An evaluation of spatial autocorrelation and heterogeneity in the residuals of six regression models

Forest Science

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 533-548

  Zhang, Lianjun ^a   Ma, Zhihai ^a   Guo, Luo ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b MINZU UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Geographically weighted regression; Linear mixed model; Model residuals; Ordinary least squares; Spatial error model; Spatial lag model

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICALLY WEIGHTED REGRESSION; LAG MODEL; LEAST SQUARE; LINEAR MIXED MODEL; LINEAR MIXED MODELS; SPATIAL ERRORS;

CORRELATION DETECTORS; FORESTRY; PASSENGER CARS; PHOTOMASKS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AUTOMOBILES; CORRELATION; DETECTORS; ERRORS; FORESTRY; MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 71749109972     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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