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The Gravity Model as the Optimal Solution of the Entropy Constrained Aggregate Linear Program

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Optimal Spatial Interaction and the Gravity Model

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems ((LNE,volume 173))

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The entropy constrained aggregate linear program (5.2) has linear objective function and convex feasible region. Thus there is always an optimal solution, if there is any feasible point at all.

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Erlander, S. (1980). The Gravity Model as the Optimal Solution of the Entropy Constrained Aggregate Linear Program. In: Optimal Spatial Interaction and the Gravity Model. Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, vol 173. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45515-5_6

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