Sequence alignment as a method for human activity analysis in space and time

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 282-297

  Shoval, Noam ^a   Isaacson, Michal ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Clustal G; Global positioning systems (GPS); Sequence alignment; Time geography

Indexed keywords

GPS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; SOFTWARE; TRACKING;

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EID: 34249844376     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8306.2007.00536.x     Document Type: Article

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