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CalCom: Calculating the Attractiveness of Retail Clusters

Author of the model: Cécile Tannier (ThéMA, University of Franche-Comté, Besançon, France)

Creation date: 2000

CalCom is a decision making tool designed for calculating the attractiveness of retail clusters of a city for several types of retail outlets looking for a convenient settlement site. The model has been calibrated for French towns which size is comprised between 100 000 and 1 000 000 of inhabitants.

CalCom is based on a fuzzy formalisation of the evaluation of the attributes of retail clusters (accessibility, image of the considered sites...) by different types of retail outlets (hypermarkets, departement stores, convenience stores...).

Theoretical references : Fuzzy sets theory

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Further information about the CalCom model:

TANNIER C. (2003), “Trois modèles pour mieux comprendre la localisation des commerces de détail en milieu urbain”, L’Espace Géographique, 3, 224-238.

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 Key word(s) linked to this article

Domain of application » urban

Formalisation » equations

Types of modelling » research

Software » download

Temporal characteristics » no temporal dimension

Optimisation/Simulation » simulation

This article last updated Saturday 29 April 2006. by Cécile Tannier