Spatial Data Analysis

Type of study	BachelorFollow-up Master
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	548-0044/06
Abbreviation	PAD
Course title	Spatial Data Analysis
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Geoinformatics
Course coordinator	prof. Ing. Jiří Horák, Dr.

Subject syllabus

1. Definition, history and objectives of spatial analysis. Spatial statistics for point pattern.
2. Modelling of point spatial patterns – theoretical models.
3. Inferential statistical tests for point pattern. Analysis of multivariable point events.
4. Introduction to the graph theory. Graph types, spatial structures.
5. Statistical description of graphs and networks. Transport accessibility.
6. Selected tasks in graphs (MST, Gabriel network, Steiner tree, optimal route, traveler salesman problem).
7. Location and allocation tasks. Gravity theory. Analysis of interaction data.
8. Selected analysis for polygons (Areal interpolation. Districting, regionalization. Smoothing. Regression).
9. Multivariate techniques for spatial data – PCA, FA, DA
10. Multivariate techniques for spatial data - hierarchical and non-hierarchical spatial clustering
11. Spatial analysis of continual fields (principles of geostatistics, spatial autocorrelation, structural analysis, anisotropy).
12. Spatial analysis of continual fields (kriging and its variants, co-kriging, stochastic simulations).
13. Fractal dimension.

Literature

Hilbe, J.M. Practical guide to logistic regression. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, 2016. S. 158.
Newman, M. Networks: an introduction. Oxford University Press. 2010
Rogerson, P. Statistical methods for geography, 5th ed. SAGE, LA, 2019. S. 405. ISBN 978-1-5264-9880-
Smith M.J., Goodchild M.F., Longley P.A. Geospatial Analysis. 2011. Dostupné na http://www.spatialanalysisonline.com

Advised literature

Anselin L., Florax R., Rey S. (Eds.): Advances in Spatial Econometrics. Springer, 2004, pp. 51, 3ISBN 3540437290.
Barabási, A.: Network Science. The Barabási-Albert Model. 2012. Dostupné na http://barabasi.com/f/622.pdf
Batschelet, E.: Circular Statistics in Biology. Academic Press, 1981, London.
Hosmer, D.W., Lemeshow, S., Sturdivant, R.X.. Applied logistic regression, Third edition. ed, Wiley series in probability and statistics. Wiley, 2013. S. 528.

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