On studying spatial patterns and association between these patterns of mortality and prosperity in Malaysia

American Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 881-890

  Khamis, Faisal G ^a   Jemain, Abdul Aziz ^a   Ibrahim, Kamarulzaman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation; Global and local moran; Mapping; Monte Carlo simulation; Sharing boundary neighbors

Indexed keywords

EID: 41149161594     PISSN: 15469239     EISSN: 15543641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajassp.2008.881.890     Document Type: Article

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