Geographies of imperfection in telecommunication analysis

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-94

  Grubesic, Tony H ^a   Murray, Alan T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GIS; Policy; Telecommunication; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INTERNET; PUBLIC POLICY; REGIONAL PLANNING; SOCIAL ASPECTS; TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE (XDSL); SPATIAL DATA; TELECOMMUNICATION ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 13644262653     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2004.08.001     Document Type: Article

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