An Experiment to Model Spatial Diffusion Process with Nearest Neighbor Analysis and Regression Estimation

International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-15

  Lee, Jay ^a   Lay, Jinn Guey ^b   Chin, Wei Chien Benny ^b   Chi, yu Lin ^b   Hsueh, ya Hui ^c  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAICHUNG UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Estimated Regression Curves; Nearest Neighbor Ratio; Regression Curve Estimation; Spatial Diffusion; Spatio Temporal Data Sets

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996537881     PISSN: 19479654     EISSN: 19479662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/ijagr.2014010101     Document Type: Article

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