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The Andromeda Strain Defense System Problem A Brave New World The Bioterrorism Treatment Facility Design Problem You have been asked to propose a design for

The Andromeda Strain Defense System Problem A Brave New World

The Bioterrorism Treatment Facility Design Problem You have been asked to propose a design for a system of treatment facilities for the U.S. National Security Agency in event of a bioterrorism attack. Your design should consider only the continental 48 states (omit Hawaii and Alaska from your analysis).

The ABSOLUTE design requirements are as follows:

Each state must have a bioterrorism treatment facility (BTF for short) either located in the state itself or in a neighboring state.
We are not concerned with exact location within a state.
We are not concerned with average distance between neighboring states, the number of shared borders, etc. Thus, this is just a high-level design.
A state either has a BTF located in its borders, or it doesnt you cannot locate more than 1 BTF in any one state.

Each state is defined by the following items (provided in separate files):

Neighboring states (including itself) BTF coverage data.
Political affiliate based on sitting governor.
Population (in millions)
Does it border Canada?
What major bodies of water border the state?
1. Atlantic
2. Gulf of Mexico
3. Pacific

Phase 1: Determine the best way to locate BTFs that minimize the total number of BTFs that are next to water (see item e above) needed to accomplish the following (hard) goals:

Absolute design requirement A above (coverage).
The President Political Power Privilege At least 55% of BTFs must be located where the sitting governor is Democratic. So, if we need 20 BTFs, there must be at least 11 states represented from DEM party.
BTF locations can include no more than 3 states that border Canada.
BTF locations can include no more than 3 states that border the Atlantic Ocean.
BTF locations can include no more than 2 states whose population is greater than or equal to 10 million.
BTF locations must have a weighted population average that is at least 8 million per state.

Describe/summarize the solution by using the metrics a-g, and by making a simple map of BTF locations. This will help you see if the solution passes the smell test as well.

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