Country crime analysis using the self-organizing map, with special regard to demographic factors

AI and Society

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 53-68

  Li, Xingan ^a   Juhola, Martti ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Crime situation; Data mining; Self organizing map

Indexed keywords

CONFORMAL MAPPING; DATA MINING; POPULATION STATISTICS; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS; VISUALIZATION;

APPROPRIATE TECHNIQUES; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; NEURAL NETWORK ALGORITHM; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; UBIQUITOUS APPLICATION; VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUE;

CRIME;

EID: 84899481371     PISSN: 09515666     EISSN: 14355655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00146-013-0441-7     Document Type: Article

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