The Science of Cities and Regions : Lectures on Mathematical Model Design - Wilson, Alan.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012)
1: Models and Systems: The Lowry Model as an Example -- 2: The Retail Model and its Applications -- 3: Wars, Epidemics, Ecology and the Evolution of Spatial Structure: Connecting Models through Generalisation -- 4: Theory -- 5: Methods: The Model-Building Tool Kit -- 6: Adding Dept-1: Spatial Interaction and the Location of Activities -- 7: Adding Depth-2: Structural Dynamics -- 8: Tools for Complexity Science -- 9 Research Challenges.
Keywords: Geography; Regional economics; Spatial economics; Applied mathematics; Engineering mathematics; Computer science; Statistical physics; Dynamical systems; Ecology .; Geography, general; Regional/Spatial Science; Applications of Mathematics; Computer Science, general; Complex Systems; Ecology