Modelling in Location Theory

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Course syllabus

1. Ekonomic_ environmental quantitative methods of analysis
1.1. Activity Allocation and Forecasting,
1.2. Demographic Projections,
1.3. Models for Cost - Benefit Estimations.
1.4. Utility Theory.
1.5. Location and Design.
1.6. Scale and Number of Public Facilities.
2. Simulations and gravity techniques:
2.1. Stochastic Simulations.
2.2. Discret Event Simulations.
2.3. Aggregate Versus Disagregate Modelling.
2.4. The Gravity Model and Differet Lowry Like Approaches.
2.5. Spatial Interactions.
3. Combinatorial programming of Facitliy Locations.
3.1. Heuristic Versus Analytical Solutions.
3.2. Spatial Interactions - The Quadratic Assignment Problem.
3.3. Facility Location and Data Envelopment Analysis.
4. Multicriteria decision making.
4.1. Preference Structure.
4.2. Simple Ordering.
4.3. Multicriteria Simplex.
4.4. Goal Settings.
4.5. Value Functions.
4.6. Value Functions Measurement Steps.
4.7. Multicriteria Decision Making and Facility Location.
4.8. Collective Decision Making.
5. Alonso"s theory of land use and game theory approach to optimal alocation of activities.
5.1. Transportation and Land Use.
5.2. Public Supply Systems and Reverse Logistics in Value Added in Land Use Theory.
6. Remote sensing and geographic information systems.

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