Space–time autoregressive models and forecasting national, regional and state crime rates

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 191-201

  Shoesmith, Gary L ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoregressive models; Crime forecasting; Disaggregation; Regional forecasting; Time series

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978722522     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijforecast.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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