Gravity Models of Spatial Interaction Behavior
By: by Ashish Sen, Tony E. Smith
Contributors: Smith, Tony E.
Series: Advances in Spatial and Network Economics; Advances in Spatial and Network Economics
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 572
ISBN-13: 9783642798825; 9783642798801
Subjects: Engineering; Economics; Geography; Regional economics
Description: Gravity models describe, and hence help predict, spatial flows of commuters, air-travelers, migrants, commodities and even messages. They are one of the oldest and most widely used of all social science models. This book presents an up-to-date, consistent and unified approach to the theory, methods and application of the gravity model - which spans from the axiomatic foundations of such models all the way to practical hints for their use. "I have found no better general method for use in applied research dealing with spatial interaction... It is against this background that the present book by Sen and Smith is most welcomed." Walter Isard.
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