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Use of Constraints in the Hierarchical Aggregation Procedure Intramax

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  • Drobne Samo
  • Lakner Mitja

    (Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)

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Background: Intramax is a hierarchical aggregation procedure for dealing with the multi-level specification problem and with the association issue of data set reduction, but it was used as a functional regionalization procedure many times in the past.

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  • Drobne Samo & Lakner Mitja, 2016. "Use of Constraints in the Hierarchical Aggregation Procedure Intramax," Business Systems Research, Sciendo, vol. 7(2), pages 5-22, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bit:bsrysr:v:7:y:2016:i:2:p:5-22
    DOI: 10.1515/bsrj-2016-0009
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    Keywords

    hierarchical aggregation procedure; Intramax; constraint; functional regionalisation; functional region;
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    JEL classification:

    • C43 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - Index Numbers and Aggregation
    • C44 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - Operations Research; Statistical Decision Theory
    • J40 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - General
    • R23 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population

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