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We present a comprehensive report of our work in the design and implementation of systems that combine holog-raphy with haptic feedback. Two separate holo-haptic systems are described. First, we describe a static system wherein a user can see a free-standing static holographic image and inspect its shape using a force-feedback stylus. In the second system, visual display is provided by a dynami...

As tourism is becoming one of the most important sources of economic growth at the local level, it is crucial to identify and assess the relevant determinants of tourism flows. This paper investigates this issue by carrying out an econometric analysis of tourism flows for the 107 Italian provinces based on the origin-destination (OD) spatial interaction models, which fully account for the spati...

Analysis of strategic interaction among decision makers has recently become a major focus of economists and other social scientists. An example of such interaction includes interdependent choices of policy instruments by local or state governments. In this case, the optimal level of a jurisdiction's policy instrument depends on the levels chosen by other (perhaps neighboring) jurisdictions. Ano...

Spatial interaction is a broad term encompassing any movement over space that results from a human process . It includes journey-to-work, migration, information and commodity flows, student enrollments and conference attendance, the utilization of public and private facilities, and even the transmission of knowledge . Gravity models are the most widely used types of interaction models . They ar...