Foundations Of Location Analysis

Author : H. A. Eiselt,Vladimir Marianov
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781441975720

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Foundations of Location Analysis by H. A. Eiselt,Vladimir Marianov Pdf

Location analysis has matured from an area of theoretical inquiry that was designed to explain observed phenomena to a vibrant field which can be and has been used to locate items as diverse as landfills, fast food outlets, gas stations, as well as politicians and products in issue and feature spaces. Modern location science is dealt with by a diverse group of researchers and practitioners in geography, economics, operations research, industrial engineering, and computer science. Given the tremendous advances location science has seen from its humble beginnings, it is time to look back. The contributions in this volume were written by eminent experts in the field, each surveying the original contributions that created the field, and then providing an up-to-date review of the latest contributions. Specific areas that are covered in this volume include: • The three main fields of inquiry: minisum and minimax problems and covering models • Nonstandard location models, including those with competitive components, models that locate undesirable facilities, models with probabilistic features, and problems that allow interactions between facilities • Descriptions and detailed examinations of exact techniques including the famed Weiszfeld method, and heuristic methods ranging from Lagrangean techniques to Greedy algorithms • A look at the spheres of influence that the facilities generate and that attract customers to them, a topic crucial in planning retail facilities • The theory of central places, which, other than in mathematical games, where location science was born

Author : H. A. Eiselt,Vladimir Marianov
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 144197573X

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Foundations of Location Analysis by H. A. Eiselt,Vladimir Marianov Pdf

Author : H. A. Eiselt,Vladimir Marianov
Publisher : Springer
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783319202822

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Applications of Location Analysis by H. A. Eiselt,Vladimir Marianov Pdf

This book, companion to Foundations of Location Analysis (Springer, 2011), highlights some of the applications of location analysis within the spheres of businesses, those that deal with public services and applications that deal with law enforcement and first responders. While the Foundations book reviewed the theory and first contributions, this book describes how different location techniques have been used to solve real problems. Since many real problems comprise multiple objectives, in this book there is more presence of tools from multicriteria decision making and multiple-objective optimization. The section on business applications looks at such problems as locating bank branches, the potential location of a logistics park, sustainable forest management and layout problems in a hospital, a much more difficult type of problem than mere location problems. The section on public services presents chapters on the design of habitats for wildlife, control of forest fires, the location of intelligent sensors along highways for timely emergency response, locating breast cancer screening centers, an economic analysis for the locations of post offices and school location. The final section of the book includes chapters on the well-known problem of locating fire stations, a model for the location of sensors for travel time information, the problem of police districting, locations of jails, location of Coast Guard vessels and finally, a survey of military applications of location analysis throughout different periods of recent history.

Author : Richard L. Church,Alan T. Murray
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131754280

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Business Site Selection, Location Analysis and GIS by Richard L. Church,Alan T. Murray Pdf

This text covers the convergent use of GIS for location science analysis. The integrated approach enables analysts to look beyond theoretical location constructs to focus on the resolution of actual siting problems, producing better data and model representations, and developing better solution approaches.

Author : Stanley A Mulaik
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2009-09-25
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781420099812

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Foundations of Factor Analysis by Stanley A Mulaik Pdf

Providing a practical, thorough understanding of how factor analysis works, Foundations of Factor Analysis, Second Edition discusses the assumptions underlying the equations and procedures of this method. It also explains the options in commercial computer programs for performing factor analysis and structural equation modeling. This long-awaited e

Author : Edmund Landau
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780821826935

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Foundations of Analysis by Edmund Landau Pdf

Why does 2 x 2 = 4? What are fractions? Imaginary numbers? Why do the laws of algebra hold? What are the properties of the numbers on which the differential and integral calculus is based? In other words, What are numbers? And why do they have the properties we attribute to them? This work answers such questions.--

Author : Jeremy R. Porter,Frank M. Howell
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789400738485

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Geographical Sociology by Jeremy R. Porter,Frank M. Howell Pdf

The discipline of Sociology has a rich history of including spatial context in the analysis of social issues. Much of this history has revolved around the development and application of spatial theory aimed at understanding the geographic distribution of social problems, the organization of communities, and the relationship between society and the environment. More recently, the social sciences have seen a large number of technological innovations that now make it possible to place social behaviour in spatial context. Consequently, because of the historical disjuncture in the development of spatial theory and the recent development of relevant methodological tools, the relationship between materials describing both the methodological approaches and their theoretical importance a scattered throughout various books and articles. Geographical Sociology consolidates these materials into a single accessible source in which spatial concepts such as containment, proximity, adjacency, and others are examined in relation to such methodological tools as hierarchical linear models, point pattern analysis, and spatial regression. As these methods continue to increase in popularity among social scientists the ability to more generally understand societies relationship to geographic space will continue to increase in it importance in the field. This book represents a starting point to linking these concepts to practice and is presented in an accessible form in which students, researchers, and educators can all learn, and in turn, contribute to its development.

Author : Jewgeni H. Dshalalow
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 748 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2012-11-09
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781461459620

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Foundations of Abstract Analysis by Jewgeni H. Dshalalow Pdf

Foundations of Abstract Analysis is the first of a two book series offered as the second (expanded) edition to the previously published text Real Analysis. It is written for a graduate-level course on real analysis and presented in a self-contained way suitable both for classroom use and for self-study. While this book carries the rigor of advanced modern analysis texts, it elaborates the material in much greater details and therefore fills a gap between introductory level texts (with topics developed in Euclidean spaces) and advanced level texts (exclusively dealing with abstract spaces) making it accessible for a much wider interested audience. To relieve the reader of the potential overload of new words, definitions, and concepts, the book (in its unique feature) provides lists of new terms at the end of each section, in a chronological order. Difficult to understand abstract notions are preceded by informal discussions and blueprints followed by thorough details and supported by examples and figures. To further reinforce the text, hints and solutions to almost a half of more than 580 problems are provided at the end of the book, still leaving ample exercises for assignments. This volume covers topics in point-set topology and measure and integration. Prerequisites include advanced calculus, linear algebra, complex variables, and calculus based probability.

Author : M. M. Rao
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-17
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780486296531

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Foundations of Stochastic Analysis by M. M. Rao Pdf

This volume considers fundamental theories and contrasts the natural interplay between real and abstract methods. No prior knowledge of probability is assumed. Numerous problems, most with hints. 1981 edition.

Author : Saïd Salhi,John Boylan
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 923 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2022-07-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030969356

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The Palgrave Handbook of Operations Research by Saïd Salhi,John Boylan Pdf

Operations Research (OR) is a fast-evolving field, which is having a significant impact on its neighbouring disciplines of Business Analytics and Data Science, and on contemporary business and management practices. This handbook provides a comprehensive and cutting edge collection of studies in the area. Views differ on what should be included within the scope of OR. The editors of this volume have taken the view that an inclusive stance is the most helpful, both for theory and practice. Real-world problems often require consideration from both ‘softer’ and ‘harder’ perspectives and need consideration of both predictive and prescriptive problems. In accordance with this inclusive approach to OR, the book is divided into six parts, covering Discrete Optimization, Continuous Optimization, Heuristic Search Optimization, Forecasting, Simulation and Prediction, Problem Structuring and Behavioural OR, and finally some recent OR Applications. This wide-ranging handbook includes a culturally diverse collection of authors, with different perspectives and backgrounds around Operations Research. It will be of tremendous value to researchers, students and practitioners in the field of OR

Author : C. Freksa,David M. Mark
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1999-08-11
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783540663652

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Spatial Information Theory. Cognitive and Computational Foundations of Geographic Information Science by C. Freksa,David M. Mark Pdf

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Spatial Information Theory, COSIT '99, held in Stade, Germany, in August 1999. The 30 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 70 submissions. The book is divided into topical sections on landmarks and navigation, route directions, abstraction and spatial hierarchies, spatial reasoning calculi, ontology of space, visual representation and reasoning, maps and routes, and granularity and qualitative abstraction.

Author : Eric Schechter
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 907 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1996-10-24
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780080532998

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Handbook of Analysis and Its Foundations by Eric Schechter Pdf

Handbook of Analysis and Its Foundations is a self-contained and unified handbook on mathematical analysis and its foundations. Intended as a self-study guide for advanced undergraduates and beginning graduatestudents in mathematics and a reference for more advanced mathematicians, this highly readable book provides broader coverage than competing texts in the area. Handbook of Analysis and Its Foundations provides an introduction to a wide range of topics, including: algebra; topology; normed spaces; integration theory; topological vector spaces; and differential equations. The author effectively demonstrates the relationships between these topics and includes a few chapters on set theory and logic to explain the lack of examples for classical pathological objects whose existence proofs are not constructive. More complete than any other book on the subject, students will find this to be an invaluable handbook. Covers some hard-to-find results including: Bessagas and Meyers converses of the Contraction Fixed Point Theorem Redefinition of subnets by Aarnes and Andenaes Ghermans characterization of topological convergences Neumanns nonlinear Closed Graph Theorem van Maarens geometry-free version of Sperners Lemma Includes a few advanced topics in functional analysis Features all areas of the foundations of analysis except geometry Combines material usually found in many different sources, making this unified treatment more convenient for the user Has its own webpage: http://math.vanderbilt.edu/

Author : Richard Johnsonbaugh,W.E. Pfaffenberger
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012-09-11
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780486134772

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Foundations of Mathematical Analysis by Richard Johnsonbaugh,W.E. Pfaffenberger Pdf

Definitive look at modern analysis, with views of applications to statistics, numerical analysis, Fourier series, differential equations, mathematical analysis, and functional analysis. More than 750 exercises; some hints and solutions. 1981 edition.

Author : Terje Aven
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2012-02-02
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781119945789

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Foundations of Risk Analysis by Terje Aven Pdf

Foundations of Risk Analysis presents the issues core to risk analysis – understanding what risk means, expressing risk, building risk models, addressing uncertainty, and applying probability models to real problems. The author provides the readers with the knowledge and basic thinking they require to successfully manage risk and uncertainty to support decision making. This updated edition reflects recent developments on risk and uncertainty concepts, representations and treatment. New material in Foundations of Risk Analysis includes: An up to date presentation of how to understand, define and describe risk based on research carried out in recent years. A new definition of the concept of vulnerability consistent with the understanding of risk. Reflections on the need for seeing beyond probabilities to measure/describe uncertainties. A presentation and discussion of a method for assessing the importance of assumptions (uncertainty factors) in the background knowledge that the subjective probabilities are based on A brief introduction to approaches that produce interval (imprecise) probabilities instead of exact probabilities. In addition the new version provides a number of other improvements, for example, concerning the use of cost-benefit analyses and the As Low As Reasonably Practicable (ALARP) principle. Foundations of Risk Analysis provides a framework for understanding, conducting and using risk analysis suitable for advanced undergraduates, graduates, analysts and researchers from statistics, engineering, finance, medicine and the physical sciences, as well as for managers facing decision making problems involving risk and uncertainty.

Author : Joseph L. Taylor
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780821889848

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Foundations of Analysis by Joseph L. Taylor Pdf

Foundations of Analysis has two main goals. The first is to develop in students the mathematical maturity and sophistication they will need as they move through the upper division curriculum. The second is to present a rigorous development of both single and several variable calculus, beginning with a study of the properties of the real number system. The presentation is both thorough and concise, with simple, straightforward explanations. The exercises differ widely in level of abstraction and level of difficulty. They vary from the simple to the quite difficult and from the computational to the theoretical. Each section contains a number of examples designed to illustrate the material in the section and to teach students how to approach the exercises for that section. --Book cover.