Geodemographics

International Encyclopedia of Human Geography

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 382-389

  Birkin, M ^a   Clarke, G P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Census data; Classification; GIS; Ground truth; Lifestyles; Market research; Pen profiles; Privacy; Resource allocation; Targeting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866352727     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008044910-4.00027-4     Document Type: Chapter

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