An Introduction to Retail and Consumer Modelling -- Dynamic Trip Modelling -- Empirical Testing of the RASTT Model in Time and Space -- Dynamic Modelling of the Internet -- The Socio-Economic and Planning Consequences of Changes to Shopping Trips -- Conclusions
Summary
Walking from a parked car to a shop, driving to a planned or unplanned shopping centre and virtual exchanges through the Internet are all part of 21st century trips in human activity spaces. This work shows how such a diversity of trips can be linked by a universal vision of spatial interaction modelling