On Wed, 5 Jul 2006 10:20:11 +0100, Professor Bill Hillier
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>The study of metrically weighted graphs far from defining the spatial
>will in my view continue to be what it has become, an old-fashioned
>and minor sub-field in the study of networks. Our field with continue
>to find ways to combine the geometric and the topological, as in
>Lucas's immensely promising work on 'pseudolines' (not to mention,
>once again, of course Hillier & Iida 2005) since above the localised
>level where metric factors are admittledly critical (Hillier 1999),
>the human beings that construct the systems we are interested in do
>seem interact with them through their non-eucldidean properties. -
>Bill
>
Dear Bill,
We shall see.
Fortunately, the decision will not be taken by the loudest voice, the
longest email or those who can move the most capitals. It will be taken by
the research community through citation counts.
Best Regards,
Rui
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