Mathematical models have long been used by geographers and regional scientists to explore the working of urban and regional systems, via a system where the equilibrium point changes slowly and smoothly as the parameters change slowly and smoothly. However, this all changed with the advent of catastrophe theory and bifurcation, which enabled the development of models where a quite sudden change in the position of the equilibrium point results from a slow, small, smooth change in one or more parameters.
First published in 1981, this reissue of Professor Wilson 's classic study outlines...
Mathematical models have long been used by geographers and regional scientists to explore the working of urban and regional systems, via a system w...
First published in 1970, this groundbreaking investigation into Entropy in Urban and Regional Modelling provides an extensive and detailed insight into the entropy maximising method in the development of a whole class of urban and regional models. The book has its origins in work being carried out by the author in 1966, when he realised that the well-known gravity model could be derived on the basis of an analogy with statistical, rather than Newtonian, mechanics. Subsequent investigation demonstrated that the entropy maximising method stems from an even higher level of generality, and the...
First published in 1970, this groundbreaking investigation into Entropy in Urban and Regional Modelling provides an extensive and detailed insight int...
The study of cities is one of the grand challenges of 21st century science and mathematical modelling. This set provides a crucial contribution to scholarly and practical projects to comprehend their workings, evolution, and associated planning problems.
The study of cities is one of the grand challenges of 21st century science and mathematical modelling. This set provides a crucial contribution to sch...