Parallel optimal choropleth map classification in PySAL

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1023-1039

  Rey, Sergio J ^a   Anselin, Luc ^a   Pahle, Robert ^a   Kang, Xing ^a   Stephens, Philip ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

parallelization; PySAL; spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; GIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; THEMATIC MAPPING;

EID: 84878161754     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2012.752094     Document Type: Article

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