Alternating Heuristic Algorithm- IV

Calculation of Weight A_ij  for School Facility Planning

A fixed weight A_{ij ,}was developed for all the supply points i.e. for all schools of the Ward no. 50 of Dhaka City Corporation area. Based on the percentage value of different variables of household survey namely: results of the school, faculty members of the school, good transport system, special course offer by the school, good environment for education, public school, private school, less tuition fee, co-education etc. the weight A_ij developed. To get this weight A_ij percentage value of this variables converted into 1. The weight value A_ij  represents in Table 1.

  Table 1: Fixed weight A_ij  for supply center of the study area

Type of variable	Nature of response of the residence		Weight (Aij )
	Number	Percentage (%)
Result	51	29.31	.293
Faculty member	20	11.49	.114
Good transport system	27	15.52	.155
Special course	3	1.72	.017
Good environment	51	12.07	.12
Public school	20	24.71	.247
Private school	69	4.02	.04
Less tuition fee	27	27.01	.27
Co-education	11	6.32	.063
Other	21	12.07	.12

  Source: Islam , 2007.