TY - JOUR
T1 - Telephone communication patterns in Austria. A comparison of the IPFP based graph-theoretic and the intramax approaches
AU - Fischer, Manfred M.
AU - Essletzbichler, Jürgen
AU - Gassler, Helmut
AU - Trichtl, Gerhard
PY - 1993
Y1 - 1993
N2 - Two alternative methodological approaches (the IPFP-based and the intramax procedures) to the problem of pattern identification in spatial interaction data are compared and evaluated in this paper. After a general discussion of the major characteristics and shortcomings of these methodologies, the paper presents the findings of a case study relying on telecommunication data measured by the Austrian PTT in 1991, in terms of erlangs. The results clearly illustrate the superiority of the intramax approach in the context of medium-sized and relatively centralized flow systems.
AB - Two alternative methodological approaches (the IPFP-based and the intramax procedures) to the problem of pattern identification in spatial interaction data are compared and evaluated in this paper. After a general discussion of the major characteristics and shortcomings of these methodologies, the paper presents the findings of a case study relying on telecommunication data measured by the Austrian PTT in 1991, in terms of erlangs. The results clearly illustrate the superiority of the intramax approach in the context of medium-sized and relatively centralized flow systems.
UR - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1538-4632.1993.tb00293.x/epdf
U2 - 10.1111/j.1538-4632.1993.tb00293.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1538-4632.1993.tb00293.x
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0016-7363
VL - 25
SP - 224
EP - 233
JO - Geographical Analysis. An International Journal of Theoretical Geography
JF - Geographical Analysis. An International Journal of Theoretical Geography
IS - 3
ER -