Spatial Economic Science: New Frontiers in Theory and Methodology Book

Preface.- 1. Aura Reggiani: Introduction: New Frontiers in Modelling Spatial and Economic Systems.- PART I: NEW FRONTIERS IN SPATIAL ECONOMICS AND MODELLING: 2. Alan Wilson: Spatial Modelling: Conceptual, Mathematical and Computational Challenges.- 3. Kenneth Button: Where did the "New Urban Economics" go after 25 Years.- 4. David Batten: Complex Landscapes of Spatial Interaction.- 5. Guenter Haag: New Frontier Concepts in Spatial and Social Sciences: Towards Nested Theories.- 6. Manfred M. Fischer: Methodological Challenges in Neural Spatial Interaction Modelling: The Issues of Model Selection.- 7. Peter Nijkamp, Piet Rietveld, Laura Spierdijk: Classification Techniques in Quantitative Comparative Research: A Meta-Comparison.- PART II: NEW FRONTIERS IN DECISION MAKING IN A COMPLEX SPACE-ECONOMY: 8. Peter Nijkamp: Advances in Comparative Assessment Research in the Space-Economy.- 9. Yee Leung: A Hybrid Connectionist Expert System for Spatial Inference and Analysis.- 10. Jean-Claude Thill, Aaron Wheeler: Knowledge Discovery and Induction of Decision Trees in Spatial Decision Problems.- 11. Dorien J. DeTombe: A New Method for Handling Complex Spatial Problems.- PART III: NEW FRONTIERS IN SPATIAL AND DYNAMIC ANALYSIS: 12. Kieran P. Donaghy: Generalised Stability Analysis of a Non-linear Dynamic Model.- 13. Gustav Kristensen: Spatial Heterogenity in Danish Urban Land Prices: The Expansion Method Philosophy and Variable Autocorrelated Residuals.- 14. Robert G.V. Baker: What Underpins the Gravity Coefficient in Space-Time Modelling Aggregate Consumer Trip Behaviour to Shopping Centres?.- 15. Russel J. Cooper: An Extension of the Block Spatial Path Approach to Analysis of the Influence of Intra and Interregional Trade on Multipliers Effects in General Multiregional Input-Output Models.- PART IV: NEW FRONTIERS IN TRANSPORT NETWORKS: 16. Aura Reggiani, Peter Nijkamp, Enrico Sabella: A Comparative Analysis of the Performance of Evolutionary Algorithms and Logit Models in Spatial Networks.- 17. Jean-Claude Thill, Mikhail Mozolin: Feed-Forward Neural Networks for Spatial Interaction: Are they Trustworthy Forecasting Tools?.- 18. Claudio Meneguzzer: Stochastic User Equilibrium Assignment with Traffic-Responsive Signal Control.- 19. Maurizio Bielli, Pasquale Carotenuto, Giuseppe Confessore: A New Hybrid Approach for Transport Network Design.- 20. Laurie A. Schintler, Rajendra Kulkarni: The Emergence of Small-world Phenomenon in Urban Transportation Networks: An Exploratory Analysis.- Figures.- Tables.- Index.- List of Contributors.