Decentralization: How to Disperse Offices from the Capital


Parameters

Table 10.1 shows the parameters that are used in this example.

Table 10.1: Parameters

Parameter Name

Interpretation

benefit[i,j]

Yearly benefit derived from relocating department i to city j

comm[i,k]

Quantity of communication between departments i and k per year

cost[j,l]

Cost per unit of communication between cities j and l

max_num_depts

Upper bound on number of departments per city