Evolving Transportation Networks
Xie, Feng; Levinson, David M.
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Description for Evolving Transportation Networks
Hardback. Modern transportation systems have completely transformed human life over the last two centuries. This book examines the complexities of their development and models this process of network growth in the context of underlying social and technical factors. Series: Transportation, Research, Economics and Policy. Num Pages: 296 pages, 32 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 638.
Over the last two centuries, the development of modern transportation has significantly transformed human life. The main theme of this book is to understand the complexity of transportation development and model the process of network growth including its determining factors, which may be topological, morphological, temporal, technological, economic, managerial, social or political. Using multidimensional concepts and methods, the authors develop a holistic framework to represent network growth as an open and complex process with models that demonstrate in a scientific way how numerous independent decisions made by entities such as travelers, property owners, developers, and public jurisdictions could result in ... Read more
Over the last two centuries, the development of modern transportation has significantly transformed human life. The main theme of this book is to understand the complexity of transportation development and model the process of network growth including its determining factors, which may be topological, morphological, temporal, technological, economic, managerial, social or political. Using multidimensional concepts and methods, the authors develop a holistic framework to represent network growth as an open and complex process with models that demonstrate in a scientific way how numerous independent decisions made by entities such as travelers, property owners, developers, and public jurisdictions could result in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Series
Transportation, Research, Economics and Policy
Number of Pages
278
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781441998033
SKU
V9781441998033
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Ref
99-15
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