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Designing The Optimal Placement Of Spaces In A Parking Lot, R. Bingle, D. Meindertsma, W. Oostendorp, Gene A. Klaasen
Designing The Optimal Placement Of Spaces In A Parking Lot, R. Bingle, D. Meindertsma, W. Oostendorp, Gene A. Klaasen
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We develop a method for determining the optimal size and placement of parking spaces and approach aisles for an automobile parking lot. In particular, our solution concerns a parking lot of size 100' x 200' located at the corner of an intersection of two streets in a New England town. We begin by arguing the superiority of driver operation over attendant operation of vehicles to be parked. Then a statistical analysis is performed on a sampling of 160 1987 model automobiles to determine upper bounds and ideal values for the length and width of a parking space and for the …