Building a dynamic spatial microsimulation model for Ireland

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 157-172

  Ballas, Dimitris ^a   Clarke, Graham Philip ^b   Wiemers, Emily ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c Rural Economy Research Centre Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Geographical microsimulation; Small area population forecasting; Small area population microdata

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; FORECASTING METHOD; MODELING;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 19044394287     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.359     Document Type: Article

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