Glossary Terms
Members of the GIA Core staff (Brian, Yosef, Mitsuko, Nate, Matthew, Tse-chuan, Becki, Jim, and Stephen) produced a series of one-page definitions, examples, and key citations to the concepts and terms (keywords) used to classify the literature linked to our training website's bibliographical search engine.
See http://www.csiss.org/resources/litsearch-class.htm
These documents are intended as a starting point only in your explorations of key concepts.
We hope they are useful.
Stephen Matthews
May 2006
The terms are listed below with their literature categories.
See also Resource Documents
Geographic Information Systems
GIS
Map Making and Visualization
Cartography
Mental maps
Thematic mapping
Map projections
Choropleth maps
Cartogram
Geographic visualization
Isopleth maps
Isoline maps
Spatial Econometrics
spatial autocorrelation
spatial econometrics
spatial cluster
spatial cluster analysis
spatial data analysis
spatial regression
spatial correlation
spatial statistic
spatial dependence
neighborhood effects
spatial heterogeneity
spatial prediction
spatial autoregressive
agglomeration economies
spatial effect
spatial association
spatial externalities
spatial trend surface analysis
spillover
point pattern analysis
spatial correlogram
maximum likelihood estimation
spatial variograms
Bayesian analysis / model
Spatial Optimization & Spatial Interaction Modeling
spatial Pareto optimality
gravity model
location theory
spatial equilibrium
spatial interaction models
central Place theory
locational analysis
distance decay
traveling salesman problem
Von Thunen
industrial location
urban hierarchies
trip distribution model
land use model
optimum route
Weber (Alfred Weber)
Losch (August Losch)
routing algorithm
population potential model
p-median location
friction of distance
network assignment
entropy-maximizing model
locational decision making
location-allocation modeling
locational network
spatial interaction
spatial network
spatial optimization
spatial probit model
Spatial Simulation & Spatial-temporal dynamics
spatial dynamics
spatial decision(s)
spatial decision support system (SDSS)
spatial diffusion model
spatial-temporal dynamics
stochastic processes / models
spatial simulation
Markov chain
Monte Carlo Markov chain
Monte Carlo simulation
cellular automata / automaton
dynamic modeling
agent-based models (ABM) / simulation
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