Course Unit / Public Facility Planning

Public Facility Planning

Year
2
Academic year
2021-2022
Code
02041310
Subject Area
Civil Engineering
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Other Languages of Instruction
English
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
6.0
Type
Elective
Level
2nd Cycle Studies - Mestrado

Recommended Prerequisites

Engineering Systems, Urban and Regional Planning. 

Teaching Methods

(1) Teaching methods: lectures combining theoretical explanations with conceptual and real-case discussions.

(2) Evaluation methods: home assignments (60%) and written final exam (40%).

Learning Outcomes

Provide students with

(1) Fundamental knowledge about public facility planning concepts, methodologies, and techniques, as well as a good understanding of public facility planning processes.

(2) Important skills for their effective participation in public facility planning teams.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

(1) Public Facility Planning. Essential notions. Types of public facilities. Planning methodology. Role of the public sector.

(2) Decision-support techniques – optimization and multi-criteria modeling. Essential notions.

(3) Basic optimization models. Fixed-charge models (uncapacitated and capacitated). Model formulation. Model solving: general methods and heuristic methods. P-median models. Covering models (set covering and maximal covering). Exercises.

(4) Advanced optimization models: Dynamic models. Stochastic and robust models.  Hierarchic models. Hub location models. Multi-objective models. Exercises.

(5) Multi-criteria models. Filtering techniques for unfeasible and dominated solutions. Preference aggregation methods: Weighted sum methods; TOPSIS method; ELECTRE family and PROMETHEE methods. Priority settings methods: Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP).

(6) Real world applications: school networks, solid waste infrastructure networks, etc. Presentation and discussion.

Head Lecturer(s)

António José Pais Antunes

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 40.0%
Project: 60.0%

Bibliography

Antunes, A.P. (2006), Lições de Planeamento de Equipamentos Colectivos, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.

Coutinho-Rodrigues, J.M. (2007), Gestão de Empreendimentos e Obras de Engenharia com Tecnologias de Informação, Idtec, Coimbra, Portugal

Daskin, M.S. (2013), Network and Discrete Location: Models, Algorithms and Applications, Wiley, New York, USA.

Larson, R.C., Odoni, A.R. (2007), Urban Operations Research (2nd Edition), Dynamic Ideas, Belmont, MA, USA.