Spatial data discretization methods for geocomputation

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 432-440

  Cao, Feng ^a   Ge, Yong ^a   Wang, Jinfeng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Discretization; Geocomputation; Spatial autocorrelation; Spatial data; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; HETEROGENEITY; NUMERICAL METHOD; SPATIAL DATA;

CHINA; SHANXI;

EID: 84897061993     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2013.09.005     Document Type: Article

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