Search for dissertations about: "Spatial autocorrelation"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 26 swedish dissertations containing the words Spatial autocorrelation.
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1. Scalable Bayesian spatial analysis with Gaussian Markov random fields
Abstract : Accurate statistical analysis of spatial data is important in many applications. Failing to properly account for spatial autocorrelation may often lead to false conclusions. READ MORE
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2. Spatial distribution and conservation planning of seabed biological diversity
Abstract : Knowledge of spatial patterns of biota has become a commodity for conservation practitioners and spatial ecologists alike. This type of information enables the identification of representative and unique biological features (at some nominal scale) which itself constitutes the application par excellence of knowledge of biodiversity distribution as it relates to the design of reserve networks and the realization of spatial planning. READ MORE
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3. Classification of Remotely Sensed Data Utilising the Autocorrelation between Spatio-Temporal Neighbours
Abstract : The subject of this thesis is methods for classifying land using satellite images, and adherent parameter estimation. A satellite image consists of a set of pixels where measurements of spectral intensities are observed. Based on these spectral intensities, each pixel is assigned a class. READ MORE
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4. On Specifying and Estimating Economic Growth as a Spatial Process : Convergence, Inequality, and Migration
Abstract : This thesis includes three self-contained papers. The first paper considers the effect of geographically dependent observations on cross-sectional growth convergence and proposes a way of decomposing the level of technology taking into account geographical variation in growth rates. READ MORE
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5. Spatial Spillovers of Knowledge Production : An Accessibility Approach
Abstract : The main focus of the thesis is on issues concerning production of knowledge. It is a common observation that knowledge activities have a tendency to agglomerate as well as to spill over in space. READ MORE