A Simple Decision Theory of Spatial Interaction

The Alonso Model Revisited

Bibliographic Data

ID4825532
AuthorsT E Smith (University of Pennsylvania), Tony Smith (0000-0001-6420-8183, University City Science Center, corresponding author)
Year1991
Volume23
Issue9
Pages1247-1268
Publication date1991-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1068/a231247
OpenAlexW2018343967
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited13

A simple decision theory of spatial interaction is proposed in which interaction decisions are postulated to involve a number of distinct factors, relating to properties both of actors and of opportunities, as well as to the spatial separation between them. In particular, it is postulated that favorable conditions for such factors arise as independent random events over space, and that interactions are taken when an appropriate conjunction of such events occurs. Given this theory, the central result of the paper is to show that the asymptotically most probable interaction frequencies predicted by the theory correspond precisely to the solutions of the general interaction model proposed by Alonso. This result thus provides a possible behavioral foundation for the Alonso model, and in particular it yields an explicit behavioral interpretation of its parameters

Epistemology · Geography · Interaction model · Interaction theory · Mathematical economics · Physics · Statistical physics · Computer Science · Economic and Environmental Valuation · Mathematics · Psychology · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis · Transportation Planning and Optimization

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