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Author(s) -
Getis Arthur
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
geographical analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.773
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1538-4632
pISSN - 0016-7363
DOI - 10.1111/j.1538-4632.2009.00768.x
Subject(s) - spatial analysis , landmark , spatial configuration , matrix (chemical analysis) , mathematics , computer science , topology (electrical circuits) , combinatorics , artificial intelligence , statistics , mathematical analysis , materials science , distribution (mathematics) , composite material
The impetus for Cliff and Ord's landmark article, “The Problem of Spatial Autocorrelation,” was to avoid the problem of topological invariance in the spatial weights matrix. The problem and three points of view on it – theoretical, topological, and empirical – are discussed.