RT Book, Section SR 00 ID 10.1007/3-540-07622-0_483 A1 Casti, J. A1 Swain, H. T1 Catastrophe theory and urban processes YR 1975 FD 1975 VO 40 SP 388 OP 406 AB Phenomena exhibiting discontinuous change, divergent processes, and hysteresis can be modelled with catastrophe theory, a recent development in differential topology. Exposition of the theory is illustrated by qualitative interpretations of the appearance of functions in central place systems, and of price cycles for urban housing. A2 Cea, J. T2 Optimization Techniques Modeling and Optimization in the Service of Man Part 1 ED 40 PB Springer Berlin Hiedelberg PP Germany T3 Lecture Notes in Computer Science, SN 978-3-540-38144-0 AV Published LK https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/14264/