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2.

Universitys Health Centre

a)

Quantitative Method
The case of selecting location for new universitys health centre is different than

students centre. The analysis for universitys health centre does not involve the consideration
of students population at faculties. This assumption is made because the targeted students
that will come to the health centre are mostly will be at their colleges instead of the faculties.
Since they are sick, it is assumed that they should be resting at their colleges and not
attending lecture classes.
Rather than using Minisum method, the location of health centre is best analyse by
using Minimax method. Minimax technique seeks a location which minimizes the maximum
distance to the sites, where the distance from one point to the sites is the distance from the
point to its nearest site. Two approaches are also used for the Minimax technique namely the
flow path approach and rectilinear assumption method.
i)

Flow path analysis

In performing the flow path analysis, the distance between every college via shortest

possible road is measured and recorded in Table 7. Since Minimax deals with minimising the
maximum distance of the location from other colleges, the distance is multiplied with
weightage for the respective college and the maximum score is selected for every location.
Table 8 shows the maximum score obtained for every college and the rank based on lowest to
highest score.

From

To
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

1
0
14
20
21
33
42
35

2
14
0
6
7
17
21
23

3
20
6
0
6
16
20
22

4
21
7
6
0
14
18
16

5
33
17
16
14
0
12
14

6
42
21
20
18
12
0
24

7
35
23
22
16
14
24
0

8
35
21
20
14
12
22
5

9
45
32
31
30
18
28
35

10
51
38
37
36
24
34
41

11
57
44
43
42
30
40
47

12
4
15
17
17
30
40
21

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8
9
10
11
12

35
45
51
57
4

21
32
38
44
15

20
31
37
43
17

14
30
36
42
17

12
18
24
30
30

22
28
34
40
40

5
35
41
47
21

0
33
39
45
19

33
0
6
12
41

39
6
0
7
47

45
12
7
0
56

19
41
47
56
0

Table 7: Distance between every college

Number
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

College /
Faculty
KDOJ
KDSE
KTR
KTHO
KTDI
K11
KTF
KRP
KTC
KP
K9,K10
KTGB

Weightage

Maximum Score

Rank

700
850
985
1600
987
1136
1539
1800
900
950
1650
600

39900
37400
42355
67200
32571
47712
72333
81000
40500
48450
94050
33600

4
3
6
9
1
7
10
11
5
8
12
2

Table 8: Maximum score and rank for every college

Based on Table 8, it is concluded that the best location for universitys health centre is
at KTDI with the lowest score of 32571. KTGB also has the potential to locate the health
centre since the difference of score with KTDI is not too large.

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ii)

Rectilinear assumption
The procedure of Minimax technique is quite similar to Minisum technique for the

rectilinear assumption method. As for the method, the optimum location denoted with xcoordinate and y-coordinate is found first by using Excel Solver. The targeted variables are
selected for the minimum value. The coordinate with minimum distance from the colleges
obtained are:
x1 = 31.67, y1 = 17.22
After that, the weighted score is calculated for every college by using the following
equation:
Weighted score = (|x1 - x| + |y 1 - y|) Weight
Table 9 shows the weighted score for every college and the rank from 1 to 5 as for the lowest
weighted score.
Number
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

College /
Faculty
KDOJ
KDSE
KTR
KTHO
KTDI
K11
KTF
KRP
KTC
KP
K9,K10
KTGB

Coordinate
x
y
4
24
14
17.5
16.5
15
20
15.5
25.5
19
23
23
21.5
13.5
24.5
11
39.5
14.5
43
18.5
44
19.5
6.5
21.5

Absolute difference
|x1 - x|
|y1 - y|
27.67
6.78
17.67
0.28
15.17
2.22
11.67
1.72
6.17
1.78
8.67
5.78
10.17
3.72
7.17
6.22
7.83
2.72
11.33
1.28
12.33
2.28
25.17
4.28

Weight

Weighted score

700
850
985
1600
987
1136
1539
1800
900
950
1650
600

24116.14
15258.88
17129.79
21425.05
7848.25
16417.04
21377.72
24103.17
9493.54
11978.88
24105.42
17670.98

Table 9: Weighted score for the colleges

Rank
4
1
5
2
3

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b)

Qualitative Method
The qualitative method for locating health centre is not too different than the

procedure for students centre. Two criteria are being considered namely accessibility of
students and nearby existing facilities. Five locations with the lowest weightage score in
quantitative analysis for rectilinear assumption are evaluated by using Analytical Hierarchy
Process to obtain the highest score for the location of health centre.
i)

Accessibility

Pairwise comparison matrix:

KTDI
KTC
KP
KDSE
K11
Total

KTDI
1
1/3
1/3
1/4
1/3
9/4

KTC
3
1
1/2
1/3
1/2
16/3

KP
3
2
1
1/3
1/2
41/6

KDSE
4
3
3
1
3
14

K11
3
2
2
1/3
1
25/3

Normalized matrix:

KTDI
KTC
KP
KDSE
K11

ii)

KTDI

KTC

KP

KDSE

K11

4/9
4/27
4/27
1/9
4/27

9/16
3/16
3/32
1/16
3/32

18/41
12/41
6/41
2/41
3/41

2/7
3/14
3/14
1/14
3/14

9/25
6/25
6/25
1/25
3/25

Existing Facilities

Row
Averages
0.4183
0.2165
0.1685
0.0668
0.1299

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Pairwise comparison matrix:
KTDI
KTC
KP
KDSE
K11
Total

KTDI
1
1/4
1/3
1/4
1/3
13/6

KTC
4
1
1/2
1/3
3
53/6

KP
3
2
1
1/3
1/3
20/3

KDSE
4
3
3
1
3
14

K11
3
1/3
3
1/3
1
23/3

Normalized matrix:

KTDI
KTC
KP
KDSE
K11

iii)

KTDI

KTC

KP

KDSE

K11

6/13
3/26
2/13
3/26
2/13

24/53
6/53
3/53
2/53
18/53

9/20
3/10
3/20
1/20
1/20

2/7
3/14
3/14
1/14
3/14

9/23
1/23
9/23
1/23
3/23

Row
Averages
0.4083
0.1573
0.1932
0.0636
0.1776

Ranking the Qualitative Factors

Pairwise comparison matrix:

Accessibility
Existing Facilities
Total Columns

Accessibility
1
1/3
4/3

Existing Facilities
3
1
4

Normalized matrix:
Accessibility
Existing Facilities

Accessibility
3/4
1/4

Existing Facilities
3/4
1/4

Row Averages
0.75
0.25

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Overall ranking:
KTDI
KTC
KP
KDSE
K11

Accessibility
0.4183
0.2165
0.1685
0.0668
0.1299

Existing Facilities
0.4083
0.1573
0.1932
0.0636
0.1776

Location
KTDI
KTC
KP
KDSE
K11

0.75
0.25

Score
0.4158
0.2017
0.1748
0.0660
0.1418

Table 10: Total scores for each location

Table 10 shows the total scores obtained for each location. From the score obtained,
Kolej Tun Dr Ismail (KTDI) has the highest calculated score compare to other colleges and
therefore is the most suitable location for the universitys health centre.