A BI-OBJECTIVE APPROACH TO DETERMINE THE INFLUENCE AREA IN SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.3173282323083

• Palavras-chave: Área de influencia, Programación lineal entera, Enfoque biobjetivo, Zonas Económicas Especiales.

• Keywords: -Influence area, Integer linear programming, Bi-objective approach, Special Economic Zones.

• Abstract:

  -In this article, we present a methodology to determine the
  influence area in Special Economic Zones (SEZ). A SEZ is a geographically
  delimited area located within the national boundaries of a country that offers
  several fiscal and laboral benefits to improve the productivity of the region
  according to its physical location. The influence area of the SEZ is
  composed of the near urban and rural populations that are susceptible to
  receive several economic, social, and technological benefits. That is derived
  from the activities carried out in the zone and from the complementary
  policies and actions planned in the Development Program that will also
  support the development of several services such as logistics, financial,
  tourism, and software, which are complementaries to the economic activities
  of the zone. The SEZ and their influence area are generally formed by one
  or more municipalities that share a particular productive vocation such as
  agro-industry, manufacturing, petrochemicals, and development of
  information technologies. In this study, we propose a methodology based on
  a bi-objective mathematical formulation of Integer Linear Programming to
  determine the influence area of the SEZ considering the population, the
  distance and time between municipalities and SEZ, the productive vocation
  of the municipalities, and the infrastructure of the region. Experimental
  results, applied to the SEZ established in the region of the Isthmus of
  Tehuantepec, Mexico, empirically validate the methodology and make a
  comparison with the SEZ and their influence area determined by the
  Mexican government.