CLUSTER ANALYSIS AND YOUR ROADS....

A common managerial problem of assessing the effects of re-dividing areas of the county to anticipate altered frequencies of service or relocated services can be solved by the statistical technique of cluster analysis. The technique, using several standard computer programs was first used to decide the location of depots for routine highway maintenance in South Yorkshire. It has now been extended to cover gully emptying, road sign cleaning, grass cutting and road sweeping. Four options can be taken. An area can be sub-divided to represent: (1) the minimum travelling/workload combinations for the area, (2) the minimum travelling requirement, (3) the minimum travelling for the sub-divisions to have specified percentages of the total area workload and (4) the boundaries from sub-division centres giving a specified percentage of the workload of the whole area. An application of the technique to highway maintenance strategies is illustrated. (TRRL)

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  IPC Building and Contract Journals Limited

  Surrey House, 1 Throwley Way
  Sutton, Surrey SM1 4QQ,   England 
• Authors:
  • ENGLAND, R
• Publication Date: 1982-1-7

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 10-11
• Serial:
  • SURVEYOR
  • Volume: 159
  • Issue Number: 4672
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0039-6303

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Administration; Classification; Cluster analysis; Computer programs; Facilities; Handling and storage; Highway maintenance; Highways; Location; Maintenance; Maintenance management; Mathematical analysis; Minimization; Regions; Statistics; Storage facilities; Travel; Travel time
• Uncontrolled Terms: Minimum
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 155: Administration; 6471: Analysis (math); 8513: Classification; 2755: Highway; 698: Journey; 9061: Location; 3847: Maintenance; 9046: Minimum; 378: Region; 8645: Software; 6555: Statistics; 9137: Storage; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Freight Transportation; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Terminals and Facilities; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00362324
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 30 1982 12:00AM