“…Major applications include site selection (Brookes 1997, Cova andChurch 2000), land-use allocation (Wright et al 1983, Gilbert et al 1985, Diamond and Wright 1988, Tomlin and Johnston 1990, Eastman et al 1998, Aerts and Heuvelink 2002, Aerts et al 2003, Ligmann-Zielinska et al 2008, and conservation reserve design (McDonnell et al 2002, Church et al 2003, Nalle et al 2003, Cerdeira et al 2005, Ö nal and Briers 2005, Ö nal and Wang 2008. Solution of these problems generally requires two kinds of tasks: evaluation and allocation of space.…”