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University of Hong Kong
1.
石杰明; Shi, Jieming.
Queries and analysis tasks on semantically rich spatial
data.
Degree: PhD, 2015, University of Hong Kong
URL: Shi,
J.
[石杰明].
(2015).
Queries
and
analysis
tasks
on
semantically
rich
spatial
data.
(Thesis).
University
of
Hong
Kong,
Pokfulam,
Hong
Kong
SAR.
Retrieved
from
http://dx.doi.org/10.5353/th_b5699934 
;
http://hdl.handle.net/10722/223015
► Semantically rich spatial data are big and ubiquitous, raising challenges with respect to their effective and efficient querying and analysis. In particular, traditional spatial analysis…
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▼ Semantically rich spatial data are big and
ubiquitous, raising challenges with respect to their effective and
efficient querying and analysis. In particular, traditional spatial
analysis and querying methods are not readily applicable due to the
increased data complexity. Toward addressing these challenges and
supporting real-life applications that manage such data, in this
thesis, three problems on the querying and analysis of (i)
geo-social network data, (ii) spatio-textual data, and (iii)
spatial RDF data are proposed and studied.
First, we study the
problem of Density-based Clustering of Places in Geo-Social
networks (DCPGS). Current spatial clustering models disregard
information about the people who are related to the clustered
places. We extend the density-based clustering paradigm to apply on
places in geo-social networks, considering both the spatial
information between places and the social relationships between
users who visit the places. After formally defining our model and
the distance measure it relies on, we present efficient index-based
algorithms for its implementation. We evaluate the effectiveness of
our model via a case study and two quantitative measures, called
social entropy and community score, which indicate that geo-social
clusters have special properties and cannot be found by applying
simple spatial clustering approaches. The efficiency of our
algorithms is also evaluated experimentally.
Next, we study the
modeling and evaluation of a Spatio-Textual Skyline (STS) query, in
which the skyline points are selected based on not only their
distances to a set of query locations, but also on their relevance
to a set of query keywords. STS is especially relevant to modern
applications, where points of interest are typically augmented with
textual descriptions. We investigate three models for integrating
textual relevance into the spatial skyline. Among them, model STD,
combining spatial distance with textual relevance in a derived
dimensional space, is the most effective one. STD computes a
skyline satisfying the intent of STS, and having a small and
easy-to-interpret size. We propose an IR-tree based algorithm for
computing STD-based skylines. The effectiveness of our STD model
and the efficiency of the algorithm are evaluated experimentally.
Finally, we propose the problem of top-k relevant Semantic Place
retrieval (kSP) on spatial RDF data, which finds applications in
domains such as journalism, health, business, and tourism.
Traditionally, RDF data is accessed by structured query languages,
e.g., SPARQL. This requires users to understand both the language
and the RDF schema. Recent research on keyword search over RDF data
aims at reducing such requirements, but still ignores the spatial
dimension of RDF data. Our kSP seeks for RDF subgraphs, rooted at
spatial entities close to the query location and containing a set
of query keywords. Compared to existing work, kSP queries are
independent to structured query languages and they are
location-aware. We devise a basic method for processing…
Subjects/Keywords: Spatial analysis (Statistics)
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石杰明; Shi, J. (2015). Queries and analysis tasks on semantically rich spatial
data. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Hong Kong. Retrieved from Shi, J. [石杰明]. (2015). Queries and analysis tasks on semantically rich spatial data. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.5353/th_b5699934 ; http://hdl.handle.net/10722/223015
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
石杰明; Shi, Jieming. “Queries and analysis tasks on semantically rich spatial
data.” 2015. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Hong Kong. Accessed February 18, 2020.
Shi, J. [石杰明]. (2015). Queries and analysis tasks on semantically rich spatial data. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.5353/th_b5699934 ; http://hdl.handle.net/10722/223015.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
石杰明; Shi, Jieming. “Queries and analysis tasks on semantically rich spatial
data.” 2015. Web. 18 Feb 2020.
Vancouver:
石杰明; Shi J. Queries and analysis tasks on semantically rich spatial
data. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Hong Kong; 2015. [cited 2020 Feb 18].
Available from: Shi, J. [石杰明]. (2015). Queries and analysis tasks on semantically rich spatial data. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.5353/th_b5699934 ; http://hdl.handle.net/10722/223015.
Council of Science Editors:
石杰明; Shi J. Queries and analysis tasks on semantically rich spatial
data. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Hong Kong; 2015. Available from: Shi, J. [石杰明]. (2015). Queries and analysis tasks on semantically rich spatial data. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.5353/th_b5699934 ; http://hdl.handle.net/10722/223015
Cornell University
2.
Sarrias Jeraldo, Mauricio Alejandro.
Three Essays On Continuous And Discrete Spatial Heterogeneity
.
Degree: 2016, Cornell University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1813/44352
► Continuous and discrete unobserved heterogeneity have been widely used in modeling discrete choice models. In this dissertation I investigate how these modeling strategies can be…
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▼ Continuous and discrete unobserved heterogeneity have been widely used in modeling discrete choice models. In this dissertation I investigate how these modeling strategies can be used to capture and model
spatial heterogeneity or locally varying coefficients for different latent structures. In the first chapter, I outline the main advantages and disadvantages of both continuous and discrete
spatial modeling strategies. Then I conduct a simulation experiment in order to understand the ability of both approaches to retrieve the true representation of the spatially varying process under small sample size situations. The results show that the data requirement to achieve lower bias in the continuous case is substantial compared with the discrete case. I have also found that, as the number of individuals per
spatial unit increases, both models are able to identify the regional-specific estimates. However, the discrete case is able to retrieve the true
spatial heterogeneity surface with lower bias and better coverage. In the second chapter, I show the Rchoice package for R that allows estimating models with individual heterogeneity for both cross-sectional and panel data. In particular, the package allows binary, ordinal and count response, as well as continuous and discrete covariates. This chapter is a general description of Rchoice and all functionalities are illustrated using real databases. The last chapter shows how continuous and discrete
spatial heterogeneity models can be applied in order to analyze whether monetary subjective well-being eval- uations vary across space using a cross-sectional dataset from Chile. The results show that focusing just on the average estimates of compensating variations veils useful local variation. Moreover, the discrete approach shows some weak superiority over the continuous case in terms of model fit and interpretation.
Advisors/Committee Members: Alvarez Daziano,Ricardo (committeeMember), Brooks,Nancy (committeeMember).
Subjects/Keywords: spatial heterogeneity;
random parameters;
spatial analysis
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Sarrias Jeraldo, M. A. (2016). Three Essays On Continuous And Discrete Spatial Heterogeneity
. (Thesis). Cornell University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1813/44352
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Sarrias Jeraldo, Mauricio Alejandro. “Three Essays On Continuous And Discrete Spatial Heterogeneity
.” 2016. Thesis, Cornell University. Accessed February 18, 2020.
http://hdl.handle.net/1813/44352.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Sarrias Jeraldo, Mauricio Alejandro. “Three Essays On Continuous And Discrete Spatial Heterogeneity
.” 2016. Web. 18 Feb 2020.
Vancouver:
Sarrias Jeraldo MA. Three Essays On Continuous And Discrete Spatial Heterogeneity
. [Internet] [Thesis]. Cornell University; 2016. [cited 2020 Feb 18].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1813/44352.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Sarrias Jeraldo MA. Three Essays On Continuous And Discrete Spatial Heterogeneity
. [Thesis]. Cornell University; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1813/44352
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign
3.
Miller, Elizabeth.
Market entry and exit in the spatial ethanol industry.
Degree: PhD, Agricultural & Applied Econ, 2016, University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2142/90769
► This dissertation examines the corn based ethanol industry in the Corn Belt of the U.S. from three different angles: What affects ethanol plant location decisions,…
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▼ This dissertation examines the corn based ethanol industry in the Corn Belt of the U.S. from three different angles: What affects ethanol plant location decisions, how does new ethanol capacity affect the local corn price, and what is the future landscape of ethanol production under an uncertain future? Ethanol production is a significant part of the American economy in terms of market demand for corn, job creation, household income, tax revenue, and decreasing reliance on foreign fuel. The EPA has supported the ethanol industry through the creation of the Renewable Fuels Standards put in place in 2007, however the very mandate created in part to secure the future of renewable energy in the U.S. is also a source of uncertainty. In late 2015, after speculation of a reduction in the requirement for ethanol, the RFS were renewed at an increased ethanol mandate than expected. These three papers enhance general understanding of how ethanol growth may occur, how new ethanol capacity affects local corn price in the more mature ethanol industry, and gives an idea of where future ethanol capacity will locate, if demand increases, or which currently producing locations are most vulnerable to a loss, if demand falls. This dissertation is the first study to account for the simultaneity between ethanol plant location decisions and corn prices in estimating the effect of new ethanol capacity on local corn price. All three papers contribute to the literature by including the
spatial effects of surrounding counties and utilize information from the mature ethanol industry post-2008.
Advisors/Committee Members: Mallory, Mindy L (advisor), Baylis, Kathy (advisor), Mallory, Mindy L (Committee Chair), Baylis, Kathy (Committee Chair), Irwin, Scott (committee member), Hart, Chad (committee member), McMillen, Daniel (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Spatial Analysis; Ethanol Capacity; Simultaneity
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Miller, E. (2016). Market entry and exit in the spatial ethanol industry. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2142/90769
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Miller, Elizabeth. “Market entry and exit in the spatial ethanol industry.” 2016. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign. Accessed February 18, 2020.
http://hdl.handle.net/2142/90769.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Miller, Elizabeth. “Market entry and exit in the spatial ethanol industry.” 2016. Web. 18 Feb 2020.
Vancouver:
Miller E. Market entry and exit in the spatial ethanol industry. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign; 2016. [cited 2020 Feb 18].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2142/90769.
Council of Science Editors:
Miller E. Market entry and exit in the spatial ethanol industry. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2142/90769
Louisiana State University
4.
Baker, Ariele Nicole.
Creating an empirically derived community resilience index of the Gulf of Mexico region.
Degree: MS, Environmental Sciences, 2009, Louisiana State University
URL: etd-06072009-175525
;
https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_theses/1046
► As coastal areas increase in populations there is an increasing need to determine what community characteristics are most resilient to coastal disasters. This research…
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▼ As coastal areas increase in populations there is an increasing need to determine what community characteristics are most resilient to coastal disasters. This research proposes two methods to quantify community resilience. The factor analysis method results in a weighted additive index model of six variables to derive community resilience. The index places every community in the Gulf of Mexico on a scale from 0-1. The most resilient counties in the Gulf of Mexico region were found to be Hillsborough, FL, Pinellas, FL, Sarasota, FL, Hernando, FL, Okaloosa, FL, Kenedy, TX, and Jefferson, LA with a resilience score of 1. The least resilient counties in the Gulf of Mexico were found to be Cameron, TX and Willacy, TX with a resilience score of below 0.40. The six key variables used to create the resilience index were expenditures for education, median income, percent of the workforce that is female, mean elevation of the parish, percent of the population below 5 years old, and percent of the population that voted in the 2000 presidential election. The second method is a discriminant analysis method. In this method an a priori grouping based on the number of coastal hazards, property damage, and population change for each county was derived. Twenty-four social, economic, and environmental variables were input into the discriminant analysis to determine if they can be used to explain and define resilience. The discriminant analysis results in a classification accuracy of 94.2%. Counties found to be in the most resilient group were Hancock, MS, Collier, FL, Baldwin, AL, Escambia, FL, Walton, FL, Lee, FL, Charlotte, FL, Manatee, FL, Santa Rosa, FL, Okaloosa, FL. Counties found to be in the least resilient group were Kleberg, TX, Calhoun, TX, San Patricio, TX, Jefferson, TX, Nueces, TX, Kenedy, TX, and Willacy, TX. This study represents a preliminary attempt in quantifying community resilience. It outlines the methods that can be used to define resilience and offers a general guideline about the variables that might contribute to a communities’ ability to recover from a coastal disaster. Further refinements with the variables are necessary in future studies.
Subjects/Keywords: adaptive capacity; spatial analysis
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Baker, A. N. (2009). Creating an empirically derived community resilience index of the Gulf of Mexico region. (Masters Thesis). Louisiana State University. Retrieved from etd-06072009-175525 ; https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_theses/1046
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Baker, Ariele Nicole. “Creating an empirically derived community resilience index of the Gulf of Mexico region.” 2009. Masters Thesis, Louisiana State University. Accessed February 18, 2020.
etd-06072009-175525 ; https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_theses/1046.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Baker, Ariele Nicole. “Creating an empirically derived community resilience index of the Gulf of Mexico region.” 2009. Web. 18 Feb 2020.
Vancouver:
Baker AN. Creating an empirically derived community resilience index of the Gulf of Mexico region. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Louisiana State University; 2009. [cited 2020 Feb 18].
Available from: etd-06072009-175525 ; https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_theses/1046.
Council of Science Editors:
Baker AN. Creating an empirically derived community resilience index of the Gulf of Mexico region. [Masters Thesis]. Louisiana State University; 2009. Available from: etd-06072009-175525 ; https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_theses/1046
5.
Boss, Darren George.
Monitoring changes in patterns of cycling safety and ridership: A spatial analysis.
Degree: Department of Geography, 2017, University of Victoria
URL: https://dspace.library.uvic.ca//handle/1828/8520
► Cycling is an underutilized mode of transportation in cities across North America. Numerous factors contribute to low ridership levels, but a key deterrent to cycling…
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▼ Cycling is an underutilized mode of transportation in cities across North America. Numerous factors contribute to low ridership levels, but a key deterrent to cycling is concern for personal safety. In an effort to increase cycling mode share, many cities are investing in cycling infrastructure, with several cities constructing connected bicycle networks. Monitoring the impact of new infrastructure is important for accountability to citizens and to encourage political will for future investments in cycling facilities. A lack of spatially continuous ridership data and methodological challenges have limited monitoring and evaluation of the impacts of infrastructure changes. The goal of our research was to demonstrate spatially explicit approaches for monitoring city-wide changes in patterns of safety and ridership following improvements to cycling infrastructure.
To meet our goal, our first
analysis demonstrated a method for monitoring changes in the
spatial-temporal distribution of cycling incidents across a city. We compared planar versus network constrained kernel density estimation for visualizing cycling incident intensity across the street network of Vancouver, Canada using cycling incidents reported to the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia. Next, we applied a change detection algorithm to detect statistically significant change between maps of kernel density estimates. The utility of the network kernel density change detection method is demonstrated through a case study in the city of Vancouver, Canada where we compare cycling incident densities following construction of two cycle tracks in the downtown core. The methods developed and demonstrated for this study provide city planners, transportation engineers and researchers a means of monitoring city-wide changes in the patterns of cycling incidents following enhancements to cycling infrastructure.
Our second
analysis demonstrated how network constrained
spatial analysis methods can be applied to emerging sources of crowdsourced cycling data to monitor city-wide changes in patterns of ridership. We used network constrained global and local measures of
spatial autocorrelation, applied to crowdsourced ridership data from Strava, to examine changes in ridership patterns across Ottawa-Gatineau, Canada, following installation and closures of cycling infrastructure. City planners, transportation engineers and researchers can use the methods outlined here to monitor city-wide changes in ridership patterns following investment in cycling infrastructure or other changes to the transportation network.
Through this thesis we help overcome the challenges associated with monitoring the impact of infrastructure changes on ridership and cycling safety. We demonstrated how network constrained
spatial analysis methods can be applied to officially reported cycling incident data to identify changes in the
spatial-temporal distribution of cycling safety across a transportation network. We also demonstrated how network appropriate
spatial analysis techniques can be…
Advisors/Committee Members: Nelson, Trisalyn (supervisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Cycling; Crowdsourced; Spatial analysis; GIS
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Boss, D. G. (2017). Monitoring changes in patterns of cycling safety and ridership: A spatial analysis. (Masters Thesis). University of Victoria. Retrieved from https://dspace.library.uvic.ca//handle/1828/8520
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Boss, Darren George. “Monitoring changes in patterns of cycling safety and ridership: A spatial analysis.” 2017. Masters Thesis, University of Victoria. Accessed February 18, 2020.
https://dspace.library.uvic.ca//handle/1828/8520.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Boss, Darren George. “Monitoring changes in patterns of cycling safety and ridership: A spatial analysis.” 2017. Web. 18 Feb 2020.
Vancouver:
Boss DG. Monitoring changes in patterns of cycling safety and ridership: A spatial analysis. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of Victoria; 2017. [cited 2020 Feb 18].
Available from: https://dspace.library.uvic.ca//handle/1828/8520.
Council of Science Editors:
Boss DG. Monitoring changes in patterns of cycling safety and ridership: A spatial analysis. [Masters Thesis]. University of Victoria; 2017. Available from: https://dspace.library.uvic.ca//handle/1828/8520
Cornell University
6.
Byerly, Hilary.
Spatial Patterns Of Drought Vulnerability In Rice-Producing Districts Of India
.
Degree: 2015, Cornell University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1813/40638
► Climate variability is perhaps the greatest challenge facing the smallholder farmer. Abnormal temperatures and inconsistent rainfall can destroy a season's harvest despite optimal farm management…
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▼ Climate variability is perhaps the greatest challenge facing the smallholder farmer. Abnormal temperatures and inconsistent rainfall can destroy a season's harvest despite optimal farm management and market opportunities. Yet the effects of such variability are not constant across a landscape. This paper provides an investigation into the
spatial distribution of drought vulnerability across rice-growing districts in India. We show which regions were exposed to drought from 1999-2008 and determine that rice yields in central and eastern India were most sensitive to the effects of moisture deficit. We explore the effect of certain adaptation strategies in times of drought, finding that irrigation, fertilizer use, and cropping diversity all have a positive relationship with rice yields. The
spatial methods employed in this study suggest that there are clear geographic patterns in how districts respond to drought, as well as outliers that seem to be more resilient than their neighbors.
Advisors/Committee Members: Rossiter,David G. (committeeMember).
Subjects/Keywords: spatial analysis;
drought;
India
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Byerly, H. (2015). Spatial Patterns Of Drought Vulnerability In Rice-Producing Districts Of India
. (Thesis). Cornell University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1813/40638
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Byerly, Hilary. “Spatial Patterns Of Drought Vulnerability In Rice-Producing Districts Of India
.” 2015. Thesis, Cornell University. Accessed February 18, 2020.
http://hdl.handle.net/1813/40638.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Byerly, Hilary. “Spatial Patterns Of Drought Vulnerability In Rice-Producing Districts Of India
.” 2015. Web. 18 Feb 2020.
Vancouver:
Byerly H. Spatial Patterns Of Drought Vulnerability In Rice-Producing Districts Of India
. [Internet] [Thesis]. Cornell University; 2015. [cited 2020 Feb 18].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1813/40638.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Byerly H. Spatial Patterns Of Drought Vulnerability In Rice-Producing Districts Of India
. [Thesis]. Cornell University; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1813/40638
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
McMaster University
7.
Devitt, Amanda.
Sites of the Sex Trade: Spatial Analysis and Prostitution at Pompeii.
Degree: MA, 2014, McMaster University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/11375/15995
► This thesis is concerned with the prostitution in Pompeii with a focus on the physical space in which this social phenomenon was enacted. Despite the…
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▼ This thesis is concerned with the prostitution in Pompeii with a focus on the physical space in which this social phenomenon was enacted. Despite the negative attitudes by much of Roman society towards prostitutes, the sex trade in Pompeii thrived, with numerous venues offering the sale of sex. Prostitutes stationed themselves throughout the town and solicited customers inside buildings or out on the street in whatever limited privacy could be managed. The purpose of this thesis is to examine the manner in which prostitution was present in Pompeii through the spatial analysis of venues of prostitution in the town. Among other structures including, taverns and baths, I will make a close examination of the one known purpose-built brothel, its location and layout, in order to analyze the manner in which prostitute and client could interact in such a setting. The artwork and the graffiti found within the brothel will also be useful for this examination, and will provide further insights to the customer experience in the brothel. Although prostitutes themselves were disapproved of for their lifestyle and profession, society accepted the presence of prostitution as a whole. Customers readily paid for the services of prostitutes in various venues that each offered a different environment and thus a different experience. The enjoyment had by customers during their interactions with prostitutes ensured their return business and promoted the success of the sex trade in the service industry at Pompeii.
Thesis
Master of Arts (MA)
Advisors/Committee Members: George, Michele, Classics.
Subjects/Keywords: prostitution; Pompeii; brothel; spatial analysis
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Devitt, A. (2014). Sites of the Sex Trade: Spatial Analysis and Prostitution at Pompeii. (Masters Thesis). McMaster University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11375/15995
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Devitt, Amanda. “Sites of the Sex Trade: Spatial Analysis and Prostitution at Pompeii.” 2014. Masters Thesis, McMaster University. Accessed February 18, 2020.
http://hdl.handle.net/11375/15995.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Devitt, Amanda. “Sites of the Sex Trade: Spatial Analysis and Prostitution at Pompeii.” 2014. Web. 18 Feb 2020.
Vancouver:
Devitt A. Sites of the Sex Trade: Spatial Analysis and Prostitution at Pompeii. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. McMaster University; 2014. [cited 2020 Feb 18].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11375/15995.
Council of Science Editors:
Devitt A. Sites of the Sex Trade: Spatial Analysis and Prostitution at Pompeii. [Masters Thesis]. McMaster University; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11375/15995
Université de Lausanne
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Dambo, Lawali.
Usages de l'eau à Gaya (Niger): entre fortes potentialités
et contraintes majeures.
Degree: 2007, Université de Lausanne
URL: http://doc.rero.ch/record/10720
► Le département de Gaya, cadre de notre étude, est situé au sud-ouest de la république du Niger. Il dispose d‘un important potentiel hydrique composé des…
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▼ Le département de Gaya, cadre de notre étude, est
situé au sud-ouest de la république du Niger. Il dispose d‘un
important potentiel hydrique composé des eaux de surface (une
centaine de mares permanentes, le fleuve Niger sur 106 km) et de
sept aquifères superposés comprenant des nappes de subsurface
(affleurantes par endroit) et des nappes artésiennes. L’étude sur
les usages de l’eau à Gaya a été menée à travers plusieurs axes
centrés sur l’estimation et la répartition spatiale des ressources
en eau, le cadre juridique et institutionnel régulant leur mise en
valeur, les différents secteurs d’utilisation de l’eau ainsi que
les contraintes affectant cette utilisation. L’usage de la
cartographie à travers les SIG dans le traitement et l’analyse des
données, couplée à notre expérience d’une dizaine d’année de
travaux dans la région, a permis de dresser des synthèses richement
illustrées permettant de mieux comprendre tous les enjeux liés à la
problématique des usages de l’eau dans cette partie du Niger.
Contrairement à la vision que l’on a traditionnellement du Sahel où
le manque d’eau constitue une des contraintes majeures au
développement, ici des conditions locales particulières
contredisent ce cliché et transposent le débat sur un autre plan.
Il s’agit de la maîtrise de l’eau au niveau local à travers
l’élaboration d’une politique appropriée qui tienne compte non
seulement des spécificités locales de la ressource, mais aussi des
différents types d’usages. La politique de l’eau au Niger, définie
selon le Schéma directeur de mise en valeur et de gestion des
ressources en eau, à travers la mise en place d’un important
arsenal juridique et institutionnel, a eu le mérite de tracer un
canevas sur la question, mais a montré ses limites au niveau
pratique après dix ans d’essai. En effet au niveau de Gaya, ni
l’Etat ni les partenaires au développement (bailleurs de fonds
extérieurs) n’ont tenu compte des caractéristiques locales de la
ressource ou du contexte socioéconomique particulier de la région.
Ce qui a entraîné la réalisation d’infrastructures inadaptées aux
réalités hydrogéologiques locales ainsi que des choix inappropriés
au niveau de certains aménagements. En dépit de l’abondance de la
ressource, son accès tant au niveau quantitatif que qualitatif,
reste difficile pour une grande partie des acteurs ruraux. Les
différents handicaps rencontrés dans la mise en valeur des
ressources en eau résultent de cette incohérence de la politique
nationale de l’eau, mais aussi de la difficulté de son application
sur le terrain où persiste un pluralisme juridique caractérisé par
la cohabitation de deux systèmes de régulation à savoir les droits
coutumiers et la législation moderne. Ces différents éléments mis
en évidence dans cette étude sur la zone de Gaya pourraient servir
de base pour un meilleur aménagement des ressources en eau dans le
cadre plus large d’une politique d’aménagement du territoire
prenant en compte tous les facteurs tant physiques que
socioéconomiques de la région.
Advisors/Committee Members: Winistorfer, Jörg (Dir.).
Subjects/Keywords: spatial analysis
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Dambo, L. (2007). Usages de l'eau à Gaya (Niger): entre fortes potentialités
et contraintes majeures. (Thesis). Université de Lausanne. Retrieved from http://doc.rero.ch/record/10720
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Dambo, Lawali. “Usages de l'eau à Gaya (Niger): entre fortes potentialités
et contraintes majeures.” 2007. Thesis, Université de Lausanne. Accessed February 18, 2020.
http://doc.rero.ch/record/10720.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Dambo, Lawali. “Usages de l'eau à Gaya (Niger): entre fortes potentialités
et contraintes majeures.” 2007. Web. 18 Feb 2020.
Vancouver:
Dambo L. Usages de l'eau à Gaya (Niger): entre fortes potentialités
et contraintes majeures. [Internet] [Thesis]. Université de Lausanne; 2007. [cited 2020 Feb 18].
Available from: http://doc.rero.ch/record/10720.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Dambo L. Usages de l'eau à Gaya (Niger): entre fortes potentialités
et contraintes majeures. [Thesis]. Université de Lausanne; 2007. Available from: http://doc.rero.ch/record/10720
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Virginia Tech
9.
Porter, Erica May.
Applying an Intrinsic Conditional Autoregressive Reference Prior for Areal Data.
Degree: MS, Statistics, 2019, Virginia Tech
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10919/91385
► Spatial data is increasingly relevant in a wide variety of research areas. Economists, medical researchers, ecologists, and policymakers all make critical decisions about populations using…
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▼ Spatial data is increasingly relevant in a wide variety of research areas. Economists, medical researchers, ecologists, and policymakers all make critical decisions about populations using data that naturally display
spatial dependence. One such data type is areal data; data collected at county, habitat, or tract levels are often spatially related. Most convenient software platforms provide analyses for independent data, as the introduction of
spatial dependence increases the complexity of corresponding models and computation. Use of analyses with an independent data assumption can lead researchers and policymakers to make incorrect, simplistic decisions. Bayesian hierarchical models can be used to effectively model areal data because they have flexibility to accommodate complicated dependencies that are common to
spatial data. However, use of hierarchical models increases the number of model parameters and requires specification of prior distributions. We present and describe ref.ICAR, an R package available to researchers that automatically implements an objective Bayesian
analysis that is appropriate for areal data.
Advisors/Committee Members: Franck, Christopher Thomas (committeechair), House, Leanna L. (committee member), Ferreira, Marco Antonio Rosa (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Bayesian Analysis; Spatial Statistics
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Porter, E. M. (2019). Applying an Intrinsic Conditional Autoregressive Reference Prior for Areal Data. (Masters Thesis). Virginia Tech. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10919/91385
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Porter, Erica May. “Applying an Intrinsic Conditional Autoregressive Reference Prior for Areal Data.” 2019. Masters Thesis, Virginia Tech. Accessed February 18, 2020.
http://hdl.handle.net/10919/91385.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Porter, Erica May. “Applying an Intrinsic Conditional Autoregressive Reference Prior for Areal Data.” 2019. Web. 18 Feb 2020.
Vancouver:
Porter EM. Applying an Intrinsic Conditional Autoregressive Reference Prior for Areal Data. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Virginia Tech; 2019. [cited 2020 Feb 18].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10919/91385.
Council of Science Editors:
Porter EM. Applying an Intrinsic Conditional Autoregressive Reference Prior for Areal Data. [Masters Thesis]. Virginia Tech; 2019. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10919/91385
Arizona State University
10.
Wolf, Levi John.
Spatializing Partisan Gerrymandering Forensics: Local
Measures and Spatial Specifications.
Degree: Geography, 2017, Arizona State University
URL: http://repository.asu.edu/items/46201
► Gerrymandering is a central problem for many representative democracies. Formally, gerrymandering is the manipulation of spatial boundaries to provide political advantage to a particular group…
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▼ Gerrymandering is a central problem for many
representative democracies. Formally, gerrymandering is the
manipulation of spatial boundaries to provide political advantage
to a particular group (Warf, 2006). The term often refers to
political district design, where the boundaries of political
districts are “unnaturally” manipulated by redistricting officials
to generate durable advantages for one group or party. Since free
and fair elections are possibly the critical part of representative
democracy, it is important for this cresting tide to have
scientifically validated tools. This dissertation supports a
current wave of reform by developing a general inferential
technique to “localize” inferential bias measures, generating a new
type of district-level score. The new method relies on the
statistical intuition behind jackknife methods to construct
relative local indicators. I find that existing statewide
indicators of partisan bias can be localized using this technique,
providing an estimate of how strongly a district impacts statewide
partisan bias over an entire decade. When compared to measures of
shape compactness (a common gerrymandering detection statistic), I
find that weirdly-shaped districts have no consistent relationship
with impact in many states during the 2000 and 2010 redistricting
plan. To ensure that this work is valid, I examine existing
seats-votes modeling strategies and develop a novel method for
constructing seats-votes curves. I find that, while the empirical
structure of electoral swing shows significant spatial dependence
(even in the face of spatial heterogeneity), existing seats-votes
specifications are more robust than anticipated to spatial
dependence. Centrally, this dissertation contributes to the much
larger social aim to resist electoral manipulation: that
individuals & organizations suffer no undue burden on political
access from partisan gerrymandering.
Subjects/Keywords: Geography; Political science; Statistics; Elections; Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis; Gerrymandering; Jackknife; Spatial Analysis; Spatial Econometrics
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Wolf, L. J. (2017). Spatializing Partisan Gerrymandering Forensics: Local
Measures and Spatial Specifications. (Doctoral Dissertation). Arizona State University. Retrieved from http://repository.asu.edu/items/46201
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Wolf, Levi John. “Spatializing Partisan Gerrymandering Forensics: Local
Measures and Spatial Specifications.” 2017. Doctoral Dissertation, Arizona State University. Accessed February 18, 2020.
http://repository.asu.edu/items/46201.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Wolf, Levi John. “Spatializing Partisan Gerrymandering Forensics: Local
Measures and Spatial Specifications.” 2017. Web. 18 Feb 2020.
Vancouver:
Wolf LJ. Spatializing Partisan Gerrymandering Forensics: Local
Measures and Spatial Specifications. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Arizona State University; 2017. [cited 2020 Feb 18].
Available from: http://repository.asu.edu/items/46201.
Council of Science Editors:
Wolf LJ. Spatializing Partisan Gerrymandering Forensics: Local
Measures and Spatial Specifications. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Arizona State University; 2017. Available from: http://repository.asu.edu/items/46201
University of Southern California
11.
Schrader, Lucian N., III.
Demonstrating GIS spatial analysis techniques in a
prehistoric mortuary analysis: a case study in the Napa Valley,
California.
Degree: MS, Geographic Information Science and
Technology, 2013, University of Southern California
URL: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll3/id/221325/rec/1830
► This thesis uses a geographic information system (GIS) to demonstrate spatial analysis techniques in order to examine changes to a prehistoric society of Native American…
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▼ This thesis uses a geographic information system (GIS)
to demonstrate
spatial analysis techniques in order to examine
changes to a prehistoric society of Native American Wappo dating
from 2450 to 1950 years before present (BP) from the Upper Archaic
Period in the Napa Valley of California. This cemetery was
excavated by Pacific Legacy Inc., a private cultural resources
management firm, in compliance with the National Historic
Preservation Act (NHPA) and the California Environmental Quality
Act (CEQA) for a flood control project. While Pacific Legacy Inc.
analyzed the burials on an individual basis, they did not conduct a
spatial analysis. They incorporated their data into a simple
spreadsheet to look for patterns. This thesis serves as a
complimentary
spatial examination of the burials based on
spatial
data. ❧ The dataset is incomplete as it was not collected using a
consistent, systematic methodology. Additional burials related to
the dataset had also been removed from the site before excavation
by erosion and other archaeological excavations. This paper
demonstrates select
spatial analysis techniques using this dataset
as an example. ❧ This thesis examines the distribution of the
burials within the cemetery to identify
spatial patterns based on
burial attributes and artifact distribution.
Spatial
autocorrelation, cluster
analysis, and grouping
analysis focus on
identifying burial clusters and individual burial outliers. ❧ A
form of interpolation known as kriging was used to estimate the
dates for the burials that were not subjected to Accelerator Mass
Spectrometry (AMS) Radiocarbon dating. The burials were then
grouped into corresponding date ranges covering one hundred year
time spans. This experimental study allows for identification of
changes to society by analyzing the change in burial attributes and
artifact types over the course of the Upper Archaic Period. Due to
the incomplete nature of the dataset, only two conclusions could be
reached with the remaining findings considered suggestive. There is
clustering based on bone preservation and the
spatial analysis
results tend to vary depending on different excavation techniques.
Possible clustering of depth, wealth diversity index, directly
associated shell beads, and directly associated pendants may
reflect certain aspects of ancient society. The possible clustering
of artifact association, total tools, tool diversity index,
indirectly associated bifaces, indirectly associated edge-modified
flakes, indirectly associated unifaces, and indirectly associated
pestles can likely be explained due to differing excavation
techniques. Possible clustering of natural obsidian needles may be
explained as naturally occurring in the soil. Dental caries were
found to be possibly dispersed, which is likely just a random
occurrence. The experimental radiocarbon date interpolation allowed
for an examination of changes to CA-NAP- 399 over a five hundred
year period. Thus results from the analyses in this report should
not be seen as definitive nor should they be used as…
Advisors/Committee Members: Kemp, Karen K. (Committee Chair), Garrison, Thomas G. (Committee Member), Dodd, Lynn Swartz (Committee Member).
Subjects/Keywords: archaeology; GIS; spatial analysis; mortuary analysis
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Schrader, Lucian N., I. (2013). Demonstrating GIS spatial analysis techniques in a
prehistoric mortuary analysis: a case study in the Napa Valley,
California. (Masters Thesis). University of Southern California. Retrieved from http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll3/id/221325/rec/1830
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Schrader, Lucian N., III. “Demonstrating GIS spatial analysis techniques in a
prehistoric mortuary analysis: a case study in the Napa Valley,
California.” 2013. Masters Thesis, University of Southern California. Accessed February 18, 2020.
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll3/id/221325/rec/1830.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Schrader, Lucian N., III. “Demonstrating GIS spatial analysis techniques in a
prehistoric mortuary analysis: a case study in the Napa Valley,
California.” 2013. Web. 18 Feb 2020.
Vancouver:
Schrader, Lucian N. I. Demonstrating GIS spatial analysis techniques in a
prehistoric mortuary analysis: a case study in the Napa Valley,
California. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of Southern California; 2013. [cited 2020 Feb 18].
Available from: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll3/id/221325/rec/1830.
Council of Science Editors:
Schrader, Lucian N. I. Demonstrating GIS spatial analysis techniques in a
prehistoric mortuary analysis: a case study in the Napa Valley,
California. [Masters Thesis]. University of Southern California; 2013. Available from: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll3/id/221325/rec/1830
Louisiana State University
12.
Chauvin, Chantel Dufrene.
An ecological analysis of US county-level suicide rates : an application of spatial patterning models.
Degree: PhD, Sociology, 2013, Louisiana State University
URL: etd-07012013-120130
;
https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/1871
► Suicide has been studied sociologically since the late 19th century when theorists like Durkheim ([1897] 1951) found that the spatial patterning of suicides was not…
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▼ Suicide has been studied sociologically since the late 19th century when theorists like Durkheim ([1897] 1951) found that the spatial patterning of suicides was not random. Looking beyond psychological troubles, suicide studies began to address the social factors that affected suicide rates. Building on the work of early scholars, contemporary studies mainly focus on variations in levels of social integration variables within communities to explain the nature of suicide rates. Many of these contemporary studies, however, only consider one type of social integration, like religion, and how variations in participation affect the suicide rate. To date, no study simultaneously considers multiple indicators of social integration nor focuses on the contextual environment these social integration variables create within communities in order to decipher if/where spatial regimes exist with regard to suicide in the United States. The aim of this study was to use spatial patterning techniques to determine the extent to which religious organizations, civic community organizations, social isolation, and economic deprivation affected the social integration and infrastructure of communities thereby affecting the spatial patterning of suicide rates within the United States. Drawing from the civic community and social capital perspectives, communities with greater levels of integration have been found to have better health outcomes and lower levels of mortality than communities with low levels of integration (Lee 2010). Inversely, communities with higher levels of social isolation and economic deprivation have a weak community infrastructure, less social integration, low social capital, and low levels of civic engagement as evidenced by weak social networks, fewer civic institutions, and a sub-par public health infrastructure (Blanchard, Bartkowski, Matthews, and Kerley 2008; Lee 2010; Young and Lyson 2001). Therefore, the presence or absence of integration factors shape the community environment, which in turn impacts the suicide rate of that community. Specifically, the present study aimed to test the hypothesis that civically engaged communities, with low isolation and low economic troubles, produced a community environment that resulted in lower suicide rates, while communities that had high levels of social isolation and economic deprivation had lower chances for civic engagement and therefore suffered from higher suicide rates. Results showed, however, that each of these integration variables had a varying impact on the suicide rate in different regions, which led to the conclusion that spatial regimes exist in the United States.
Subjects/Keywords: US regions; ecological analysis; suicide; spatial analysis
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Chauvin, C. D. (2013). An ecological analysis of US county-level suicide rates : an application of spatial patterning models. (Doctoral Dissertation). Louisiana State University. Retrieved from etd-07012013-120130 ; https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/1871
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Chauvin, Chantel Dufrene. “An ecological analysis of US county-level suicide rates : an application of spatial patterning models.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, Louisiana State University. Accessed February 18, 2020.
etd-07012013-120130 ; https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/1871.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Chauvin, Chantel Dufrene. “An ecological analysis of US county-level suicide rates : an application of spatial patterning models.” 2013. Web. 18 Feb 2020.
Vancouver:
Chauvin CD. An ecological analysis of US county-level suicide rates : an application of spatial patterning models. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Louisiana State University; 2013. [cited 2020 Feb 18].
Available from: etd-07012013-120130 ; https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/1871.
Council of Science Editors:
Chauvin CD. An ecological analysis of US county-level suicide rates : an application of spatial patterning models. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Louisiana State University; 2013. Available from: etd-07012013-120130 ; https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/1871
University of Georgia
13.
Sepsey, Katlyn Elizabeth.
Socioeconomic characteristics of communities with national forests in the United States.
Degree: MS, Forest Resources, 2017, University of Georgia
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10724/37482
► The U.S. Forest Service contributes ecological and economic benefits to the public through its management of the National Forest System. Previous research has indicated that…
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▼ The U.S. Forest Service contributes ecological and economic benefits to the public through its management of the National Forest System. Previous research has indicated that protected natural areas have positive, negative, and no effect on surrounding communities. This research examined the median household income, percentage below poverty threshold, and unemployment rate in counties containing national forests in the United States and compared them to counties without national forest. On a national scale, counties containing national forest have indications of lower socioeconomic position than counties without national forests. On a regional scale, the intermountain west and Rocky Mountain states have implied higher median household income in counties containing national forests. On a state scale, states west of Texas, except for Washington, had no statistical differences between county groups. East of Texas, there were indications of higher, lower, and no difference in socioeconomic position for counties with national forest.
Advisors/Committee Members: Pete Bettinger.
Subjects/Keywords: spatial analysis; socioeconomic analysis; poverty; unemployment; income
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Sepsey, K. E. (2017). Socioeconomic characteristics of communities with national forests in the United States. (Masters Thesis). University of Georgia. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10724/37482
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Sepsey, Katlyn Elizabeth. “Socioeconomic characteristics of communities with national forests in the United States.” 2017. Masters Thesis, University of Georgia. Accessed February 18, 2020.
http://hdl.handle.net/10724/37482.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Sepsey, Katlyn Elizabeth. “Socioeconomic characteristics of communities with national forests in the United States.” 2017. Web. 18 Feb 2020.
Vancouver:
Sepsey KE. Socioeconomic characteristics of communities with national forests in the United States. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of Georgia; 2017. [cited 2020 Feb 18].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10724/37482.
Council of Science Editors:
Sepsey KE. Socioeconomic characteristics of communities with national forests in the United States. [Masters Thesis]. University of Georgia; 2017. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10724/37482
University of Missouri – Columbia
14.
Liu, Yajun.
Bayesian analysis of spatial and survival models with applications of computation techniques.
Degree: 2012, University of Missouri – Columbia
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10355/15886
► This dissertation discusses the methodologies of applying Bayesian hierarchical models to different data with geographical characteristics or with right-censored failure time. A conditional autoregressive (CAR)…
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▼ This dissertation discusses the methodologies of applying Bayesian hierarchical models to different data with geographical characteristics or with right-censored failure time. A conditional autoregressive (CAR) prior is used for the model to capture
spatial effects. Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods are used in the sampling. The Ancillary-Sufficient Interweaving Strategy (ASIS) is applied to improve the performance for some parameters. The convergence of some of the parameters improved greatly, but the others do not have very significant improvement. However, the overall performance has improved greatly since it needs much fewer iterations than using regular Gibbs sampling to achieve convergence. For the survival
analysis, we propose a generalized linear mixed model with different effects for the hazard rates, and adopte a cure rate model in Chen et al. (1999) for the hazards. A ratio-of-uniforms method is used to get the posterior density of some parameters that can not be simply sampled by common methods. Both the Weibull model and cure rate models are compared. Moreover, for the same data set, competing risks model is considered by incorporating
spatial effect to a latent competing risk model from Gelfand et al. (2000). The sampling method mentioned in Berger & Sun (1993) is adapted for efficiency. Finally,
spatial confounding occurs when incorporating
spatial effects in a regression model. Several estimators of the coefficients are compared for their Mean Squared Errors. The corresponding prediction errors are also discussed.
Advisors/Committee Members: Sun, Dongchu (advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Bayesian statistics; spatial analysis; ratios-of-uniforms; survival analysis; spatial confounding
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Liu, Y. (2012). Bayesian analysis of spatial and survival models with applications of computation techniques. (Thesis). University of Missouri – Columbia. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10355/15886
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Liu, Yajun. “Bayesian analysis of spatial and survival models with applications of computation techniques.” 2012. Thesis, University of Missouri – Columbia. Accessed February 18, 2020.
http://hdl.handle.net/10355/15886.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Liu, Yajun. “Bayesian analysis of spatial and survival models with applications of computation techniques.” 2012. Web. 18 Feb 2020.
Vancouver:
Liu Y. Bayesian analysis of spatial and survival models with applications of computation techniques. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Missouri – Columbia; 2012. [cited 2020 Feb 18].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10355/15886.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Liu Y. Bayesian analysis of spatial and survival models with applications of computation techniques. [Thesis]. University of Missouri – Columbia; 2012. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10355/15886
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
University of Missouri – Columbia
15.
Liu, Yajun.
Bayesian analysis of spatial and survival models with applications of computation techniques.
Degree: 2012, University of Missouri – Columbia
URL: https://doi.org/10.32469/10355/15886
► This dissertation discusses the methodologies of applying Bayesian hierarchical models to different data with geographical characteristics or with right-censored failure time. A conditional autoregressive (CAR)…
(more)
▼ This dissertation discusses the methodologies of applying Bayesian hierarchical models to different data with geographical characteristics or with right-censored failure time. A conditional autoregressive (CAR) prior is used for the model to capture
spatial effects. Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods are used in the sampling. The Ancillary-Sufficient Interweaving Strategy (ASIS) is applied to improve the performance for some parameters. The convergence of some of the parameters improved greatly, but the others do not have very significant improvement. However, the overall performance has improved greatly since it needs much fewer iterations than using regular Gibbs sampling to achieve convergence. For the survival
analysis, we propose a generalized linear mixed model with different effects for the hazard rates, and adopte a cure rate model in Chen et al. (1999) for the hazards. A ratio-of-uniforms method is used to get the posterior density of some parameters that can not be simply sampled by common methods. Both the Weibull model and cure rate models are compared. Moreover, for the same data set, competing risks model is considered by incorporating
spatial effect to a latent competing risk model from Gelfand et al. (2000). The sampling method mentioned in Berger & Sun (1993) is adapted for efficiency. Finally,
spatial confounding occurs when incorporating
spatial effects in a regression model. Several estimators of the coefficients are compared for their Mean Squared Errors. The corresponding prediction errors are also discussed.
Advisors/Committee Members: Sun, Dongchu (advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Bayesian statistics; spatial analysis; ratios-of-uniforms; survival analysis; spatial confounding
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Liu, Y. (2012). Bayesian analysis of spatial and survival models with applications of computation techniques. (Thesis). University of Missouri – Columbia. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.32469/10355/15886
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Liu, Yajun. “Bayesian analysis of spatial and survival models with applications of computation techniques.” 2012. Thesis, University of Missouri – Columbia. Accessed February 18, 2020.
https://doi.org/10.32469/10355/15886.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Liu, Yajun. “Bayesian analysis of spatial and survival models with applications of computation techniques.” 2012. Web. 18 Feb 2020.
Vancouver:
Liu Y. Bayesian analysis of spatial and survival models with applications of computation techniques. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Missouri – Columbia; 2012. [cited 2020 Feb 18].
Available from: https://doi.org/10.32469/10355/15886.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Liu Y. Bayesian analysis of spatial and survival models with applications of computation techniques. [Thesis]. University of Missouri – Columbia; 2012. Available from: https://doi.org/10.32469/10355/15886
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Universiteit Utrecht
16.
Prak, M.E.
Making sense of spatial perceptions: Analysing PPGIS data for planning purposes.
Degree: 2014, Universiteit Utrecht
URL: http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/handle/1874/292924
► This project aims to address a hiatus in the academic literature on the analysis of data collected with the use of Public Participation Geographical Information…
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▼ This project aims to address a hiatus in the academic literature on the
analysis of data collected with the use of Public Participation Geographical Information Systems. The research question was: How can geographical data gathered among citizens through the use of PPGIS be turned into information that is valuable in the
spatial planning process? PPGIS is defined as the intention of providing all stakeholders in
spatial decision-making processes with equal access to the data and analytical capabilities provided through geographical information technology. As such, the role of PPGIS in
spatial planning processes can be seen as a form of communication technology. One of the main obstacles in this exchange of information is the variation in knowledge of the stakeholders on the
spatial issue at hand. The focus in this research is on the
analysis of the experiences of citizens for use in participatory
spatial planning processes.
First, a structured approach for the
analysis of PPGIS data was developed. Appropriate analytical tools were assigned to each section of the approach. For the empirical part of the project data was collected on the experiences of citizens in the area of Hoensbroek in Heerlen. A PPGIS application was developed for data collection through use of a
spatial survey. The issues addressed in the survey were decided upon in cooperation with the
spatial planning department of the Heerlen municipality. The method for the
analysis of PPGIS data was then applied to the collected data. As the data in this research was collected in the form of polygons instead of points, a procedure was also developed to prepare the data in such a way that the analyses could yield meaningful results. In the end the PPGIS cycle was completed almost in its entirety, with the development of a PPGIS application and associating questionnaire, the collection of data among citizens and the translation of that data into information through
spatial analysis and visualization.
Representatives of the
spatial planning department of the Heerlen municipality reported that they found the analyses that yielded information that was readily interpretable and provided concrete directions for
spatial policies especially useful, i.e. the heat maps, the cluster
analysis and the conflict
analysis.
Advisors/Committee Members: Toppen, F.J., Geertman, S.C.M..
Subjects/Keywords: GIS; PPGIS; Public Participation GIS; Participatory Planning; SoftGIS; spatial planning; spatial analysis; spatial perceptions; citizens
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Prak, M. E. (2014). Making sense of spatial perceptions: Analysing PPGIS data for planning purposes. (Masters Thesis). Universiteit Utrecht. Retrieved from http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/handle/1874/292924
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Prak, M E. “Making sense of spatial perceptions: Analysing PPGIS data for planning purposes.” 2014. Masters Thesis, Universiteit Utrecht. Accessed February 18, 2020.
http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/handle/1874/292924.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Prak, M E. “Making sense of spatial perceptions: Analysing PPGIS data for planning purposes.” 2014. Web. 18 Feb 2020.
Vancouver:
Prak ME. Making sense of spatial perceptions: Analysing PPGIS data for planning purposes. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Universiteit Utrecht; 2014. [cited 2020 Feb 18].
Available from: http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/handle/1874/292924.
Council of Science Editors:
Prak ME. Making sense of spatial perceptions: Analysing PPGIS data for planning purposes. [Masters Thesis]. Universiteit Utrecht; 2014. Available from: http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/handle/1874/292924
Penn State University
17.
Chen, Jin.
EXPLORATORY LEARNING FROM SPACE-ATTRIBUTE AGGREGATED DATA: A
GEOVISUAL ANALYTICS APPROACH.
Degree: PhD, Geography, 2009, Penn State University
URL: https://etda.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/10442
► The goal of this research is to develop a geovisual analytics framework and representative methods to support a scientific discovery process that addresses the following…
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▼ The goal of this research is to develop a geovisual
analytics framework and representative methods to support a
scientific discovery process that addresses the following aspects
of geographic inquiry: what, where and why. To address these
aspects of geographic inquiry, the framework supports three groups
of methods: spatial cluster analysis, multivariate data analysis,
and spatial, multivariate analysis. As used here, these terms have
broader meaning than the traditional ones in that they are
conceptualized as supporting not only geographic data analysis, but
also information analysis and knowledge discovery. Hence, the
research develops, draws upon and combines new methods from
multiple disciplines including (geo) information visualization,
(geospatial) statistics, (geospatial) data mining, and cartography.
The focus is on developing new visualization methods and
integrating them with advanced data mining and statistical methods.
The targeted data are geographically-referenced, high dimensional,
areally-aggregated datasets of relatively large size (e.g., 3000+
U.S. counties, dozens of variables). The application domains to
which the framework is directed primarily include spatial
epidemiology and aspects of social and environmental science in
which multivariate analysis of aggregated data is a central focus.
The framework can be extended to support other domains in which
geographic data analysis is relevant as well. The contributions of
this research include: (1) considerably-enhanced methods for
spatial cluster analysis, multivariate data analysis, and
spatial-multivariate analysis, all supporting multi-scale analysis;
(2) a geovisual-analytics prototype framework that combines visual,
statistical and data mining methods together to support a complex
exploratory learning process that integrates model-driven and
data-driven methods together; (3) some advanced visualization
methods including a dendrogram-matrix; (4) a software
implementation of the geovisual analytics framework – the Visual
Inquiry Toolkit (VIT); and (5) seven published
papers.
Subjects/Keywords: Spatial Epidemiology; Spatial Data Analysis;
Geovisualization; Information Visualization; Geovisual Analytics;
Spatial Data Mining
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Chen, J. (2009). EXPLORATORY LEARNING FROM SPACE-ATTRIBUTE AGGREGATED DATA: A
GEOVISUAL ANALYTICS APPROACH. (Doctoral Dissertation). Penn State University. Retrieved from https://etda.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/10442
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Chen, Jin. “EXPLORATORY LEARNING FROM SPACE-ATTRIBUTE AGGREGATED DATA: A
GEOVISUAL ANALYTICS APPROACH.” 2009. Doctoral Dissertation, Penn State University. Accessed February 18, 2020.
https://etda.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/10442.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Chen, Jin. “EXPLORATORY LEARNING FROM SPACE-ATTRIBUTE AGGREGATED DATA: A
GEOVISUAL ANALYTICS APPROACH.” 2009. Web. 18 Feb 2020.
Vancouver:
Chen J. EXPLORATORY LEARNING FROM SPACE-ATTRIBUTE AGGREGATED DATA: A
GEOVISUAL ANALYTICS APPROACH. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Penn State University; 2009. [cited 2020 Feb 18].
Available from: https://etda.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/10442.
Council of Science Editors:
Chen J. EXPLORATORY LEARNING FROM SPACE-ATTRIBUTE AGGREGATED DATA: A
GEOVISUAL ANALYTICS APPROACH. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Penn State University; 2009. Available from: https://etda.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/10442
Universiteit Utrecht
18.
Geus, S.G. de.
Regional Economic Growth in Europe
Analysis of Regional Dependence and Structure.
Degree: 2013, Universiteit Utrecht
URL: http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/handle/1874/273543
► The economic structure of European regions is said to be of significant influence on economic growth. To get a more detailed view on the influence…
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▼ The economic structure of European regions is said to be of significant influence on economic growth. To get a more detailed view on the influence of this economic structure the related variety, unrelated variety and specialization of the regions are examined for their influence on economic growth. Several country level analyses researched this issue up to now. For the first time, in this thesis, a EU-wide
analysis is done taking into account the
spatial dependence of the regions, which is included due to the heterogeneity of economic performance in European regions. This heterogeneity is also captured in regime-tests where different groups of regions are tested and compared according to specific regimes.
Although economic performance is distributed heterogeneously between European regions, the regions are converging in their performance. In search for the best policy it is found that a region specific policy mix is best to achieve maximum growth. Investing in human capital is found to be a good choice when the region lags behind in productivity or when the region has high unemployment. Related variety is found to be of positive influence on employment growth while unrelated variety is to a lesser extent positive for employment growth. Specialization is positively related with productivity growth and of negative influence on unemployment.
Advisors/Committee Members: Oort, F.G. van.
Subjects/Keywords: Geowetenschappen; Spatial Analysis, Related Variety, Unrelated Variety, Specialization, Spatial Dependence
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Geus, S. G. d. (2013). Regional Economic Growth in Europe
Analysis of Regional Dependence and Structure. (Masters Thesis). Universiteit Utrecht. Retrieved from http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/handle/1874/273543
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Geus, S G de. “Regional Economic Growth in Europe
Analysis of Regional Dependence and Structure.” 2013. Masters Thesis, Universiteit Utrecht. Accessed February 18, 2020.
http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/handle/1874/273543.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Geus, S G de. “Regional Economic Growth in Europe
Analysis of Regional Dependence and Structure.” 2013. Web. 18 Feb 2020.
Vancouver:
Geus SGd. Regional Economic Growth in Europe
Analysis of Regional Dependence and Structure. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Universiteit Utrecht; 2013. [cited 2020 Feb 18].
Available from: http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/handle/1874/273543.
Council of Science Editors:
Geus SGd. Regional Economic Growth in Europe
Analysis of Regional Dependence and Structure. [Masters Thesis]. Universiteit Utrecht; 2013. Available from: http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/handle/1874/273543
Mississippi State University
19.
Mylroie, Leif Saxon.
SPATIAL DISPERSION OF THE FUNGUS ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS IN CORN EARS: A SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF UBIQUITIN MRNA.
Degree: MS, Geosciences, 2009, Mississippi State University
URL: http://sun.library.msstate.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-07022009-093901/
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► Aflatoxin is a carcinogen produced by the fungus Aspergillus flavus that causes millions of dollars in agriculture losses in the southeastern US. This thesis examines…
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▼ Aflatoxin is a carcinogen produced by the fungus Aspergillus flavus that causes millions of dollars in agriculture losses in the southeastern US. This thesis examines the dispersal of A. flavus on two corn inbred lines, resistant (Mp313E) and susceptible (B73), which differ in total aflatoxin accumulation after infection with A. flavus. After inoculating corn kernels with the fungus an RNA
analysis was used to determine the location (number of kernels away from inoculation site) and abundance of A. flavus at weekly intervals. A. flavus started its spread at 7 days after inoculation (DAI) on both corn lines. The B73 corn line showed a constant spread of 3.4mm per day until the entire ear was infected at 21 DAI. The spread on Mp313E did not proceed beyond 3 kernels away from the inoculation site following 7 DAI. The results are significant because they show a faster rate of spread than previously reported and they help quantify the ability of Mp313E to mitigate infection.
Advisors/Committee Members: Jinmu Choi (committee member), John Rodgers (chair), Jeff Wilkinson (committee member), W. Paul Williams (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Spatial Dispersion; Spatial Analysis; Ubiquitin mRNA; Aspergillus flavus
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Mylroie, L. S. (2009). SPATIAL DISPERSION OF THE FUNGUS ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS IN CORN EARS: A SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF UBIQUITIN MRNA. (Masters Thesis). Mississippi State University. Retrieved from http://sun.library.msstate.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-07022009-093901/ ;
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Mylroie, Leif Saxon. “SPATIAL DISPERSION OF THE FUNGUS ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS IN CORN EARS: A SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF UBIQUITIN MRNA.” 2009. Masters Thesis, Mississippi State University. Accessed February 18, 2020.
http://sun.library.msstate.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-07022009-093901/ ;.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Mylroie, Leif Saxon. “SPATIAL DISPERSION OF THE FUNGUS ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS IN CORN EARS: A SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF UBIQUITIN MRNA.” 2009. Web. 18 Feb 2020.
Vancouver:
Mylroie LS. SPATIAL DISPERSION OF THE FUNGUS ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS IN CORN EARS: A SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF UBIQUITIN MRNA. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Mississippi State University; 2009. [cited 2020 Feb 18].
Available from: http://sun.library.msstate.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-07022009-093901/ ;.
Council of Science Editors:
Mylroie LS. SPATIAL DISPERSION OF THE FUNGUS ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS IN CORN EARS: A SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF UBIQUITIN MRNA. [Masters Thesis]. Mississippi State University; 2009. Available from: http://sun.library.msstate.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-07022009-093901/ ;
Texas A&M University
20.
Walters, Helen Marie.
Examination of the Spatial Relationship between Development Metrics and Total Phosphorus in the Galveston Bay Estuary.
Degree: Master of Marine Resources Management, Marine Resources Management, 2016, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/174248
► Urban development can cause increased nutrient loads in nearby streams and rivers. Understanding how the pattern of urban development affects the level of nutrients, specifically…
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▼ Urban development can cause increased nutrient loads in nearby streams and rivers. Understanding how the pattern of urban development affects the level of nutrients, specifically phosphorus, within the Galveston Bay Estuary is particularly important for planners and policymakers working to maximize the water quality within the region. The problem of eutrophication that results from increased nutrients can be detrimental to the health of the ecosystem; further, the rapid population growth within the Galveston Bay Estuary is increasing development within the area. The ecosystem-based study described here examines 99 watersheds across the Galveston Bay Estuary, Texas. Multiple development metrics are evaluated for both high and low intensity development and these development patterns are related to total phosphorus as an indicator of water quality.
Spatial lag models were used to determine the relationship between the high intensity and low intensity development and phosphorus levels. It was hypothesized and validated by the results that less fragmented and more connected urban development patches within the Galveston Bay Estuary relate to lower phosphorus levels. In addition, as the proportion of low intensity development increases within a watershed, phosphorus levels are also increased due to runoff from fertilizer. Phosphorus-based fertilizer runoff has increased in the region and is likely driven by the use of fertilizers on urban and rural homes. The results from this study can be implemented in planning and policy through a series of tools including development clustering, urban growth boundaries, transfer of development rights, education and outreach, and implementation of laws. Each planning tool offers a way to aggregate the low intensity development in a manner that will reduce the phosphorus levels within the study area; this, in turn, will decrease the probability of eutrophication that can result in streams with nutrient loading problems. In addition, there are a large amount of phosphorus-based fertilizers used in the region, and reducing these levels will aid in decreasing the phosphorus levels within the rivers and streams.
Advisors/Committee Members: Brody, Samuel (advisor), Highfield, Wesley (advisor), Quigg, Antonietta (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: spatial analysis; land cover; land use; spatial metrics; watershed; total phosphorus
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Walters, H. M. (2016). Examination of the Spatial Relationship between Development Metrics and Total Phosphorus in the Galveston Bay Estuary. (Masters Thesis). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/174248
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Walters, Helen Marie. “Examination of the Spatial Relationship between Development Metrics and Total Phosphorus in the Galveston Bay Estuary.” 2016. Masters Thesis, Texas A&M University. Accessed February 18, 2020.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/174248.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Walters, Helen Marie. “Examination of the Spatial Relationship between Development Metrics and Total Phosphorus in the Galveston Bay Estuary.” 2016. Web. 18 Feb 2020.
Vancouver:
Walters HM. Examination of the Spatial Relationship between Development Metrics and Total Phosphorus in the Galveston Bay Estuary. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2016. [cited 2020 Feb 18].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/174248.
Council of Science Editors:
Walters HM. Examination of the Spatial Relationship between Development Metrics and Total Phosphorus in the Galveston Bay Estuary. [Masters Thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/174248
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
21.
Long, Cheng.
On boosting computations for some location-based services.
Degree: 2015, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
URL: http://repository.ust.hk/ir/Record/1783.1-78840
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https://doi.org/10.14711/thesis-b1514542
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http://repository.ust.hk/ir/bitstream/1783.1-78840/1/th_redirect.html
► Nowadays, location-based services (LBSs), which refer to those services that are based on location (or spatial) data, are broadly used in our daily life. Some…
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▼ Nowadays, location-based services (LBSs), which refer to those services that are based on location (or spatial) data, are broadly used in our daily life. Some popular types of LBS include “search-nearby” which searches objects (e.g., restaurants, hotels and shops) near a location, “spatial crowdsourcing” which allows people to post tasks to be performed at a location (these people are called “requesters”) and people to pick some tasks to perform (these people are called “workers”), and “trace tracking” which records the trace of a movement (e.g., the moving trace of a hiker). Each type of LBS usually relies on some computation based on spatial data (which is termed as spatial computation). For example, the “search-nearby” service relies on spatial keyword query to find all objects that are near a given query location and contain a given query keyword, the “spatial crowdsourcing” service relies on spatial matching to match between tasks and workers, and the “trace tracking” service relies on trajectory data management. In this thesis, we introduce three techniques for boosting the spatial computations that are central to LBSs, namely the collective spatial keyword query which is one type of spatial keyword query and finds a set of spatial objects that cover all the given query keywords and have the smallest distance from the query location, worst-case optimized spatial matching which matches two sets of spatial objects with the smallest worst-case cost, and direction-preserving trajectory which simplifies the trajectory while preserving the direction information embedded in the trajectory data.
Subjects/Keywords: Location-based services
; Mathematical models
; Spatial data infrastructures
; Spatial analysis (Statistics)
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Long, C. (2015). On boosting computations for some location-based services. (Thesis). Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Retrieved from http://repository.ust.hk/ir/Record/1783.1-78840 ; https://doi.org/10.14711/thesis-b1514542 ; http://repository.ust.hk/ir/bitstream/1783.1-78840/1/th_redirect.html
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
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Long, Cheng. “On boosting computations for some location-based services.” 2015. Thesis, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Accessed February 18, 2020.
http://repository.ust.hk/ir/Record/1783.1-78840 ; https://doi.org/10.14711/thesis-b1514542 ; http://repository.ust.hk/ir/bitstream/1783.1-78840/1/th_redirect.html.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Long, Cheng. “On boosting computations for some location-based services.” 2015. Web. 18 Feb 2020.
Vancouver:
Long C. On boosting computations for some location-based services. [Internet] [Thesis]. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; 2015. [cited 2020 Feb 18].
Available from: http://repository.ust.hk/ir/Record/1783.1-78840 ; https://doi.org/10.14711/thesis-b1514542 ; http://repository.ust.hk/ir/bitstream/1783.1-78840/1/th_redirect.html.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Long C. On boosting computations for some location-based services. [Thesis]. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; 2015. Available from: http://repository.ust.hk/ir/Record/1783.1-78840 ; https://doi.org/10.14711/thesis-b1514542 ; http://repository.ust.hk/ir/bitstream/1783.1-78840/1/th_redirect.html
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Uppsala University
22.
Mohall, Marcus.
Measuring spatial mobility - towards new perspectives on accessibility.
Degree: Social and Economic Geography, 2015, Uppsala University
URL: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-243521
► In recent years, spatial data derived from cell phones has become increasingly recognized as a valuable data source for urban analysis. Using a sizeable…
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▼ In recent years, spatial data derived from cell phones has become increasingly recognized as a valuable data source for urban analysis. Using a sizeable dataset depicting the physical movements of several million Swedish and Danish cell phones during 24 hours, an analysis of aggregated individual mobility levels and mobility patterns is conducted. The analysis covers two measurements of mobility, total diurnal mobility and commuting mobility. Findings indicate that phone data may provide seminal insights on otherwise scarcely accessible information on how space is experienced and interacted with depending on the individual's residential location. The data is analysed using a broad set of spatial analysis techniques incorporating both statistical and visual representations of spatial mobility and spatial relationships.
Subjects/Keywords: Mobility; phone data; spatial relationships; spatial analysis; GIS
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Mohall, M. (2015). Measuring spatial mobility - towards new perspectives on accessibility. (Thesis). Uppsala University. Retrieved from http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-243521
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
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Mohall, Marcus. “Measuring spatial mobility - towards new perspectives on accessibility.” 2015. Thesis, Uppsala University. Accessed February 18, 2020.
http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-243521.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Mohall, Marcus. “Measuring spatial mobility - towards new perspectives on accessibility.” 2015. Web. 18 Feb 2020.
Vancouver:
Mohall M. Measuring spatial mobility - towards new perspectives on accessibility. [Internet] [Thesis]. Uppsala University; 2015. [cited 2020 Feb 18].
Available from: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-243521.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Mohall M. Measuring spatial mobility - towards new perspectives on accessibility. [Thesis]. Uppsala University; 2015. Available from: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-243521
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23.
Ferreira, Helio Henrique [UNESP].
Ánalise espacial dos casos de Aedes aegypti e sua relação com o meio ambiente urbano.
Degree: 2016, Universidade Estadual Paulista
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/144426
► O controle dos vetores do mosquito Aedes aegypti apresenta como um dos principais problemas de saúde pública no mundo representado por duas vertentes importantes como…
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▼ O controle dos vetores do mosquito Aedes aegypti apresenta como um dos principais problemas de saúde pública no mundo representado por duas vertentes importantes como o cuidado com o meio ambiente e pelo investimento em ciência. A preocupação com o meio ambiente é uma das maneiras mais eficazes de conter a reprodução do mosquito Aedes aegypti que, segundo Organização Mundial da Saúde, infecta cerca de 100 milhões de pessoas por ano. Esta pesquisa teve como objetivo principal analisar a distribuição espacial dos casos de dengue confirmados autóctones e importados, bem como dos recipientes de larvas do mosquito no município de Itu, São Paulo no período de 2005 a 2014. Para o desenvolvimento do trabalho foi realizada uma pesquisa junto à Vigilância Epidemiológico da área de estudo para obtenção dos dados, acompanhada de pesquisa bibliográfica e trabalho de campo. Os dados foram tratados por meio de técnicas de geoprocessamento e análise estatística exploratória. Os resultados obtidos demonstraram uma crescente alta de casos e de incidência ao longo dos anos estudados da faixa de 10 anos, sendo que os casos autóctones se sobrepõe em termos de ocorrência aos importados em 88 %. Além disso, foi possível verificar uma distribuição espacial com maiores ocorrências nas regiões centrais da área urbana do município estudado, apresentando as maiores concentrações nos anos de 2007, 2009, 20011 e 2013 do total analisado, com distribuição tendendo para a direção sudeste-noroeste da área de estudo. Diante destas constatações é possível afirmar que a alta urbanização afeta diretamente o ambiente propiciando o aumento ponderal de casos confirmados de dengue na área de estudo, sendo que a elaboração de informações relacionadas a distribuição da população e locais de ocorrência de larvas e consequentemente dos mosquitos poderão contribuir de forma mais efetiva com o entendimento da epidemiologia da dengue na área de estudo.
The control of the vectors of the mosquito Aedes aegypti presents as one of the main problems of public health in the world acted by two important slopes as the care with the environment and for the investment in science. The concern with the environment is one in the most effective ways of containing the reproduction of the mosquito Aedes aegypti that, second World Organization of the Health, infects about 100 million people a year. This research had as main objective to analyze the space distribution of the cases of primness confirmed autochthonous and mattered, as well as of the containers of larvas of the mosquito in the municipal district of Itu, São Paulo in the period of 2005 the 2014. For the development of the work a research was accomplished the Surveillance Epidemic of the study area close to for obtaining of the data, accompanied of bibliographical research and field work. The data were treated through geoprocessamento techniques and exploratory statistical analysis. The obtained results demonstrated a crescent high of cases and of incidence along the studied years of the 10 year-old strip, and the…
Advisors/Committee Members: Lourenço, Roberto Wagner [UNESP], Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP).
Subjects/Keywords: Análise espacial; Dengue; Aedes aegypti; Spatial analysis
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Ferreira, H. H. [. (2016). Ánalise espacial dos casos de Aedes aegypti e sua relação com o meio ambiente urbano. (Thesis). Universidade Estadual Paulista. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11449/144426
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
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Ferreira, Helio Henrique [UNESP]. “Ánalise espacial dos casos de Aedes aegypti e sua relação com o meio ambiente urbano.” 2016. Thesis, Universidade Estadual Paulista. Accessed February 18, 2020.
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/144426.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Ferreira, Helio Henrique [UNESP]. “Ánalise espacial dos casos de Aedes aegypti e sua relação com o meio ambiente urbano.” 2016. Web. 18 Feb 2020.
Vancouver:
Ferreira HH[. Ánalise espacial dos casos de Aedes aegypti e sua relação com o meio ambiente urbano. [Internet] [Thesis]. Universidade Estadual Paulista; 2016. [cited 2020 Feb 18].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/144426.
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Ferreira HH[. Ánalise espacial dos casos de Aedes aegypti e sua relação com o meio ambiente urbano. [Thesis]. Universidade Estadual Paulista; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/144426
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
University of Edinburgh
24.
Petsas, Spyridon.
Visualising Perceptual Linguistic Data.
Degree: 2009, University of Edinburgh
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1842/3081
► The English language has many dialects and they are distributed throughout the United Kingdom. Many people know of the existence of these dialects, although they…
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▼ The English language has many dialects and they are distributed throughout the United Kingdom. Many people know of the existence of these dialects, although they have differing ideas of where they are spoken. This project’s aim was to develop GIS tools to compile, manipulate and examine people’s geographical perceptions of dialect areas in Britain with a form of visualisation. The project builds on previous research (Montgomery, 2006) which asked people from various survey locations in Northern England (Kingston Upon Hull, Crewe and Carlisle) to draw boundaries on paper maps indicating where they thought different dialects or accents were spoken. The informants were 273 in total with an average age of 19 (16-24 years old) both girls and boys. After the collection of the paper maps, all the boundaries were digitised and compiled in a final raster to show the different percentages of agreement on three specific dialects (“Manc”, “Scouse” and “Brummie”) across survey locations. Except the compiled gradient map an additional
spatial Analysis was applied to examine possible relations between the dialects and the survey locations. In order that this method is useable for those with no experience of GIS, a user guide was designed to enable these people to perform similar
analysis without difficulties. Feedback was sought from a selection of users and this led the project to have useful conclusions for future development.
Advisors/Committee Members: Mackaness, William, Montgomery, Chris.
Subjects/Keywords: Dialects; perception; percentage of agreement; Spatial Analysis
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Petsas, S. (2009). Visualising Perceptual Linguistic Data. (Thesis). University of Edinburgh. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1842/3081
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Petsas, Spyridon. “Visualising Perceptual Linguistic Data.” 2009. Thesis, University of Edinburgh. Accessed February 18, 2020.
http://hdl.handle.net/1842/3081.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Petsas, Spyridon. “Visualising Perceptual Linguistic Data.” 2009. Web. 18 Feb 2020.
Vancouver:
Petsas S. Visualising Perceptual Linguistic Data. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Edinburgh; 2009. [cited 2020 Feb 18].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1842/3081.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Petsas S. Visualising Perceptual Linguistic Data. [Thesis]. University of Edinburgh; 2009. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1842/3081
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
University of Edinburgh
25.
Bazazi, Darius.
The development of a regression based Soil Moisture equation for the Hydrological Assessment of Natural Flood Management in Scotland.
Degree: 2013, University of Edinburgh
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1842/8343
► The proportion of time that river catchment soils are wet, PROPWET, is an integral part of calculating flood risk in hydrological modelling. Currently a single,…
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▼ The proportion of time that river catchment soils are wet, PROPWET, is an integral part of calculating flood risk in hydrological modelling. Currently a single, constant PROPWET value is available for each river catchment in the Flood Estimation Handbook however increasingly it is becoming important to understand how different land use and climate factors will affect soil moisture in the developing research field of natural flood management. A regression-based equation for calculating PROPWET was developed and tested on 43 selected catchments across Scotland and the north-east of England. In this study we expanded on this previous
analysis and developed the equation for use on every gauged river catchment in Scotland and two in the north-east of England. The equation was found to be broadly suitable for use across the study area in all but one catchment tested which exhibited very low annual rainfall and high evapotranspiration relative to the other catchments across the study area. It is recommended that further
analysis is undertaken to develop the proposed equation using river catchments across the UK, in particular those with lower rainfall values.
Advisors/Committee Members: Stuart, Neil.
Subjects/Keywords: GIS; Flood Risk Management; Spatial Analysis; Hydrology
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Bazazi, D. (2013). The development of a regression based Soil Moisture equation for the Hydrological Assessment of Natural Flood Management in Scotland. (Thesis). University of Edinburgh. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1842/8343
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Bazazi, Darius. “The development of a regression based Soil Moisture equation for the Hydrological Assessment of Natural Flood Management in Scotland.” 2013. Thesis, University of Edinburgh. Accessed February 18, 2020.
http://hdl.handle.net/1842/8343.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Bazazi, Darius. “The development of a regression based Soil Moisture equation for the Hydrological Assessment of Natural Flood Management in Scotland.” 2013. Web. 18 Feb 2020.
Vancouver:
Bazazi D. The development of a regression based Soil Moisture equation for the Hydrological Assessment of Natural Flood Management in Scotland. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Edinburgh; 2013. [cited 2020 Feb 18].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1842/8343.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Bazazi D. The development of a regression based Soil Moisture equation for the Hydrological Assessment of Natural Flood Management in Scotland. [Thesis]. University of Edinburgh; 2013. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1842/8343
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
University of Alberta
26.
Vanzella, Luca.
Classification of data structures for thematic data.
Degree: MS, Department of Computing Science, 1988, University of Alberta
URL: https://era.library.ualberta.ca/files/9880vt017
Subjects/Keywords: Spatial analysis (Statistics)
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Vanzella, L. (1988). Classification of data structures for thematic data. (Masters Thesis). University of Alberta. Retrieved from https://era.library.ualberta.ca/files/9880vt017
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Vanzella, Luca. “Classification of data structures for thematic data.” 1988. Masters Thesis, University of Alberta. Accessed February 18, 2020.
https://era.library.ualberta.ca/files/9880vt017.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Vanzella, Luca. “Classification of data structures for thematic data.” 1988. Web. 18 Feb 2020.
Vancouver:
Vanzella L. Classification of data structures for thematic data. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of Alberta; 1988. [cited 2020 Feb 18].
Available from: https://era.library.ualberta.ca/files/9880vt017.
Council of Science Editors:
Vanzella L. Classification of data structures for thematic data. [Masters Thesis]. University of Alberta; 1988. Available from: https://era.library.ualberta.ca/files/9880vt017
University of Alberta
27.
Zhou, Xiao You.
A hybrid structure for the representation of spatial
data.
Degree: MS, Department of Computing Science, 1988, University of Alberta
URL: https://era.library.ualberta.ca/files/r494vn16n
Subjects/Keywords: Spatial analysis (Statistics)
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Zhou, X. Y. (1988). A hybrid structure for the representation of spatial
data. (Masters Thesis). University of Alberta. Retrieved from https://era.library.ualberta.ca/files/r494vn16n
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Zhou, Xiao You. “A hybrid structure for the representation of spatial
data.” 1988. Masters Thesis, University of Alberta. Accessed February 18, 2020.
https://era.library.ualberta.ca/files/r494vn16n.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Zhou, Xiao You. “A hybrid structure for the representation of spatial
data.” 1988. Web. 18 Feb 2020.
Vancouver:
Zhou XY. A hybrid structure for the representation of spatial
data. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of Alberta; 1988. [cited 2020 Feb 18].
Available from: https://era.library.ualberta.ca/files/r494vn16n.
Council of Science Editors:
Zhou XY. A hybrid structure for the representation of spatial
data. [Masters Thesis]. University of Alberta; 1988. Available from: https://era.library.ualberta.ca/files/r494vn16n
Texas A&M University
28.
Ko, Youngho.
A Study of Unbalanced Morphological Understanding: Morphological Land Use Patterns Analysis of U.S. Megaregions.
Degree: 2012, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2012-05-10847
► Problem: This study identifies some issues in the definitions of US megaregions which have strongly emphasized functional relationships without considering morphological characteristics. An extensive review…
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▼ Problem: This study identifies some issues in the definitions of US megaregions which have strongly emphasized functional relationships without considering morphological characteristics. An extensive review of the literature revealed that the morphological approach and accompanying
spatial statistical
analysis described in this paper have not been done before, and represent a potentially useful refinement of current practice.
Research strategy: This study examines morphological characteristics of the 11 US megaregions to represent morphologically-oriented US megaregions. A primary research hypothesis is that the megaregions spatially defined by morphological characteristics may not be the same as the current representation of the 11 US megaregions. The research hypothesis is tested by two distinct analyses which spatially examine the morphological characteristics at global and local scales. The global scale
spatial patterns were examined with a density-based sprawl index,
spatial scattering index, and
spatial clustering index. Local scale
spatial patterns were examined with the Getis-Ord Gi* hot spots
analysis and the Anselin Local Moran?s I cluster and outlier
analysis. In order to represent the megaregion-scale urban built environment, the morphological characteristics of total population, population density, impervious land cover, and nighttime light emissions were examined. All 11 megaregions were subjected to detailed GIS-based
analysis and mapping for each morphological characteristic, and the results was analyzed using mapping, tables and graphs.
Findings: The
analysis results showed that global scale
spatial distributions of morphological characteristics were inconsistently concentrated and clustered in high density subareas of each US megaregion. The morphological clustering representation of the 11 US megaregions clearly showed that the morphologically identified US megaregions were not the same as the current US megaregions.
Takeaway for practice: This study asks the urban and regional planning profession to realize the incompleteness of a functional perspective, add a complementing morphological viewpoint, and balance the perspective between functional relations and morphological characteristics in identifying US megaregions.
Advisors/Committee Members: Bright, Elise M. (advisor), Van Zandt, Shannon S. (committee member), Poston, Dudley L. (committee member), Srinivasan, Raghavan (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: megaregions; morphology; spatial analysis; regional planning; sprawl
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Ko, Y. (2012). A Study of Unbalanced Morphological Understanding: Morphological Land Use Patterns Analysis of U.S. Megaregions. (Thesis). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2012-05-10847
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Ko, Youngho. “A Study of Unbalanced Morphological Understanding: Morphological Land Use Patterns Analysis of U.S. Megaregions.” 2012. Thesis, Texas A&M University. Accessed February 18, 2020.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2012-05-10847.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Ko, Youngho. “A Study of Unbalanced Morphological Understanding: Morphological Land Use Patterns Analysis of U.S. Megaregions.” 2012. Web. 18 Feb 2020.
Vancouver:
Ko Y. A Study of Unbalanced Morphological Understanding: Morphological Land Use Patterns Analysis of U.S. Megaregions. [Internet] [Thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2012. [cited 2020 Feb 18].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2012-05-10847.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Ko Y. A Study of Unbalanced Morphological Understanding: Morphological Land Use Patterns Analysis of U.S. Megaregions. [Thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2012. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2012-05-10847
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Texas A&M University
29.
Pan, Huijun 1987-.
Bivariate B-splines and its Applications in Spatial Data Analysis.
Degree: 2011, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/150949
► In the field of spatial statistics, it is often desirable to generate a smooth surface for a region over which only noisy observations of the…
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▼ In the field of
spatial statistics, it is often desirable to generate a smooth surface for a region over which only noisy observations of the surface are available at some locations, or even across time. Kriging and kernel estimations are two of the most popular methods. However, these two methods become problematic when the domain is not regular, such as when it is rectangular or convex. Bivariate B-splines developed by mathematicians provide a useful nonparametric tool in bivariate surface modeling.
They inherit several appealing properties of univariate B-splines and are applicable in various modeling problems. More importantly, bivariate B-splines have advantages over kriging and kernel estimation when dealing with complicated domains. The purpose of this dissertation is to develop a nonparametric surface fitting method by using bivariate B-splines that can handle complex
spatial domains.
The dissertation consists of four parts. The first part of this dissertation explains the challenges of smoothing over complicated domains and reviews existing methods.
The second part introduces bivariate B-splines and explains its properties and implementation techniques. The third and fourth parts discuss application of the bivariate B-splines in two nonparametric
spatial surface fitting problems. In particular, the third part develops a penalized B-splines method to reconstruct a smooth surface from noisy observations. A numerical algorithm is derived, implemented, and applied to simulated and real data. The fourth part develops a reduced rank mixed-effects model for functional principal components
analysis of sparsely observed
spatial data. A numerical algorithm is used to implement the method and tested on simulated and real data.
Advisors/Committee Members: Huang, Jianhua (advisor), Zhou, Lan (advisor), Cline, Daren B.H. (committee member), Wu, Ximing (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: spatial data analysis; smoothing; bivariate splines
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Pan, H. 1. (2011). Bivariate B-splines and its Applications in Spatial Data Analysis. (Thesis). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/150949
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Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Pan, Huijun 1987-. “Bivariate B-splines and its Applications in Spatial Data Analysis.” 2011. Thesis, Texas A&M University. Accessed February 18, 2020.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/150949.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Pan, Huijun 1987-. “Bivariate B-splines and its Applications in Spatial Data Analysis.” 2011. Web. 18 Feb 2020.
Vancouver:
Pan H1. Bivariate B-splines and its Applications in Spatial Data Analysis. [Internet] [Thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2011. [cited 2020 Feb 18].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/150949.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Pan H1. Bivariate B-splines and its Applications in Spatial Data Analysis. [Thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2011. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/150949
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Leiden University
30.
Coret, Léon.
Phenomenal Rome.
Degree: 2012, Leiden University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1887/18416
► Research into the perception of monumentality in the Roman Empire has so far only concentrated on the monuments itself. The aim of this thesis is…
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▼ Research into the perception of monumentality in the Roman Empire has so far only concentrated on the monuments itself. The aim of this thesis is to show the necessity to shift the focus from the actual monument to its surroundings. Phenomenological research methods have been introduced in archaeology over the last couple of decades to analyse experience, but due to their imbeddedness in the post-processual theoretical framework they concentrate on the personal experience rather than on the common perception. However, other
spatial analyses like those introduced by Space Syntax provide the necessary methods to analyse the general perception of space, but these analyses require detailed knowledge of the ancient urban environment which are often not preserved in the archaeological record. Therefore, other techniques have to be used to complement these analyses, like the concept of ‘armature’. In this way it seems possible to analyse the general perception of a monument based on an
analysis of its relation with the surroundings.
Advisors/Committee Members: Sojc, Natascha (advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Ancient Rome; Spatial analysis; Perception; Theory; Monumentality
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Coret, L. (2012). Phenomenal Rome. (Masters Thesis). Leiden University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1887/18416
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Coret, Léon. “Phenomenal Rome.” 2012. Masters Thesis, Leiden University. Accessed February 18, 2020.
http://hdl.handle.net/1887/18416.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Coret, Léon. “Phenomenal Rome.” 2012. Web. 18 Feb 2020.
Vancouver:
Coret L. Phenomenal Rome. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Leiden University; 2012. [cited 2020 Feb 18].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1887/18416.
Council of Science Editors:
Coret L. Phenomenal Rome. [Masters Thesis]. Leiden University; 2012. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1887/18416
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