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Statistical and mathematical sources of regional science theory: Map pattern analysis as an example *
Author(s) -
Griffith Daniel A.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
papers in regional science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.937
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1435-5957
pISSN - 1056-8190
DOI - 10.1111/j.1435-5597.1999.tb00729.x
Subject(s) - variety (cybernetics) , spatial econometrics , perspective (graphical) , externality , principal (computer security) , regional science , subject (documents) , location theory , economic geography , econometrics , geography , economics , computer science , mathematics , statistics , microeconomics , artificial intelligence , library science , operating system
. Krugman states that “Regional science is not a unified subject. It is best described as a collection of tools.” Unfortunately such a perspective fails to fully acknowledge theoretical dimensions of the accompanying refocusing on geographic expressions of economic linkages, such as those highlighted in spatial externalities specifications. Such promulgated aspects of the spatial economic landscape relate to map pattern, and certainly the spatial statistics and spatial econometrics theory that accompanies it, as well as the underlying substantive theory garnered from a variety of sources. The principal implication is other than “loose‐jointed, do‐the‐best‐you‐can theorizing”.