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Point Pattern Analysis

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  • Grant I. Thrall
    (Department of Geography, University of Florida)

Author

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  • Barry N. Boots

    (Wilfrid Laurier University)

  • Arthur Getis

    (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

Abstract

Points on a map can represent many important phenomena, including towns, stores and centers for shopping, industrial locations, parks, archaeological sites, plant and animal species, the home site of a person with a possible environmentally related disease, and so on. The authors introduce readers to the general analysis of the location of points on maps. Map patterns are assumed to result from one or more spatial processes in the human or physical world. Often the causal forces are known, but more frequently, researchers seek to identify them. The analysis of the spatial pattern of the phenomena under study can be a precursor for revealing the underlying causal relationships. The emphasis is upon applications, so a clear informative example explained in a step-by-step manner accompanies each point pattern analysis method. SCIENTIFIC GEOGRAPHY SERIES, Grant Ian Thrall, editor.

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  • Barry N. Boots & Arthur Getis, 1985. "Point Pattern Analysis," Wholbk, Regional Research Institute, West Virginia University, number 13 edited by Grant I. Thrall, Fall.
    • Handle: RePEc:rri:wholbk:13
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    Cited by:

    1. Mai, Feng & Fry, Michael J. & Ohlmann, Jeffrey W., 2018. "Model-based capacitated clustering with posterior regularization," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 271(2), pages 594-605.

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    Keywords

    regional science; overview; point pattern analysis;
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    JEL classification:

    • O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
    • P25 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies - - - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics
    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes

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