Integrated Urban Systems Modeling: Theory and Applications
A wide range of books on urban systems models are available today for the student of urban planning, geography, and economics. There are few, if any, books, however, that deal with integrated urban systems modeling from the operational viewpoint. The term
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STUDIES IN OPERATIONAL REGIONAL SCIENCE
For a complete list of volumes in this series see final page of this volume.
Integrated Urban Systems Modeling: Theory and
Applications by Tschangho John Kim University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A.
in association with
Jeong Hyun Rho and Sunduck Suh
KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS DORDRECHT / BOSTON / LONDON
ISBN-13: 978-94-010-7583-1 DOl: 10.1007/978-94-009-2405-5
e-ISBN-13: 978-94-009-2405-5
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To my father, who devoted his life to the enhancement of science, and to my mother, who devoted her entire life to taking care of this poor, but rich scientist.
FORWARD In this book, T. John Kim provides a superb example of applied urban modeling. His technical analysis combines input-output and linear and nonlinear programming models. His applications show how extremely powerful modern computers and software can be employed to gain accurate and practical insights into the ways that a large metropolis works and how government programs can make it work better. Linear programming has been a highly developed mathematical subject for nearly half a century. And computers have been capable of solving large problems for at least 20 years. But until recently, nonlinear programming quickly outstripped computer capacity before interesting and useful urban models could be solved. But during the last decade or so, computers have become so powerful that they can solve extremely detailed nonlinear programming models. That has motivated scholars to formulate and estimate large models which contain many real world complexities. Kim has been in the forefront of this kind of urban modeling. This book brings together a wealth of such analysis, including both simple and extremely complex models. It is the best contemporary statement of what modern numerical analysis can do for urban planning models and a challenging suggestion for future lines of research. I cannot conclude without noting that the volume adds to Chicago's status as the country's (perhaps the world's) best studied metropolitan area. It is a dramatic illustration of the proposition that the complexity and diversity of a large metropolitan area can cha
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