The enhancement of spatial microsimulation models using geodemographics

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 515-532

  Birkin, Mark ^a   Clarke, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DATA; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 84866346885     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: 14320592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-011-0472-2     Document Type: Article

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