Towards models of strategic spatial choice behaviour: theory and application issues

Models of spatial choice behaviour have been around in geography urban planning for decades to assess the feasibility of planning actions or to predict external (competition) effects on existing destinations. Although these models differ in terms of complexity and key concepts, they all have in common that spatial choice behaviour is predicted as a function of the attributes of the choice alternatives and distance or travel time separation only. None of these models do take into account that the attributes of choice alternatives and travel time may be highly non-stationary and that often the utility that people derive from visiting a particular location also depends on the choice behaviour of other individuals. Under these circumstances, individuals may exhibit strategic choice behaviour. That is, they will choose particular choice options taking into account their expected behaviour of others such as to maximize their own utility. The purpose of the proposed paper is to discuss possible models of strategic choice behaviour for these urban planning problems. Theory will be outlined and some critical issues in the application of such models to problems of spatial choice will be discussed.     

Fission track evidence for the Mesozoic Cenozoic tectonic uplift of Mt. Bogda, Xinjiang, Northwest China

1 IntroductionThe Mesozoic-Cenozoic tectonic evolution and ki-netics mechanism of the intracontinental orogen are thekey subjects of continental dynamics (Ma Zongjin andGao Xianglin, 2004) and the key to understanding theregional geological tectonics (Qia…     

Experimental research on a new encapsulated heat-generating hydraulic fracturing fluid system

1 IntroductionFracturing plays an important role in increasingthe production and injection and enhancing the final re-covery of oil and gas. At present, the use of ahydroxypropyl guar gum, borate-crosslinked, hydraulicfracturing fluid systemhas become ext…     

Zircon LA-ICP-MS U-Pb age, Ce^4＋/Ce^3＋ ratios and the geochemical features of the Machangqing complex associated with copper deposit

1IntroductionQuite a number of porphyry copper deposits havebeen found in the Cenozoic alkali-intrusions along theJinshajiang-Ailaoshan-Red River fault zone,whichconstitute the Cenozoic ore belt in China.The Cenozo-ic alkali-intrusive rocks are similar in…     

REE characteristics of the Fanshan alunite deposit in Zhejiang Province, China

1 Introduction Alunite [KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6] is a very important non-ferrous metal resource, so many countries throughout the world have made great investments in research on the mechanism of its formation, its geological characteristics and applications. O…     

用BP神经网络预测土抗剪强度指标c、ψ

提出了应用BP神经网络来预测土抗剪强度指标c、ψ.结合工程实例,详细介绍了该方法的建模过程,结果表明预测结果和实测结果很接近,神经网络在土性参数方面应用前景很广阔.     

论(N-ζ)公式的内涵及推求N的精度

介绍了大地水准面(N)与似大地水准面(ξ)之差公式的推导方法，揭示了其物理内涵，论述了其在精化大地水准面中的重要作用。当似大地水准面精度达到cm级时，大地水准面也将达到同样的精度。     

多媒体地理信息系统的网络结构分析

数据模型是GIS的灵魂和关键,为了使开发出的GIS尽可能准确地反映地理空间,能够较好地满足GIS用户各方面的需要,而网络拓扑对网络的构成也至关重要,本文分析和总结了早期和近期GIS几种数据模型的优缺点,并在此基础上提出了整体GIS数据模型及网络设计的几种常见模式.     

工程测量平面坐标系统的建立

本文讨论了地面长度投影到参考椭球面及椭球面长度投影到高斯平面所引起的长度变形,并结合实例给出了几种平面直角坐标系统的实现方法,对解决平面控制测量中的投影变形问题有很好的指导意义.     

利用LBS技术解决ITS的信息通信问题

ITS技术是实现运输业的繁荣与可持续发展的先进技术,信息通信技术则是ITS的核心技术,其功能是使ITS能够有效地在系统中传输和处理信息,最终形成决策.如何解决ITS的信息通信问题,一直是ITS的研究热点,也一直是ITS中优先运用新技术的子系统.本文介绍了LBS（定位信息服务）的起源及相关技术,分析并讨论了利用LBS解决ITS的信息通信问题,提出了基于LBS的ITS系统模型,指出LBS对ITS的推动与发展作用.