An Efficient Algorithm to Generate Official Statistical Reporting Areas: The Case of the 1984 Travel-to-Work Areas Revision in Britain

Coombes, Mike; Green, Anne; Openshaw, Stan

doi:10.1057/jors.1986.163

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An Efficient Algorithm to Generate Official Statistical Reporting Areas: The Case of the 1984 Travel-to-Work Areas Revision in Britain

Published in Journal of the Operational Research Society • Oct 1, 1986

Authors:

Mike Coombes

Anne Green

Stan Openshaw

Abstract

Travel-to-work areas (T.T.W.A.s) are used by the Department of Employment for the reporting of monthly local unemployment statistics. T.T.W.A.s are also used to demarcate those parts of Britain to benefit from the public expenditure on industry under regional policy. The 1984 revision of T.T.W.A. bo...

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Work (physics)

Unemployment

Operations research

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