Transactions of the Architectural Institute of Japan
Online ISSN : 2433-0027
Print ISSN : 0387-1185
ISSN-L : 0387-1185
STUDY ON THE OPTIMUM SCALE OF BUILDING FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENTS WITH FLUCTUATION OF DEMAND ON NUMBER OF USERS (2) : Case Study on the Facilities with Periodic Flucuation and Upper Trend
KOHSEI OKADA
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1967 Volume 131 Pages 34-39,64

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The work recorded in this paper is a continuation of the study of previous report. The general principle of preceding paper was applied to cases with rush hour, seasonable fluctuation and upper trend of demand. As a result of study, it was proved that a simple formula was reduced on these cases in the same manner to the case with stochastic fluctuation of demand. The formula shows that the optimum scale of facilities is such a scale that ratio of cost and profit per unit scale, or ratio of cost and loss per unit scale is equal to the ratio of overflowing time. This ratio is concerned with the mean waiting time on the model with queueing, which we can graphically calculate without difficulty. The second part of this report is the case study of the type of facilities in wich number of users has upper trend of demand. The result obtained from application of our general principle indicates that the optimum stage of the demand which should be object of planning has no relations with the time series pattern of demand. In usualy cases, it seems that the optimum stage of demand is that of a few years late, even when life of the facilities is considerably long. This is the effect of interest of invested capital. Accordingly, it is concluded that the optimum scale of building facilities is determined by ratio of cost and profit or cost and loss per unit scale.
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