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In his student years the author of this book was fortunate to have Tord Palander, once the leading location theorist of his age, as teacher and later as his thesis adviser. Palander started his economics career in the 30es with taking interest in spatial economics, and ended up with monetary economics in the 50es. The author made the reverse route. So, in the intersection of our professional lives Palander and I both worked with monetary issues, and we never spoke of spatial economics in his remaining lifetime. Despite this the author assimilated Palander's basic philosophy which perspired already through his dissertation (Beitriige zur Standortstheorie ): Good science is there to be easily understood, the difficult and mysterious being under the con­ stant suspicion of being wrong. Also, it was when trying to organize Palander's scientific remains upon his death in 1972 that the author found two small papers by Martin Beckmann from the early 50es. These concise contributions, largely overlooked, which did cast the entire spatial trade equilibrium in terms of two partial differen­ tial equations became the focus of interest of the author for many years. It was, however, at first hard to get ahead with the Beckmann model, just because it was so general. It could subsume most of the models ever devel­ oped in spatial economics, but, due to this very generality, it was difficult to get out any particular information, except in terms of examples.

Space in economics --- Land use --- Mathematical models --- Mathematical models. --- Regional economics. --- Spatial economics. --- Regional/Spatial Science. --- Spatial economics --- Economics --- Regional economics --- Regional planning --- Regionalism --- Space in economics - Mathematical models --- Land use - Mathematical models

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Science is made offactsjust as a house is made of bricks, but a collection offacts is no more science than a pile of bricks is a house. Henry Poincare The aim of the disciplines of praxis is not theoretical knowledge .... It is to change the forms of action ... .. .. Aristotle Transportation systems engineering is a broad discipline aimed at the functional design of physical and/or organizational projects relating to transportation supply systems. These projects defme the functional characteristics and performances of system elements (services, prices, infrastructures, vehicles, control, etc.) that, taken as a whole, provide transportation opportunities to satisfy the travel demand of persons and goods in a given area. The basic approach of transportation system engineering is to defme the main characteristics of transportation services starting with the analysis and simulation of the demand for such services. Physical elements of the system are designed and/or identified among those available to provide the characteristics and performances required by the transportation services.

Transport. Traffic --- Quantitative methods (economics) --- Transportation engineering --- Transportation engineering. --- Computational complexity. --- Economic theory. --- Regional economics. --- Spatial economics. --- Geography. --- Complexity. --- Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods. --- Regional/Spatial Science. --- Geography, general. --- Cosmography --- Earth sciences --- World history --- Spatial economics --- Economics --- Regional economics --- Regional planning --- Regionalism --- Space in economics --- Economic theory --- Political economy --- Social sciences --- Economic man --- Complexity, Computational --- Electronic data processing --- Machine theory

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Logistics is a $700 billion industry in the USA and is the second largest employer of college graduates. Logistics costs account for nearly 30% of the sales dollar, and logistics activities are essential to satisfying the ever- changing customer demand in terms of variety and availability. Today the need for cutting edge, sophisticated logistics practices has never been greater. This unique text is squarely focused on the key activities within the functional areas of logistics and transportation, with emphasis placed on the quantitative treatment of the design and planning issues in logistics. In scope, Logistics and Transportation comprehensively covers almost all the elements of the supply chain. Moreover, it includes a number of topics that are generally not covered by most popular logistics texts. These include functional areas such as: vendor selection, inventory models with inventory costs, advanced transportation models, logistics metrics, and latest trends in logistics. The text is primarily designed for use in the classroom by senior undergraduate and graduate-level students. It is also a useful resource for practicing transportation and logistics professionals. Readers will appreciate the references for recommended further reading, related training aids and problem sets given at the end of each chapter, as well as the two comprehensive logistics cases presented at the end of the text.

Regional economics. --- Spatial economics. --- Production management. --- Mechanical engineering. --- Information technology. --- Business—Data processing. --- Regional/Spatial Science. --- Operations Management. --- Mechanical Engineering. --- IT in Business. --- IT (Information technology) --- Technology --- Telematics --- Information superhighway --- Knowledge management --- Engineering, Mechanical --- Engineering --- Machinery --- Steam engineering --- Manufacturing management --- Industrial management --- Spatial economics --- Economics --- Regional economics --- Regional planning --- Regionalism --- Space in economics --- Business logistics. --- Supply chain management --- Logistics

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Over the past thirty-five years, a tremendous body of both theoretical and empirical research has been established on the `science of transportation'. The Handbook of Transportation Science has collected and synthesized this research into a systematic treatment of this field covering its fundamental concepts, methods, and principles. The purpose of this handbook is to define transportation as a scientific discipline that transcends transportation technology and methods. Whether by car, truck, airplane - or by a mode of transportation that has not yet been conceived - transportation obeys fundamental properties. The science of transportation defines these properties, and demonstrates how our knowledge of one mode of transportation can be used to explain the behavior of another. Transportation scientists are motivated by the desire to explain spatial interactions that result in movement of people or objects from place to place. Its methodologies draw from physics, operations research, probability and control theory. It is fundamentally a quantitative discipline, relying on mathematical models and optimization algorithms to explain the phenomena of transportation. The fourteen chapters in the handbook are written by the leading researchers in transportation science in an effort to define and categorize for the first time the scientific nature and state of the art of the field. As such, it is directed to the broader research community, transportation practitioners, and future transportation scientists.

Transport. Traffic --- Transportation --- Research --- Research. --- Operations research. --- Decision making. --- Regional economics. --- Spatial economics. --- Industrial organization. --- Operations Research/Decision Theory. --- Regional/Spatial Science. --- Industrial Organization. --- Industries --- Organization --- Industrial concentration --- Industrial management --- Industrial sociology --- Spatial economics --- Economics --- Regional economics --- Regional planning --- Regionalism --- Space in economics --- Deciding --- Decision (Psychology) --- Decision analysis --- Decision processes --- Making decisions --- Management --- Management decisions --- Choice (Psychology) --- Problem solving --- Operational analysis --- Operational research --- Industrial engineering --- Management science --- System theory --- Decision making --- Economics. --- Economic theory --- Political economy --- Social sciences --- Economic man --- Transportation - Research

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The purpose of this book is to provide readers with an introduction to the fields of decision making, location analysis, and project and machine scheduling. The combination of these topics is not an accident: decision analysis can be used to investigate decision seenarios in general, location analysis is one of the prime examples of decision making on the strategic Ievel, project scheduling is typically concemed with decision making on the tactical Ievel, and machine scheduling deals with decision making on the operational Ievel. Some of the chapters were originally contributed by different authors, and we have made every attempt to unify the notation, style, and, most importantly, the Ievel of the exposition. Similar to our book on Integer Programming and Network Models (Eiselt and Sandblom, 2000), the emphasis of this volume is on models rather than solution methods. This is particularly important in a book that purports to promote the science of decision making. As such, advanced undergraduate and graduate students, as weil as practitioners, will find this volume beneficial. While different authors prefer different degrees of mathematical sophistication, we have made every possible attempt to unify the approaches, provide clear explanations, and make this volume accessible to as many readers as possible.

Decision Making --- Game theory --- Scheduling --- Economics. --- Operations research. --- Regional economics. --- Decision making --- Mathematical Statistics --- Mathematics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Decision making. --- Spatial economics. --- Operations Research/Decision Theory. --- Regional/Spatial Science. --- Spatial economics --- Economics --- Regional economics --- Regional planning --- Regionalism --- Space in economics --- Deciding --- Decision (Psychology) --- Decision analysis --- Decision processes --- Making decisions --- Management --- Management decisions --- Choice (Psychology) --- Problem solving --- Operational analysis --- Operational research --- Industrial engineering --- Management science --- Research --- System theory --- Scheduling. --- Game theory. --- Games, Theory of --- Theory of games --- Mathematical models --- Time management