Bruce A Ralston
Biographic Data
| ID | 1474348 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bruce A Ralston |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bruce A |
| FAMILY NAME | Ralston |
| SIGNATURE | RALSTON B A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Tennessee at Knoxville |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A spatial decision support system for transportation policy analysis in Bangladesh
A Reply to W. D. Macmillan
We are grateful to Macmillan for pointing out a flaw in the diagrammatic representation of our argument and for providing a more formal confirmation of its conclusion. From his remarks it is obvious that our Figure 2'showing Hicksian consumer surplus should have been drawn as follows (Fig. 2'): for a farmer located at di, ul is the greatest utility he can achieve, and it calls for a certain level of outlay on transport. The curve U2 is the utilit…
A Theoretical Model of Road Development Dynamics
In this paper a recursive version of a dynamic road investment problem is developed by extending the Ellet-Walters developmental model of transportation so as to account explicitly for the effects of road investment on the supply and demand of the port hinterland's product. An explicit lagged supply function that depends upon commodity price and road penetration is related to a given linear demand function, assuming annual market clearance. A rec…
Economic Growth and Disparities, A World View
On the Equivalence of Consumer Surplus and Von Thunian Rent
The surplus value arising from the use of transport facHiities is the most pertinent measure of social welfare for many spatial economic problems. Its equivalence to the fundamental variable of location theory, rent, is demonstrated. This is done in the most general context using TIicks' construction which involves no restrictive assumption on the value of money. The equality is also shown to hold for the special case of constant marginal utility…
A Neoclassical Approach to Urban Systems Diffusion
This paper develops a model for urban systems diffusion that relies on classical models of communication. Unlike previous modeling attempts, a strict central-place distribution of cities is not assumed, and communication between cities of all ranks is allowed. The model is subjected to a normative approach to determine the best use of the communication channels in reaching a given level of adoption at a minimal cost within a fixed planning period…
Sensitivity to Distance and Choice of Destinations
A model of destination choice is derived from verifiable assumptions about people's perception of distance. It is postulated that differences between destinations at varying distances are only perceptible when they exceed some tolerance level. Under reasonable assumptions on the distribution of this level among the population, this leads to a sigmoid market share or choice function. The model can be estimated from observations of actual trip maki…
Forecasting intercity commodity transport in the U.S.A
O'Sullivan P. and Ralston B. (1974) Forecasting intercity commodity transport in the U.S.A., Reg. Studies 8, 191–195. The merits of a production constrained gravity model, regression and linear programming formulations in forecasting the distribution of food and animal products between 25 metropolitan areas in the U.S. are tested using 1963 and 1967 Census of Transportation data. The differences between actual trade flows and those estimated by e…
Forecasting intercity commodity transport in the U.S.A
O'Sullivan P. and Ralston B. (1974) Forecasting intercity commodity transport in the U.S.A., Reg. Studies 8, 191–195. The merits of a production constrained gravity model, regression and linear programming formulations in forecasting the distribution of food and animal products between 25 metropolitan areas in the U.S. are tested using 1963 and 1967 Census of Transportation data. The differences between actual trade flows and those estimated by e…
On the Equivalence of Consumer Surplus and Von Thunian Rent
The surplus value arising from the use of transport facHiities is the most pertinent measure of social welfare for many spatial economic problems. Its equivalence to the fundamental variable of location theory, rent, is demonstrated. This is done in the most general context using TIicks' construction which involves no restrictive assumption on the value of money. The equality is also shown to hold for the special case of constant marginal utility…
A spatial decision support system for transportation policy analysis in Bangladesh
A Theoretical Model of Road Development Dynamics
In this paper a recursive version of a dynamic road investment problem is developed by extending the Ellet-Walters developmental model of transportation so as to account explicitly for the effects of road investment on the supply and demand of the port hinterland's product. An explicit lagged supply function that depends upon commodity price and road penetration is related to a given linear demand function, assuming annual market clearance. A rec…
Forecasting intercity commodity transport in the U.S.A
O'Sullivan P. and Ralston B. (1974) Forecasting intercity commodity transport in the U.S.A., Reg. Studies 8, 191–195. The merits of a production constrained gravity model, regression and linear programming formulations in forecasting the distribution of food and animal products between 25 metropolitan areas in the U.S. are tested using 1963 and 1967 Census of Transportation data. The differences between actual trade flows and those estimated by e…
A Neoclassical Approach to Urban Systems Diffusion
This paper develops a model for urban systems diffusion that relies on classical models of communication. Unlike previous modeling attempts, a strict central-place distribution of cities is not assumed, and communication between cities of all ranks is allowed. The model is subjected to a normative approach to determine the best use of the communication channels in reaching a given level of adoption at a minimal cost within a fixed planning period…
Sensitivity to Distance and Choice of Destinations
A model of destination choice is derived from verifiable assumptions about people's perception of distance. It is postulated that differences between destinations at varying distances are only perceptible when they exceed some tolerance level. Under reasonable assumptions on the distribution of this level among the population, this leads to a sigmoid market share or choice function. The model can be estimated from observations of actual trip maki…
On the Equivalence of Consumer Surplus and Von Thunian Rent
The surplus value arising from the use of transport facHiities is the most pertinent measure of social welfare for many spatial economic problems. Its equivalence to the fundamental variable of location theory, rent, is demonstrated. This is done in the most general context using TIicks' construction which involves no restrictive assumption on the value of money. The equality is also shown to hold for the special case of constant marginal utility…
A Reply to W. D. Macmillan
We are grateful to Macmillan for pointing out a flaw in the diagrammatic representation of our argument and for providing a more formal confirmation of its conclusion. From his remarks it is obvious that our Figure 2'showing Hicksian consumer surplus should have been drawn as follows (Fig. 2'): for a farmer located at di, ul is the greatest utility he can achieve, and it calls for a certain level of outlay on transport. The curve U2 is the utilit…
A Theoretical Model of Road Development Dynamics
In this paper a recursive version of a dynamic road investment problem is developed by extending the Ellet-Walters developmental model of transportation so as to account explicitly for the effects of road investment on the supply and demand of the port hinterland's product. An explicit lagged supply function that depends upon commodity price and road penetration is related to a given linear demand function, assuming annual market clearance. A rec…
Economic Growth and Disparities, A World View
A spatial decision support system for transportation policy analysis in Bangladesh
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