Geographically weighted regression and multicollinearity: dispelling the myth

Journal of Geographical Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 303-329

  Fotheringham, A Stewart ^a   Oshan, Taylor M ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collinearity; Geographically weighted regression; GWR; Regression diagnostics

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL THEORY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIMULATION;

EID: 84988423788     PISSN: 14355930     EISSN: 14355949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10109-016-0239-5     Document Type: Article

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