Geocomputation : a practical primer / by Chris Brunsdon and Alex Singleton ; edited by Robert Rojek

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Brunsdon, Chris

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Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Los Angeles : Sage publications, 2015.Description: xx, 369 pISBN:

9781446272930

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DDC classification:

910.285 BRU-G

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Contents : Introduction / Chris Brunsdon and Alex Singleton-- PART I. Describing how the world looks-- 1. Spatial Data Visualisation with R /James Cheshire and Robin Lovelace-- 2. Geographical Agents in Three Dimensions/ Paul M. Torrens-- 3. Scale, Power Laws, and Rank Size in Spatial Analysis/ Michael Batty-- PART II. Exploring movements in space-- 4. Agent-Based Modeling and Geographical Information Systems/ Andrew Crooks-- 5. Microsimulation Modelling for Social Scientists / Kirk Harland Mark Birkin-- 6. Spatio-Temporal Knowledge Discovery / Harvey Miller-- 7. Circular Statistics/ David Rohde and Jonathan Corcoran-- PART III. Making geographical decisions-- 8. Geodemographic Analysis / Alexandros Alexiou and Alexander Singleton-- 9. Social Area Analysis and Self Organizing Maps / Seth Spielman and David C.Folch-- 10. Kernel density estimation and Percent Volume Contours / Daniel Lewis -- 11. Location-Allocation Models / Melanie Tomintz, Graham Clarke and Nawaf Alfadhli-- PART IV. Explaining how the world works-- 12. Geographically Weighted Generalised Linear Modelling/ Tomoki Nakaya-- 13. Spatial Interaction Models/ Karyn Morrissey-- 14. Python Spatial Analysis Library (PySAL): An Update And Illustration / Sergio Rey-- 15. Reproducible Research: Concepts, Techniques and Issues/ Chris Brunsdon and Alex Singleton -- PART V. Enabling interactions-- 16. Using Crowd-Sourced Information to Analyse Changes in the Onset of the North American Spring /Chris Brunsdon and Lex Comber-- 17. Open Source GIS software / Oliver O'Brien-- 18. Public Participation in Geocomputation to Support Spatial Decision Making / Richard Kingston.

Summary: The only student focused, applied primer for Geocomputation in the social sciences. With example code and data sets provided as add-ons, it enables readers to work through all the examples themselves. An accessible text, specifically designed for readers who are new to Geocomputation as an area of research.

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Contents : Introduction / Chris Brunsdon and Alex Singleton--
PART I. Describing how the world looks--
1. Spatial Data Visualisation with R /James Cheshire and Robin Lovelace--
2. Geographical Agents in Three Dimensions/ Paul M. Torrens--
3. Scale, Power Laws, and Rank Size in Spatial Analysis/ Michael Batty--
PART II. Exploring movements in space--
4. Agent-Based Modeling and Geographical Information Systems/ Andrew Crooks--
5. Microsimulation Modelling for Social Scientists / Kirk Harland Mark Birkin--
6. Spatio-Temporal Knowledge Discovery / Harvey Miller--
7. Circular Statistics/ David Rohde and Jonathan Corcoran--
PART III. Making geographical decisions--
8. Geodemographic Analysis / Alexandros Alexiou and Alexander Singleton--
9. Social Area Analysis and Self Organizing Maps / Seth Spielman and David C.Folch--
10. Kernel density estimation and Percent Volume Contours / Daniel Lewis --
11. Location-Allocation Models / Melanie Tomintz, Graham Clarke and Nawaf Alfadhli--
PART IV. Explaining how the world works--
12. Geographically Weighted Generalised Linear Modelling/ Tomoki Nakaya--
13. Spatial Interaction Models/ Karyn Morrissey--
14. Python Spatial Analysis Library (PySAL): An Update And Illustration / Sergio Rey--
15. Reproducible Research: Concepts, Techniques and Issues/ Chris Brunsdon and Alex Singleton --
PART V. Enabling interactions--
16. Using Crowd-Sourced Information to Analyse Changes in the Onset of the North American Spring /Chris Brunsdon and Lex Comber--
17. Open Source GIS software / Oliver O'Brien--
18. Public Participation in Geocomputation to Support Spatial Decision Making / Richard Kingston.

The only student focused, applied primer for Geocomputation in the social sciences. With example code and data sets provided as add-ons, it enables readers to work through all the examples themselves. An accessible text, specifically designed for readers who are new to Geocomputation as an area of research.

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