Preface vii.- xxx.- 1 Introduction: New Frontiers in Modelling Spatial and Economic Systems.- 1: New Frontiers in Spatial Economics and Modelling.- 2 Spatial Modelling: Conceptual, Mathematical and Computational Challenges.- 3 Where Did the ’New Urban Economics’ Go after 25 Years?.- 4 Complex Landscapes of Spatial Interaction.- 5 New Frontier Concepts in Spatial and Social Sciences: Towards Nested Theories.- 6 Methodological Challenges in Neural Spatial Interaction Modelling: The Issue of Model Selection.- 7 Classification Techniques in Quantitative Comparative Research: A Meta-Comparison.- II: New Frontiers in Decision-Making in a Complex Space-Economy.- 8 Advances in Comparative Assessment Research in the Space-Economy.- 9 A Hybrid Connectionist Expert System for Spatial Inference and Analysis.- 10 Knowledge Discovery and Induction of Decision Trees in Spatial Decision Problems.- 11 A New Method for Handling Complex Spatial Problems.- III: New Frontiers in Spatial and Dynamic Analysis.- 12 Generalized Stability Analysis of a Non-Linear Dynamic Model.- 13 Spatial Heterogeneity in Danish Urban Land Prices: The Expansion Method Philosophy and Variable Autocorrelated Residuals.- 14 What Underpins the Gravity Coefficient in Space-Time Modelling Aggregate Consumer Trip Behaviour to Shopping Centres?.- 15 An Extension of the Block Spatial Path Approach to Analysis of the Influence of Intra and Interregional Trade on Multipliers Effects in General Multiregional Input-Output Models.- IV: New Frontiers in Transport Networks.- 16 A Comparative Analysis of the Performance of Evolutionary Algorithms and Logit Models in Spatial Networks.- 17 Feedfoward Neural Networks for Spatial Interaction: Are They Trustworthy Forecasting Tools?.- 18 Stochastic User Equilibrium Assignmentwith Traffic-ResponsiveSignal Control.- 19 A New Hybrid Approach for Transport Network Design.- 20 The Emergence of Small-World Phenomenon in Urban Transportation Networks: An Exploratory Analysis.- Figures.- Tables.- Author Index.- Contributors.

This volume aims to provide an overview of new frontiers in theoretical/methodological studies and research applications concerning the space-economy. It is a focussed selection of ideas and reflections put forward by scientists exploring new insights and channels of research, where the quantitative synthesis of spatial systems is the integrative framework. The conclusion drawn from the book is that the fast-changing socio-economic structures and political landscapes are pushing spatial economic science in various "evolutionary" directions. From this perspective, the valuable heritage of the discipline, built up over fifty years, constitutes the solid methodological basis from which to proceed.

State of the art in regional/spatial science from the theoretical, methodological and empirical viewpoint Presents the recent new methods, like dynamic models, artificial intelligence approaches, meta-analysis, and their possible applications. Book has interdisciplinary feature Appraisal of the most recent methodologies and contributions in regional science

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