An evolutionary approach to the delineation of functional areas based on travel-to-work flows

International Journal of Automation and Computing

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 10-21

  Flórez Revuelta, Francisco ^a   Casado Díaz, José Manuel ^a   Martínez Bernabeu, Lucas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Economics; Evolutionary computation; Optimization methods; Regional science

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COMPUTATION THEORY; CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

INTER-REGIONAL SEPARATION; INTRA-REGION INTERACTION; OPTIMIZATION METHODS; POLICY-MAKING CONTEXT; REGIONAL SCIENCE; TRAVEL-TO-WORK FLOWS;

EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS;

EID: 38749150628     PISSN: 14768186     EISSN: 17518520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11633-008-0010-6     Document Type: Article

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