GeoComputation / edited by Stan Openshaw and Robert J. Abrahart.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Openshaw, Stan.

Abrahart, Robert J., 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information storage and retrieval systems--Geography.

Information storage and retrieval systems.

Geographic information systems.

Physical Description:

xii, 413 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Taylor & Francis, 2000.

Summary:

Geocomputation is essentially the follow-on revolution from Geographic Information Science and is expected to gather speed and momentum in the first decade of the 21st century. It comes into use once a GIS database has been set up, with a digital data library, and expanded and linked to a global geographical two or three dimensional co-ordinate system. It exploits developments in IT and new data gathering and earth observing technologies, and takes the notion of GIS beyond data and towards its analysis, modelling, and use in problem solving. This book provides pointers on how to harness these technologies in tandem and in the context of multiple different subjects and problem areas. It seeks to establish the principles and set the foundations for subsequent growth. L

Contents:

2 GeoComputation analysis and modern spatial data / A. Stewart Fotheringham 33

3 Parallel processing in geography / Ian Turton 49

4 Evaluating high performance computer systems from a GeoComputation perspective / Joanna Schmidt, Stan Openshaw 67

5 GeoComputation using cellular automata / Michael Batty 95

6 Geospatial expert systems / Tony Moore 127

7 Fuzzy modelling / Peter Fisher 161

8 Neurocomputing

tools for geographers / Manfred M. Fischer, Robert J. Abrahart 187

9 Genetic programming: a new approach to spatial model building / Gary Diplock 219

10 Visualization as a tool for GeoComputation / Mark Gahegan 253

11 Spatial multimedia / Antonio Camara, Henk J. Scholten, J. Miguel Remidio 275

12 Fractal analysis of digital spatial data / Paul Longley 293

13 Cyberspatial analysis: appropriate methods and metrics for a new geography / Shane Murnion 313

14 Integrating models and geographical informations systems / Roger Bivand, Anne Lucas 331

15 Limits to modelling in the Earth and environmental sciences / Mike Kirkby 365

16 GeoComputation research agendas and futures / Stan Openshaw, Manfred M. Fischer, George Bewell, Bill Macmillan 379.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0748409009

OCLC:

41211604