Computational Methods and GIS Applications in Social Science - Lab Manual
eBook - ePub

Computational Methods and GIS Applications in Social Science - Lab Manual

  1. 265 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Computational Methods and GIS Applications in Social Science - Lab Manual

About this book

This lab manual is a companion to the third edition of the textbook Computational Methods and GIS Applications in Social Science. It uses the open-source platform KNIME to illustrate a step-by-step implementation of each case study in the book. KNIME is a workflow-based platform supporting visual programming and multiple scripting language such as R, Python, and Java. The intuitive, structural workflow not only helps students better understand the methodology of each case study in the book, but also enables them to easily replicate, transplant and expand the workflow for further exploration with new data or models. This lab manual could also be used as a GIS automation reference for advanced users in spatial analysis.

FEATURES

  • The first hands-on, open-source KNIME lab manual written in tutorial style and focused on GIS applications in social science
  • Includes 22 case studies from the United States and China that parallel the methods developed in the textbook
  • Provides clear step-by-step explanations on how to use the open-source platform KNIME to understand basic and advanced analytical methods through real-life case studies
  • Enables readers to easily replicate and expand their work with new data and models
  • A valuable guide for students and practitioners worldwide engaged in efforts to develop GIS automation in spatial analysis

This lab manual is intended for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students taking courses in quantitative geography, spatial analysis, GIS applications in socioeconomic studies, GIS applications in business, and location theory, as well as researchers in the similar fields of geography, city and regional planning, sociology, and public administration.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. List of Figures
  7. List of Tables
  8. Authors
  9. Chapter 1 Getting Started with KNIME and Its Geospatial Analytics Extension
  10. Chapter 2 Measuring Distance and Time and Analyzing Distance Decay Behavior
  11. Chapter 3 Spatial Smoothing and Spatial Interpolation
  12. Chapter 4 Delineating Functional Regions and Application in Health Geography
  13. Chapter 5 GIS-Based Measures of Spatial Accessibility and Application in Examining Healthcare Disparity
  14. Chapter 6 Function Fittings by Regressions and Application in Analyzing Urban Density Patterns
  15. Chapter 7 Principal Components, Factor Analysis and Cluster Analysis and Application in Social Area Analysis
  16. Chapter 8 Spatial Statistics and Applications
  17. Chapter 9 Regionalization Methods and Application in Analysis of Cancer Data
  18. Chapter 10 System of Linear Equations and Application of Garin-Lowry Model in Simulating Urban Population and Employment Patterns
  19. Chapter 11 Linear and Quadratic Programming and Applications in Examining Wasteful Commuting and Allocating Healthcare Providers
  20. Chapter 12 Monte Carlo Method and Applications in Urban Population and Traffic Simulations
  21. Chapter 13 Agent-Based Model and Application in Crime Simulation
  22. Chapter 14 Spatiotemporal Big Data Analytics and Applications in Urban Studies
  23. References
  24. Index