A simulation-based study of geographically weighted regression as a method for investigating spatially varying relationships

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2992-3010

  Páez, Antonio ^a   Farber, Steven ^b   Wheeler, David ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlation; Goodness of fit; Gwr; Inference; Locally linear estimation; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 83455179706     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a44111     Document Type: Article

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