Skater does not respect the number of clusters (regions with a minimum and maximum value)

[orlandombaa]

Hi

I am triying to do a regionalization with the skater algorithm. What I want to to is generate a set of regions where each region has a minimum and maximum values (let´s say minumun population) the way that I am trying to set maximum value is by giving a specific number of clusters (for example if a have n regions and a the total population is 1,000 and I want regions with a value of around 200 I will set 4 clusters with a minimum value of 190) .

the problem is that the algorithm doesn't respect the k values that I give . Taking this simple example let´s say that It generates 3 regions ( but if it meets the constraint).

Does anyone knows how can I solve this?

Best regards,