[R-sig-Geo] Monitoring network design optimization

[Edzer J. Pebesma]

Zev, package fields contains some optimization codes written by Eric 
Gilleland. I think it's mainly about optimizing an existent network.
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Edzer

Zev Ross wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Just wondering if anyone knows of any good R scripts/methods for 
> monitoring network design optimization. I'm interested in methods that 
> help calculate the "optimum" number of monitors in terms of cost vs 
> coverage as well as methods that calculate the optimum geographic 
> locations for a given number of monitors and a given underlying demand 
> surface (say population at risk).
>
> In ArcInfo (command line) there are p-median and maximum attendance 
> algorithms, is there anything similar in R? Any recommendations?
>
> Thank you!
>
> Zev
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