A spatial heterogeneity-based rough set extension for spatial data

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 240-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hexiang Bai ◽  
Deyu Li ◽  
Yong Ge ◽  
Jinfeng Wang
Author(s):  
Yu Chen ◽  
Mengke Zhu ◽  
Qian Zhou ◽  
Yurong Qiao

Urban resilience in the context of COVID-19 epidemic refers to the ability of an urban system to resist, absorb, adapt and recover from danger in time to hedge its impact when confronted with external shocks such as epidemic, which is also a capability that must be strengthened for urban development in the context of normal epidemic. Based on the multi-dimensional perspective, entropy method and exploratory spatial data analysis (ESDA) are used to analyze the spatiotemporal evolution characteristics of urban resilience of 281 cities of China from 2011 to 2018, and MGWR model is used to discuss the driving factors affecting the development of urban resilience. It is found that: (1) The urban resilience and sub-resilience show a continuous decline in time, with no obvious sign of convergence, while the spatial agglomeration effect shows an increasing trend year by year. (2) The spatial heterogeneity of urban resilience is significant, with obvious distribution characteristics of “high in east and low in west”. Urban resilience in the east, the central and the west are quite different in terms of development structure and spatial correlation. The eastern region is dominated by the “three-core driving mode”, and the urban resilience shows a significant positive spatial correlation; the central area is a “rectangular structure”, which is also spatially positively correlated; The western region is a “pyramid structure” with significant negative spatial correlation. (3) The spatial heterogeneity of the driving factors is significant, and they have different impact scales on the urban resilience development. The market capacity is the largest impact intensity, while the infrastructure investment is the least impact intensity. On this basis, this paper explores the ways to improve urban resilience in China from different aspects, such as market, technology, finance and government.


Cancers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 3751
Author(s):  
Chang Gong ◽  
Alvaro Ruiz-Martinez ◽  
Holly Kimko ◽  
Aleksander S. Popel

Quantitative systems pharmacology (QSP) models have become increasingly common in fundamental mechanistic studies and drug discovery in both academic and industrial environments. With imaging techniques widely adopted and other spatial quantification of tumor such as spatial transcriptomics gaining traction, it is crucial that these data reflecting tumor spatial heterogeneity be utilized to inform the QSP models to enhance their predictive power. We developed a hybrid computational model platform, spQSP-IO, to extend QSP models of immuno-oncology with spatially resolved agent-based models (ABM), combining their powers to track whole patient-scale dynamics and recapitulate the emergent spatial heterogeneity in the tumor. Using a model of non-small-cell lung cancer developed based on this platform, we studied the role of the tumor microenvironment and cancer–immune cell interactions in tumor development and applied anti-PD-1 treatment to virtual patients and studied how the spatial distribution of cells changes during tumor growth in response to the immune checkpoint inhibition treatment. Using parameter sensitivity analysis and biomarker analysis, we are able to identify mechanisms and pretreatment measurements correlated with treatment efficacy. By incorporating spatial data that highlight both heterogeneity in tumors and variability among individual patients, spQSP-IO models can extend the QSP framework and further advance virtual clinical trials.


Data Mining ◽  
2013 ◽  
pp. 50-65
Author(s):  
Frederick E. Petry

This chapter focuses on the application of the discovery of association rules in approaches vague spatial databases. The background of data mining and uncertainty representations using rough set and fuzzy set techniques is provided. The extensions of association rule extraction for uncertain data as represented by rough and fuzzy sets is described. Finally, an example of rule extraction for both types of uncertainty representations is given.


2020 ◽  
pp. 240-263
Author(s):  
Rosa Bernardini Papalia ◽  
Esteban Fernandez-Vazquez

Statistical information for empirical analysis is frequently available at a higher level of aggregation than is desired. The spatial disaggregation of the socioeconomic data is considered complex due to the inherent spatial properties and relationships of the spatial data, namely, spatial dependence and spatial heterogeneity. The spatial dependence, spatial heterogeneity, and effect of scale produce major technical issues that largely impact the accuracy of the regional forecast disaggregation. In this chapter, we propose entropy-based spatial forecast disaggregation methods for count areal data that use all available information at each level of aggregation even if it is incomplete. The proposed methods are validated through Monte Carlo simulations using ancillary information. An empirical application to real data is also presented.


2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 380
Author(s):  
Radosław Cellmer ◽  
Aneta Cichulska ◽  
Mirosław Bełej

The main part of the study will be to demonstrate that models taking into account spatial heterogeneity (Geographically Weighted Regression and Mixed Geographically Weighted Regression) which reproduce housing market determinants better reflect market relationships than conventional regression models. The spatial heterogeneity of the housing market determinants results in the spatial diversity of the market activity, as well as of real estate prices and values. The main aim of the study was to analyse an effect of these socio-demographic and environmental factors on average housing property prices and on the number of transactions in a spatial approach. In previous research conducted on a national scale, usually all variables were treated in a similar way, i.e., as global or local variables. During the research, an attempt was also made to answer the question of which of the variables adopted for analysis have a local impact on prices and market activity, and which are global. The study was conducted in Poland and used data from the year 2018 on 380 counties (Local Administrative Units). The study showed that determinants both for average prices and for the housing market activity show spatial autocorrelation with high–high and low–low cluster groups. Owing to these models, it was possible to draw specific conclusions on local determinants of flat prices and the market activity in Poland. The study findings have confirmed that they are an extremely effective tool for spatial data analysis.


2020 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
pp. e49947
Author(s):  
Anderson Rodrigo da Silva ◽  
Ana Paula Alencastro Silva ◽  
Lauro Joaquim Tiago Neto

Spatial data (e.g., phytopathogenic data) do not always meet assumptions such as stationarity, isotropy and Gaussian distribution, thereby requiring complex spatial methods and models. Some deterministic assumption-free methods such as the inverse distance weighting can also be applied to predict spatial data, but their output is limited for graphical solutions (mapping). We adapted a computer-based prediction method called Circular Variable Radius Moving Window (CVRMW) that is based on two others: moving window kriging (MWK) and inverse squared-distance weighting (ISDW). The algorithm is developed to meet an objective function that minimizes the index of variation of the spatial observations inside the moving window. A code in R language is presented and thoroughly described. The outputs include the range of the spatial dependence as the radius calculated at every target location and the standard error of the predicted values, mapped to provide a useful tool for spatial exploratory analysis. The method does not make any assumptions about the spatial process, and it is an alternative for dealing with spatial heterogeneity.


2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 102-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aneta Cichulska ◽  
Radosław Cellmer

Abstract Hedonic models, commonly applied for analyzing prices in the property market, do not always fulfil their role, mainly due to the application of simplified assumptions concerning the distribution of variables, the nature of relations or spatial heterogeneity. Classical regression models assumed that the variation of the explained variable (price) is explained by the effect of market features (fixed effects) and the residual component. The hierarchical structure of market data, both as regards market segments and the spatial division, suggests that statistical models of prices should also include random effects for selected subgroups of properties and interactions between variables. The mixed model provides an alternative for constructing various regression models for individual groups or for using binary variables within one model. With its appropriate structure, it makes it possible to take into account both the spatial heterogeneity and to examine the effects of individual features on prices within various property groups. It can also identify synergy effects. The article presents the issue of mixed modelling in the property market and an example of its application in a market of dwellings in Olsztyn. The research used transaction data from the price and value register, supplemented with spatial data. The obtained model was compared with classical regression models and geographically weighted regression. The study also covered the usefulness of mixed models in the mass evaluation of properties, and the possibility of using them in spatial analyses and for the development of property value maps.


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