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Calculation of the Equilibrium Configuration of Shopping Facility Sizes

1980; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 12; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1068/a120983

1472-3409

Patrick Azere Phiri,

Urban and Freight Transport Logistics

This paper presents a range of methods for computing the equilibrium configuration of shopping facility sizes. First, the presently available range of quasi-balancing factor methods is considered and built into a theoretical framework in which further algorithms may be defined. Then the use of the gradient method is considered, which is a general method of solution of nonlinear equations. Last, it is shown that a special case exists in which a closed form solution may be obtained.