Location Theory and Decision Analysis [electronic resource] : Analytics of Spatial Information Technology /
Chan, Yupo.author.
Employing state-of-the art quantitative models and case studies, Location Theory and Decision Analysis provides the methodologies behind the siting of such facilities as transportation terminals, warehouses, housing, landfills, state parks and industrial plants. Through its extensive methodological review, the book serves as a primer for more advanced texts on spatial analysis, including the monograph on Location, Transport and Land-Use by the same author. Given the rapid changes over the last decade, the Second Edition includes new analytic contributions as well as software survey of analytics and spatial information technology.  While the First Edition served the professional community well, the Second Edition has substantially expanded its emphasis for classroom use of the volume. Extensive pedagogic materials have been added, going from the fundamental principles to open-ended exercises, including solutions to selected problems. The text is of value to engineering and business programs that offer courses in Decision and Risk Analysis, Muticriteria Decision-Making, and Facility Location and Layout. It should also be of interest to public policy programs that use geographic Information Systems and satellite imagery to support their analyses.
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Contents; Dedication; Preface to the Second Edition; MOTIVATION FOR A SECOND EDITION; PEDAGOGY; STATE-OF-THE-ART; SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; USE OF THIS BOOK; Preface; ORGANIZATION OF THE BOOK; SOFTWARE; 1 Introduction; I. OBJECTIVES; II. DETERMINANTS OF LOCATION; III. THE ROLE OF ANALYSIS; IV. ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; V. CONCLUDING REMARKS; VI. EXERCISES Self-Instructional Module: EMPIRICAL MODELING; ENDNOTE; REFERENCES; 2 Economic Methods of Analysis; I. ECONOMIC CONSTRUCTS FOR ACTIVITY ALLOCATION AND FORECASTING
II. ECONOMETRIC MODELING: INTERREGIONAL DEMOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONSIII. ECONOMIC CONSTRUCTS FOR COST-BENEFIT ESTIMATION; IV. UTILITY THEORY; V. THE LOCATION DECISION; VI. SCALE AND NUMBER OF PUBLIC FACILITIES; VII. SPATIAL LOCATION OF A FACILITY; VIII. ECONOMIC BASIS OF THE GRAVITY-BASED SPATIAL ALLOCATION MODEL; IX. CONCLUDING REMARKS; X. EXERCISES Self-Instructional Module: PROBABILITY; ENDNOTES; REFERENCES; 3 Descriptive Tools for Analysis; I. AN EXAMPLE; II. DESCRIPTIVE TECHNIQUES: ANOTHER EXAMPLE; III. SIMULATION; IV. STOCHASTIC SIMULATION; V. DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION
VI. INVENTORY CONTROL USING MARGINAL ANALYSISVII. BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; VIII. ECONOMETRIC APPROACH; IX. CALIBRATION; X. AGGREGATE VERSUS DISAGGREGATE MODELING; XI. THE GRAVITY MODEL REVISITED; XII. SPATIAL INTERACTION; XIII. QUALITY OF A MODEL CALIBRATION; XIV. CONCLUDING REMARKS; XV. EXERCISES Self-Instructional Module: PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION AND QUEUING; ENDNOTES; REFERENCES; 4 Prescriptive Tools for Analysis; I. A TYPICAL PRESCRIPTIVE MODEL; II. HEURISTIC SOLUTION TECHNIQUES; III. ANALYTICAL SOLUTION TECHNIQUES; IV. INTEGER OR MIXED-INTEGER PROGRAMMING
V. DECOMPOSITION METHODS IN FACILITY LOCATIONVI. SPATIAL INTERACTIONS: THE QUADRATIC ASSIGNMENT PROBLEM; VII. PRESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS IN FACILITY LOCATION: DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; VIII. PRESCRIPTIVE TECHNIQUES IN LAND USE; IX. CONCLUDING REMARKS; X. EXERCISES Self-Instructional Module: GRAPH OPTIMIZATION; ENDNOTES; REFERENCES; 5 Multicriteria Decision Making; I. PREFERENCE STRUCTURE; II. SIMPLE ORDERING; III. EXPLORING THE EFFICIENT FRONTIER; IV. MULTICRITERIA SIMPLEX (MC-SIMPLEX); V. GOAL SETTING; VI. VALUE FUNCTIONS; VII. VALUE-FUNCTION MEASUREMENT STEPS
VIII. MULTICRITERIA DECISION MAKING AND FACILITY LOCATIONIX. A TAXONOMY OF METHODS; X. DOMINATION STRUCTURES; XI. COLLECTIVE DECISION MAKING; XII. CONCLUDING REMARKS; XIII. EXERCISES Self-Instructional Module: RISK ASSESSMENT; ENDNOTES; REFERENCES; 6 Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems; I. DATA IN SPATIAL-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; II. GEOGRAPHIC CODING SYSTEMS; III. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS); IV. REMOTE SENSING SYSTEMS; V. DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING; VI. DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE; VII. APPLICATIONS OF REMOTE SENSING
VIII. SPECTRAL VERSUS SPATIAL PATTERN RECOGNITION
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Employing state-of-the art quantitative models and case studies, Location Theory and Decision Analysis provides the methodologies behind the siting of such facilities as transportation terminals, warehouses, housing, landfills, state parks and industrial plants. Through its extensive methodological review, the book serves as a primer for more advanced texts on spatial analysis, including the monograph on Location, Transport and Land-Use by the same author. Given the rapid changes over the last decade, the Second Edition includes new analytic contributions as well as software survey of analytics and spatial information technology.  While the First Edition served the professional community well, the Second Edition has substantially expanded its emphasis for classroom use of the volume. Extensive pedagogic materials have been added, going from the fundamental principles to open-ended exercises, including solutions to selected problems. The text is of value to engineering and business programs that offer courses in Decision and Risk Analysis, Muticriteria Decision-Making, and Facility Location and Layout. It should also be of interest to public policy programs that use geographic Information Systems and satellite imagery to support their analyses.
Engineering economics.
Engineering economy.
Geographical information systems.
Human geography.
Industrial organization.
Regional economics.
Spatial economics.
Regional planning.
Urban planning.
Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing.
Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.
Human Geography.
Industrial Organization.
Regional/Spatial Science.
Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.