This volume contains selected essays of Manfred M. Fischer in the field of spatial analysis from the perspective of GeoComputation. The volume is structured in four parts, from broad issues in spatial analysis and the role of GIS to computational intelligence technologies such as neural...

The Handbook of Regional Science is a multi-volume reference work providing a state-of-the-art knowledge on regional science composed by renowned scientists in the field. The Handbook is intended to serve the academic needs of graduate students, and junior and senior scientists in regional...

Das essential präsentiert wissenschaftlich fundierte Erkenntnisse über das Wissen der Bevölkerung zu Risiko und Rendite bei Geldanlagen. Die Studie basiert auf den Ergebnissen einer anonymisierten Umfrage, die am Kompetenzzentrum Finanzen der Technischen Hochschule Nürnberg rund um das Thema...

Controller machen immer wieder die Erfahrung, dass sie ihr Fachwissen nicht adäquat im Unternehmen einbringen können. Beispielsweise werden aufwändige Berichte angefertigt, die von der Geschäftsleitung jedoch nicht oder nur am Rande in die Entscheidungsfindung einbezogen werden. Neue...

The availability of spatial databases and widespread use of geographic information systems has stimulated increasing interest in the analysis and modelling of spatial data. Spatial data analysis focuses on detecting patterns, and on exploring and modelling relationships between them in order to...

Demonstrates that the processes of innovation and technological change are spatially differentiated, both regionally within countries and internationally between countries. This book also aims to broaden our understanding of the innovation process and the process of network formation

GI Software Tools -- Spatial Statistics in ArcGIS -- Spatial Statistics in SAS -- Spatial Econometric Functions in R -- GeoDa: An Introduction to Spatial Data Analysis -- STARS: Space-Time Analysis of Regional Systems -- Space-Time Intelligence System Software for the Analysis of Complex Systems...

The aging and migration megatrends and their impact on spatial - regional and local - labor market performance is the core theme of this book, and thus together define its scope and focus. The contributions provide an overview of key aging and migration issues in various countries together with...

1. Introduction -- 2. Spatial Disparities and Poverty: The Case of Three Provinces in the Philippines -- 3. Decomposing Poverty Change in India: Within- and Between-Group Effects Across Regions, 2004-05 and 2009-10 -- 4.Pathways Out of Rural Poverty and the Role of Agriculture in Four...

This is the first book to fully introduce a newly developed distance friction minimization (DFM) model, which is one of the new efficiency improvement projection approaches in data envelopment analysis (DEA). The DFM model can produce a most effective solution in efficiency improvement...