The pickup problem: Consumers' locational preferences in flow interception

Geographical Analysis

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 107-126

  Zeng, Weiping ^a   Hodgson, M John ^a   Castillo, Ignacio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GIS; LOCATION DECISION; MODELING; OPTIMIZATION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 58149496613     PISSN: 00167363     EISSN: 15384632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-4632.2009.00741.x     Document Type: Article

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