Spatial Choices and Processes

Spatial Choices and Processes
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Publisher : Elsevier
Total Pages : 392
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ISBN-10 : 9781483290881
ISBN-13 : 1483290883
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Synopsis Spatial Choices and Processes by : M.M. Fischer

Spatial decisions and processes are fundamental to the understanding of spatial structure. In the earlier stages of spatial analysis proposed explanations were typically on the aggregate, phenomenological level. Now a new field has evolved and matured which calls for a deeper understanding of spatial structure with a particular emphasis on spatial decisions and processes. The present volume serves as a guide and as an anthology by discussing a wide variety of new modelling approaches, techniques and issues related to spatial decision and processes and drawing these seemingly disparate, but interlocking parts together.

Stochastic Geometry, Spatial Statistics and Random Fields

Stochastic Geometry, Spatial Statistics and Random Fields
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 484
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ISBN-10 : 9783319100647
ISBN-13 : 3319100645
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Synopsis Stochastic Geometry, Spatial Statistics and Random Fields by : Volker Schmidt

This volume is an attempt to provide a graduate level introduction to various aspects of stochastic geometry, spatial statistics and random fields, with special emphasis placed on fundamental classes of models and algorithms as well as on their applications, e.g. in materials science, biology and genetics. This book has a strong focus on simulations and includes extensive codes in Matlab and R which are widely used in the mathematical community. It can be seen as a continuation of the recent volume 2068 of Lecture Notes in Mathematics, where other issues of stochastic geometry, spatial statistics and random fields were considered with a focus on asymptotic methods.

Spatial Information Theory

Spatial Information Theory
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Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages : 500
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ISBN-10 : 3540572074
ISBN-13 : 9783540572077
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Synopsis Spatial Information Theory by : Andrew U. Frank

This volume collects the papers presented at the European Conference on Spatial Information Theory (COSIT '93) held on the island of Elba, Italy, inSeptember 1993. Spatial information theory includes disciplinary topics and interdisciplinary issues dealing with the conceptualization and formalization of large-scale (geographic) space. It contributes towards a consistent theoretical basis for Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Geographic information systems are widely used in administration,planning, and science in many different countries, and for a wide variety ofapplications. Research results which relevant for GIS are distributed between many disciplines and contacts between researchers have been limited. At the same time, the development of GIS has been hinderedby the lack of a sound theoretical base. This conference was intended to help remedies these problems.

Spatial Data Quality

Spatial Data Quality
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Publisher : CRC Press
Total Pages : 246
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105124112488
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Synopsis Spatial Data Quality by : Rodolphe Devillers

This book provides an overview of research in the field of spatial data quality, which looks at understanding, measuring, describing, and communicating information about the imperfections of geographic data used by GIS and other mapping software. It presents results from a number of research projects in this area, from the assessment of data accuracy to legal aspects relating to the quality of geographic information. The international contributors focus on the relationship between the quality of geographic data and the quality of decisions based on such data.

Spatial Econometrics: Methods and Models

Spatial Econometrics: Methods and Models
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Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages : 295
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ISBN-10 : 9789401577991
ISBN-13 : 9401577994
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Synopsis Spatial Econometrics: Methods and Models by : L. Anselin

Spatial econometrics deals with spatial dependence and spatial heterogeneity, critical aspects of the data used by regional scientists. These characteristics may cause standard econometric techniques to become inappropriate. In this book, I combine several recent research results to construct a comprehensive approach to the incorporation of spatial effects in econometrics. My primary focus is to demonstrate how these spatial effects can be considered as special cases of general frameworks in standard econometrics, and to outline how they necessitate a separate set of methods and techniques, encompassed within the field of spatial econometrics. My viewpoint differs from that taken in the discussion of spatial autocorrelation in spatial statistics - e.g., most recently by Cliff and Ord (1981) and Upton and Fingleton (1985) - in that I am mostly concerned with the relevance of spatial effects on model specification, estimation and other inference, in what I caIl a model-driven approach, as opposed to a data-driven approach in spatial statistics. I attempt to combine a rigorous econometric perspective with a comprehensive treatment of methodological issues in spatial analysis.

Case Studies in Spatial Point Process Modeling

Case Studies in Spatial Point Process Modeling
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Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages : 312
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ISBN-10 : 9780387311449
ISBN-13 : 0387311440
Rating : 4/5 (49 Downloads)

Synopsis Case Studies in Spatial Point Process Modeling by : Adrian Baddeley

Point process statistics is successfully used in fields such as material science, human epidemiology, social sciences, animal epidemiology, biology, and seismology. Its further application depends greatly on good software and instructive case studies that show the way to successful work. This book satisfies this need by a presentation of the spatstat package and many statistical examples. Researchers, spatial statisticians and scientists from biology, geosciences, materials sciences and other fields will use this book as a helpful guide to the application of point process statistics. No other book presents so many well-founded point process case studies. From the reviews: "For those interested in analyzing their spatial data, the wide variatey of examples and approaches here give a good idea of the possibilities and suggest reasonable paths to explore." Michael Sherman for the Journal of the American Statistical Association, December 2006

Wayfinding Behavior

Wayfinding Behavior
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Publisher : JHU Press
Total Pages : 460
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ISBN-10 : 080185993X
ISBN-13 : 9780801859939
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Synopsis Wayfinding Behavior by : Reginald G. Golledge

The metaphor of a "cognitive map" has attracted interest since the 1940s. Researchers from many fields have explored how humans process and use spatial information, why they make errors or not. This text brings together contributors from diverse fields to explore the

Stochastic Geometry

Stochastic Geometry
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 302
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ISBN-10 : 9783540381754
ISBN-13 : 3540381759
Rating : 4/5 (54 Downloads)

Synopsis Stochastic Geometry by : W. Weil

Stochastic Geometry is the mathematical discipline which studies mathematical models for random geometric structures. This book collects lectures presented at the CIME summer school in Martina Franca in September 2004. The main lecturers covered Spatial Statistics, Random Points, Integral Geometry and Random Sets. These are complemented by two additional contributions on Random Mosaics and Crystallization Processes. The book presents a comprehensive and up-to-date description of important aspects of Stochastic Geometry.

Evolving Geographical Structures

Evolving Geographical Structures
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 496
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015011601039
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Synopsis Evolving Geographical Structures by : Daniel A. Griffith

Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Cappuccini, San Miniato, Italy, July 18-30, 1982

Urban Dynamics and Spatial Choice Behaviour

Urban Dynamics and Spatial Choice Behaviour
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Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages : 309
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ISBN-10 : 9789400910096
ISBN-13 : 9400910096
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Synopsis Urban Dynamics and Spatial Choice Behaviour by : J. Hauer

Thi s book ari ses from The Fourth European Coll oqui urn on Theoret i ca 1 and Quant itat i ve Geography wh i ch was he 1 din Ve 1 dhoven, The Netherlands in September 1985. It contains a series of papers on spatial choice dynamics and dynamical spatial systems which were presented at the colloquium, together with a few other soll icited ones. The book is intended primarily as a state-of-the art review of mainly European research on these two fastly growing problem areas. As a consequence of this decision, the book contains a selection of papers that differs in terms of focus, level of sophistication and conceptual background. Evidently, the dissimination of ideas and computer software is a time-related phenomenon, which in the European context is amplified by differences in language, the profile of geography and the formal training of geographers. The book reflects such differences. It would have been impossible to produce this book without the support of the various European study groups on theoretical and quantitative geography. Without their help the meetings from which this volumes originates would not have been held in the first place. We are also indebted to the Royal Dutch Academy of Science for partly funding the colloquium, and to SISWO and TNOjPSC for providing general support in the organisation of the conference.