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Spatial Weights Matrices
Article first published online: 26 OCT 2009
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-4632.2009.00768.x
© 2009 The Ohio State University
Issue
Geographical Analysis
Special Issue: A 40th Anniversary Celebration of A. Cliff and J. Ord, 1969, The Problem of Spatial Autocorrelation
Volume 41, Issue 4, pages 404–410, October 2009
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How to Cite
Getis, A. (2009), Spatial Weights Matrices. Geographical Analysis, 41: 404–410. doi: 10.1111/j.1538-4632.2009.00768.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 26 OCT 2009
- Article first published online: 26 OCT 2009
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The impetus for Cliff and Ord's landmark article, “The Problem of Spatial Autocorrelation,” was to avoid the problem of topological invariance in the spatial weights matrix. The problem and three points of view on it – theoretical, topological, and empirical – are discussed.