Effects of Spatial System Design on Spatial Interaction Models. 1: The Spatial System Definition Problem

S H Putman and Chung S-H
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S H Putman: Urban Simulation Laboratory, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6311, USA
Chung S-H: Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements, 10-2, Youido-Dong, Yongdungpo-Gu, Seoul 150, Korea Received 13 March 1987; Revised 4 March 1988

Environment and Planning A, 1989, vol. 21, issue 1, 27-46

Abstract: Rather little has been published about systematic empirical research on the problem of spatial aggregation and its effects on spatial interaction models. Of the work which has been published, all of it has dealt almost exclusively with single-parameter spatial interaction models. In this article five different aggregation procedures are examined. The experiments were based on the use of a multivariate multiparametric spatial interaction model. A first set of hypotheses tests was performed with respect to the sensitivity of model parameters to spatial aggregation methods. A second set was performed with respect to the sensitivity of model goodness-of-fit to the five spatial aggregation methods. Although questions remain, the results clearly show that the multiparametric model responds well to different aggregation algorithms. Some parameters showed substantial response, as they should, to different zonal aggregations, whereas others are shown to be much less responsive. Further, the results clearly indicate that systematic aggregation procedures generally produce better results than do random procedures. A future paper will continue with a discussion of zone definition criteria, and recommendations will be made with regard to aggregation algorithms.

Date: 1989
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DOI: 10.1068/a210027

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