ABSTRACT
In this chapter, we examine a set of problems which appear to have little in common at first sight, but which appear as similar problems when the related models are studied using the entropy-maximising methodology. Three examples will be considered, though many more similar problems can be tackled with identical methods. Firstly, we consider the problem of modelling transport flows for a study area which has strong interactions with a zone or zones outside it. Secondly, we consider the problem of modelling transport flows for a study area, within which there are car-parking capacity restraints imposed in some zones. These examples are concerned with the flows themselves. Thirdly, we consider the problem of a residential-location model for a study area where some zonal populations are fixed exogenously by planning policy. The similarities of approach to these different problems will become clear below.
