MGWR: A python implementation of multiscale geographically weighted regression for investigating process spatial heterogeneity and scale

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2019, Pages

  Oshan, Taylor M ^a   Li, Ziqi ^b   Kang, Wei ^c   Wolf, Levi J ^d   Stewart Fotheringham, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gwr; Heterogeneity; Mgwr; Multiscale; Scale; Spatial statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 85066826194     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22209964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijgi8060269     Document Type: Article

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