Transformations Through Space and Time - An Analysis of Nonlinear Structures, Bifurcation Points and Autoregressive Dependencies (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1986)

In recent years there has been a growing concern for the development of both efficient and effective ways to handle space-time problems. Such developments should be theoretically as well as empirically oriented. Regardless of which of these two arenas one enters. the impression is quickly gained that contemporary wO, rk on dynamic and evolutionary models has not proved to be as illuminating and rewarding as first anticipated. Historically speaking. the single. most important lesson this avenue of research has provided. is that linear models are woefully inadequate when dominant non-linear trends and relationships prevail. and that independent activities and actions are all but non-existent in the real-world. Meanwhile. one prominent imp 1 ication stemming from this 1 iterature is that the easiest modelling tasks are those of specifying good dynamic space-time models. Somewhat more problematic are the statistical questions of model specification. parameter estimation. and model validation. whereas even more problematic is the operationalization of evolutionary conceptual models. A timely next step in spatial analysis would seem to be a return to basics. with a pronounced focus both on specific problems (and data) and on the mechanisms that transform phenomena through space and/or time'. It appears that these transformation mechanisms must embrace both non-linear and autoregressive formalisms. Given. also. the variety of geographic forms. they must allow for bifurcation points to emerge. too.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	NATO Science Series D:, 29
Release date:	October 2011
First published:	1986
Editors:	Daniel A. Griffith • Robert P. Haining
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	336
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1986
ISBN-13:	978-9401084727
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy
LSN:	9401084726
Barcode:	9789401084727

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