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Spatial Choice in Location‐Allocation Problems: The Role of Endogenous Attraction
Author(s) -
Goodchild Michael F.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
geographical analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.773
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1538-4632
pISSN - 0016-7363
DOI - 10.1111/j.1538-4632.1978.tb00645.x
Subject(s) - attraction , computer science , service (business) , process (computing) , perturbation (astronomy) , microeconomics , economics , operations research , mathematics , economy , philosophy , linguistics , operating system , physics , quantum mechanics
Spatial choice, a voluntary form of allocation of consumers to central services, is usually conceived as affected by two factors, distance and attraction. Although usually regarded as exogenous, attraction is in turn affected by the level of use a service receives, and thus by spatial choice. This paper explores the system defined by these relationships, largely by simulation. Proposals are made concerning the initiation and perturbation of the system, and attempts are made to generalize the results. Although it is difficult to connect form with process in such a system, it is possible to identify the factors responsible for system stability.