Scaling laws between population and facility densities

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 34, 2009, Pages 14236-14240

  Um, Jaegon ^a   Son, Seung Woo ^b   Lee, Sung Ik ^c   Jeong, Hawoong ^b   Beom, Jun Kim ^d  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^c Sogang University   (South Korea)

^d Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Microdynamics model; Optimal positioning; Social opportunity cost

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUILDING; COST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMPIRICISM; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFIT; SCALE UP; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

ALGORITHMS; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL CHANGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70149083047     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0901898106     Document Type: Article

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