Space, scale, and scaling in entropy maximizing

Geographical Analysis

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 395-421

  Batty, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FUTURE PROSPECT; GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH; LOCATION THEORY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77958567926     PISSN: 00167363     EISSN: 15384632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-4632.2010.00800.x     Document Type: Article

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