SBIR Phase II: Computing-Assisted Zoning Optimization and Service

SBIR第二阶段：计算辅助分区优化和服务

• 批准号: 1353502
• 负责人: Bonan Li
• 金额: $ 75万
• 依托单位: ZillionInfo
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-04-15 至 2018-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1353502&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; II; Computing; Assisted

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project is aimed at developing commercial redistricting software products that can be used by non-experts. Redistricting or rezoning is the process of dividing space into districts or zones while optimizing a set of criteria under various spatial constraints. It is an extremely challenging task that is commonly needed in many real-world problems, such as political and school redistricting, emergency zone design, package delivery, and business planning. The company's proposed products will provide flexible and easy-to-use software tools to meet the needs of several specific niche markets that no existing tools can effectively serve. The objective is to expand the user group well beyond technical experts to the average government or business professional, and even to the general public, thereby democratizing the redistricting process. The broader impact of this project is its potential to fundamentally change the way redistricting is performed in practice. With existing commercial tools, completing a redistricting task usually requires one or more full-time technicians working for days or months at a time. With the product being created under this project, even a non-technical user may generate a professional plan within minutes. Potential clients include governments (cities and counties), school districts, consulting firms who provide redistricting services, private businesses that need to optimize service delivery, and even general citizens who are interested in participating in redistricting decision making. The product targets the U.S. and international market, including both public and private sectors.

这个小企业创新研究（SBIR）第二阶段项目旨在开发可供非专家使用的商业重划软件产品。重新划分或重新分区是将空间划分为地区或区域的过程，同时在各种空间限制下优化一套标准。这是一项极具挑战性的任务，在许多现实世界的问题中通常需要，例如政治和学校重新划分，紧急区域设计，包裹递送和商业规划。该公司提出的产品将提供灵活且易于使用的软件工具，以满足现有工具无法有效服务的几个特定利基市场的需求。目标是将用户群从技术专家扩大到一般政府或商业专业人员，甚至扩大到一般公众，从而使重新划分过程民主化。该项目的更广泛影响是它有可能从根本上改变重划选区的做法。使用现有的商业工具，完成重划任务通常需要一个或多个全职技术人员一次工作几天或几个月。在此项目下创建的产品，即使是非技术用户也可以在几分钟内生成专业计划。潜在客户包括政府（市、县）、学区、提供重新划分服务的咨询公司、需要优化服务交付的私营企业，甚至有兴趣参与重新划分决策的普通公民。该产品面向美国和国际市场，包括公共和私营部门。