Agricultural Wholesale Market Location Selection Criteria and Evaluation Framework

Location selection criteria for large-scale Agricultural Product Wholesale Markets under traditional and modern circulation models. The dataset includes a proposed evaluation framework integrating five key criteria: location, planning, transportation, land use, and urban compatibility. The research was authored by Guizhe Xin and shared on figshare in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Applying the location, planning, transportation, land use, and urban compatibility criteria to score potential market sites.
• Using the integrated GIS database layer to analyze spatial compatibility with national territorial plans and road networks.
• Replicating the weight optimization methodology combining Analytic Hierarchy Process and entropy weight method for other facility location problems.
• Testing the five-phase location selection methodology (region screening, scope delineation, data analysis, weight optimization, comprehensive evaluation) on new candidate schemes.

Strengths

• Framework integrates five distinct evaluation criteria with elastic and rigid standards.
• Methodology combines subjective (AHP) and objective (entropy weight) weighting techniques validated with a Genetic Algorithm.

Limitations

• Dataset is very small at 13.5 KB, indicating limited raw data or case study scope.
• Case study validation is based on only seven candidate location schemes, a small sample.

Provenance

Source

Research study by author Guizhe Xin, shared on figshare.

Collection Method

Proposed framework developed from analysis of circulation stakeholders, supply chains, and external environments; validated via a case study.

Freshness

Last updated in April 2026.