Surveying general prospects and challenges of GIS implementation in developing countries: a SWOT–AHP approachJournal of Geographical Systems - Tập 11 - Trang 291-310 - 2009
Mohammad Taleai, Ali Mansourian, Ali Sharifi
We propose a combined method based on the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) and analytic hierarchy process (AHP) to investigate the challenges and prospects of adopting geographic information systems (GIS) in developing countries. In this context, we identify, group, and analyse SWOT indicators in relation to the main GIS components: data, people, and technology. The relative...... hiện toàn bộ
A sampling approach to estimate the log determinant used in spatial likelihood problemsJournal of Geographical Systems - Tập 11 - Trang 209-225 - 2009
R. Kelley Pace, James P. LeSage
Likelihood-based methods for modeling multivariate Gaussian spatial data have desirable statistical characteristics, but the practicality of these methods for massive georeferenced data sets is often questioned. A sampling algorithm is proposed that exploits a relationship involving log-pivots arising from matrix decompositions used to compute the log determinant term that appears in the model lik...... hiện toàn bộ
Map projection errors in the Weber problemJournal of Geographical Systems - Tập 4 - Trang 325-342 - 2002
Yoshiaki Ohsawa, Hirofumi Kagaya, Takeshi Koshizuka
When demand points are given as a planar map where projection method is explicitly stated, we usually know the latitudes and longitudes of these points from the map. Then we can solve the Weber problem on the globe, and we do not suffer from errors. This paper analyses how cylindrical projections cause distortion in the Weber problem when demands are distributed on the Northern Hemisphere. First,...... hiện toàn bộ
A spatio-temporal model of housing prices based on individual sales transactions over timeJournal of Geographical Systems - - 2009
Tony E. Smith, Peggy Wu
A spatio-temporal model of housing price trends is developed that focuses on individual housing sales over time. The model allows for both the spatio-temporal lag effects of previous sales in the vicinity of each housing sale, and for general autocorrelation effects over time. A key feature of this model is the recognition of the unequal spacing between individual housing sales over time. Hence th...... hiện toàn bộ
Business establishment mobility behavior in urban areas: a microanalytical model for the City of Hamilton in Ontario, CanadaJournal of Geographical Systems - Tập 9 - Trang 229-252 - 2007
Hanna Maoh, Pavlos Kanaroglou
We present a microanalytical firm mobility model for the City of Hamilton, Canada, developed with data from the Statistics Canada Business Register. Contributing to the scarce literature on firm migration behavior, we explore and model the determinants of mobility among small and medium size firms who retained less than 200 employees between 1996 and 1997. Our exploratory results suggest that shor...... hiện toàn bộ