This book offers a panoramic view of recent advances in spatial complexity, in order to enhance our understanding of complex spatial networks by simplicity in terms of both the basic driving forces of systemic impacts and the modelling of such systems. Simple models mapping out the evolution of...

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 State-of-the-Art in Building Residential Location Models -- Stated Preference Examination of Factors Influencing Residential Attraction -- DRAM Residential Location and Land Use Model: 40 Years of Development and Application -- The DELTA Residential Location Model -- The MUSSA II Land Use...

Globalization affects regional economies in a broad spectrum of aspects, from labor market conditions and development policies to climate change. This volume, written by an international cast of eminent regional scientists, provides new tools for analyzing the enormous changes in regional...

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...

This volume presents selected papers from the 19th Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES) Conference held in Istanbul. Its primary emphasis is on showcasing the latest empirical research on social change, sustainable development and the management of public and private organizations in...