Vehicle routing problems have been the focus of extensive research over the past sixty
years, driven by their economic importance and their theoretical interest. The diversity of …

Today, our cities are an embodiment of the complex, historical evolution of knowledge,
desires and technology. Our planned and designed activities co-evolve with our aspirations …

Correlations are regularly found in space syntax studies between graph-based
configurational measures of street networks, represented as lines, and observed movement …

This article addresses the problem of incorporating cognitively salient landmarks in
computer-generated navigation instructions. On the basis of a review of the existing …

This paper disentangles cognitive and communicative factors influencing planning
strategies in the everyday task of choosing a route to a familiar location. Describing the way …

Dominant approaches in computer-assisted wayfinding support adhere to the deeply
problematic principles of turn-by-turn navigation. In this article, we suggest a new approach …

The complexity of urban physical environments at road intersections is a primary factor
characterizing the difficulty of wayfinding, which is a fundamental spatial activity of human …

What can we learn of the human mind by examining its products? The city is a case in point.
Since the beginning of cities human ideas about them have been dominated by geometric …

This dissertation investigates retail location patterns in urban settings--a domain that has
received relatively little attention in recent decades. We analyze which land use, urban form …

During evacuation, individual navigation behavior is often dictated by the legibility of
evacuation signs and the environmental setting itself. People tend to follow previously-used …