Links, comparisons and extensions of the geographically weighted regression model when used as a spatial predictor

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 123-138

  Harris, Paul ^a   Brunsdon, Chris ^b   Fotheringham, A Stewart ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heteroskedastic; Local uncertainty; Relationship nonstationarity

Indexed keywords

REACTOR CORES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

DATA RELATIONSHIPS; GEOGRAPHICALLY WEIGHTED REGRESSION MODELS; HETEROSKEDASTIC; KRIGING WITH AN EXTERNAL DRIFT; LOCAL UNCERTAINTY; NON-STATIONARITIES; PREDICTION UNCERTAINTY; SPATIAL DATASETS;

FORECASTING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATA SET; GEOSTATISTICS; KRIGING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 78751617436     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: 14363259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-010-0444-6     Document Type: Article

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