Patent Document ID: 5402335
Application ID: 07950362
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for constructing a facility comprising the steps of: (a) selecting a first area where the facility is to be built; (b) selecting a first set of objects that are to make up the facility; (c) arranging a depiction of said first set of object within a representation of the first area using a predetermined scale for representation of said first area and a predetermined scale and object symbol system for said first set of objects to be placed in said first area; (d) constructing a non-metric MDS matrix representing a first population density of said first set of objects in said first area; (e) constructing at least one non-metric MDS matrix representative of at least one inter-object matrix other than population density using said depiction of said first set of objects within said representation of said first area; (f) combining the matrix of step (d) with the at least one matrix of step (e); (g) optimizing the arrangement of the first set of objects in said first area using the combined matrices; and (h) building the facility by placing the first set of objects in the first area in accord with the optimized arrangement of the first set of objects in the first area.