Exploring the high-resolution mapping of gender-disaggregated development indicators

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 14, Issue 129, 2017, Pages

  Bosco, C ^a,b,c   Alegana, V ^a,b   Bird, T ^a,b   Pezzulo, C ^a,b   Bengtsson, L ^a,b,e   Sorichetta, A ^a,b   Steele, J ^a,b   Hornby, G ^a   Ruktanonchai, C ^a,b   Ruktanonchai, N ^a,b   Wetter, E ^a,b,d   Tatem, A J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b FLOWMINDER FOUNDATION   (Sweden)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Development indicators; Geo statistics; Geographic information system; Mapping

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH; INTERPOLATION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SURVEYS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ACCESS TO RESOURCES; COVARIATES; DEVELOPMENT INDICATOR; GEO-STATISTICS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATIONS; GEOSTATISTICAL; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RESOLUTION MAPS; HIGH-RESOLUTION MAPPING; SPATIAL INTERPOLATION METHOD;

MAPPING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BANGLADESH; BAYESIAN LEARNING; CHILD; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; KENYA; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MACHINE LEARNING; MALE; NIGERIA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUNTING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TANZANIA; UNCERTAINTY; VACCINATION; BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; GROWTH DISORDER; LITERACY; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BAYESIAN NETWORK; CROSS VALIDATION; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHICS; FEED FORWARD NEURAL NETWORK; GENDER DISAGGREGATED DEVELOPMENT INDICATOR; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO METHOD; POPULATION HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL; VACCINATION COVERAGE; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; KENYA; LITERACY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NIGERIA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

EID: 85019236996     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2016.0825     Document Type: Article

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