References
Alexander, C.Notes of the Synthesis of Form. Harvard University Press, 1964.
Arrow, K. J., H. B. Chenery, B. S. Minhas and R. M. Solow. “Captial-Labor Substitution and Economic Efficiency,”The Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 43 (1961), pp. 225–248.
Asimow, M.Introduction to Design. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1962.
Benayoun R., J. de Montgolfier, J. Tergny, and O. Larichev. “Linear Programming with Multiple Objective Functions.” Communication presented at the Seventh Symposium on Mathematical Programming, The Hague, September, 1970.
Boyce, D. E.eaet al. Metropolitan Plan Making. Monograph Series, No. 4. Philadelphia: Regional Science Research Institute, 1970.
Coventry City Council, Solihull County Borough Council and Warwickshire County Council.Coventry-Solihull-Warwickshire Sub-Regional Planning Study. A Strategy for the Sub-Region. Supplementary Report No. 4 (Evaluation). Coventry, U.K.:1971.
English, M. J. (Ed.).Cost-Effectiveness. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1968.
Hill, M. “A Matrix Method of Evaluating Alternative Plans: the Goals-Achievement Matrix Applied to Transportation Plans.” Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1966.
— “A Goals-Achievement Matrix for Evaluating Alternative Plans,”Journal of the American Institute of Planners, Vol. 34 (1968), pp. 19–29.
ISVET. “Studio di Piano Generale di Assetto Territoriale dell'Area di Influenza del Nucleo Industriale della Sardegna Centrale. Rapporto sulla fase di programmazione.” Mimeographed Report, Rome, 1971.
Kapur, K. C. “Mathematical Methods of Optimization for Multi-Objective Transportation Systems.” Paper presented at meeting at the Operations Research Society of America, Washington, D.C., April, 1970.
Kazanowski, A. D. “A Standardized Approach to Cost-Effectiveness Evaluations,” in M. J. English (Ed.),Cost-Effectiveness. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1968.
Lichfield, N. “Cost-Benefit Analysis in Plan Evaluation,”The Town Planning Review, Vol. 35, (1964), pp. 159–169.
Lifson, M. W. “Value Theory,” in M. J. English (Ed.),Cost-Effectiveness. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1968.
de Montgolfier, J. and J. Tergny. “Les Décisions Partiellement Rationalisables,”METRA, Vol. 10 (1971), pp. 267–279.
Schimpeler, C. C. and W. L. Grecco. “Systems Evaluation: An Approach Based on Community Structure Values,”Highway Research Record, No. 238 (1968), pp. 123–152.
Schlager, K. “The Rank-Based Expected Value Method in Plan Evaluation,”Highway Research Record, No. 238 (1968), pp. 153–156.
Stinchcombe, A. L. “A Heuristic Procedure for Interpreting Factor Analyses,”American Sociological Review, Vol. 36 (1971), pp. 1080–1084.
Thomas, E. N. and J. L. Schofer,Strategies for the Evaluation of Alternative Transportation Plans. National Cooperative Highway Research Program, Report No. 96. Washington, D.C.: Highway Research Board, 1970.
Thurstone, L. L.The Measurement of Values. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1967.
Torgerson, W. S.Theory and Methods of Scaling. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1967.
Vitt, J. E. et al. “Determining the Importance of User-Related Attributes for a Demand-Responsive Transportation System.” Research Publication GMR-941, General Motors Corporation, Warren, Michigan, 1969.
Additional information
The author is associated is associated with the Spatial Economics and Physical Planning Division, TECNECO, Rome, Italy. He wishes to thank Dr. Giovanni Scaiola for his helpful suggestions during the preparation of this paper. The author is, however, alone responsible for any shortcomings of the paper.
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Fano, P.L. Evaluating alternative plan configurations: A cost-effectiveness approach. Papers of the Regional Science Association 31, 160–172 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01943248
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01943248