In this paper are reported the incorporation of (a) a selective reallocation capability and (b) a conditional reallocation capability into the LUPLAN land-use planning package. A selective reallocation capability allows the user to nominate a change of plan on part of the planning area and to...

Recent developments in mathematics show that more-or-less random behavior and spontaneously evolving structures can be given analytical and deterministic representations. Empirical simulation and theoretical models have been developed in economics that have similar capacities. This suggests that...

The Environmental Advisory Service (EASe) is a decision support system which can provide assistance to local planning agencies in selecting land-development alternatives or in formulating land-use plans. EASe offers a comprehensive and consistent procedure for rating either a development...

The content of human minds is extremely complex. It can be classified into the 'folk knowledge' of daily life and the 'scholarly knowledge' of the humanities and sciences. The taxonomy of scholarly knowledge into disciplines is not always significant. A more significant taxonomy is into...

The theory of dissipative structures has been used for some years, mainly by Allen, for the understanding and the study of socioeconomic systems. The model presented in this paper is an application of these ideas in a technical and economic field, as it is based on these methods combined with a...

The mathematical analysis of an evolution process requires as a starting point a reliable formulation of the relevant interactions (evolution equation, mathematical model). It thus implies a profound understanding of the internal mechanism of the evolution process, based on experimental...

Retailing is a major consumer service industry in Britain, employing almost two million people. Although an old sector, the retail industry has been modernising considerably throughout the postwar years. In this paper the major phases of retail investment growth during this period are examined....

A computer simulation of land development subject to constraints is reported for the case of London. The study begins at a time when the ancient street system of the city enclosed blocks of open land which were developed only at the edges adjacent to the street. Despite a large subsequent...

North American developments in teleshopping are more numerous than those in Britain. In this paper are reviewed the experiments that have taken place and it is shown that developments of new interactive cabled services provided to the home have not been led by the retail industry. The banking,...