V., Mun, Y., Tan, C.J.K., Gervasi, O. (eds) Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2004. ICCSA 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3044. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-24709-8_111

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