Lesson 3: Spatial Interaction Models
Content
In this lesson, you will learn the basic concepts and methods of Spatial Interaction Models.
- Basic Concepts of Spatial Interaction Models
- A Family of Gravity Models
- Unconstrained
- Origin constrained
- Destination constrained
- Doubly constrained
- Statistical Approach
- Interpreting and Visualising Modelling Results
Lesson Slides and Hands-on Notes
Self-reading Before Meet-up
Read before lesson:
Kingsley E. Haynes and A. Stewart Fotheringham (2020) Gravity and Spatial Interaction Models, Web Book of Regional Science. Chapter 1 and Sub-section 2.2.
Farmer, C. and Oshan, T. (2017). “Spatial interaction”. The Geographic Information Science & Technology Body of Knowledge (4th Quarter 2017 Edition), John P. Wilson (ed.). DOI: 10.22224/gistbok/2017.4.5 (link is external)
Flowerdew R, Aitkin M (1982) “A method of fitting the gravity model based on the Poisson distribution”. Journal of Regional Science, 22: 191–202.
Reference
- Pavel KLAPKA, et. al. (2013) “The Footfall of Shopping Centre in Olomouc (CZECH REPUBLIC): An Application of The Gravity Model”, Moravian Geographical Reports, Vol 21, pp. 12-26.
- Yang Yue et. al. (2012) “Exploratory calibration of a spatial interaction model using taxi GPS trajectories”, Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 36 (2012) 140–153.
All About R:
Paul Roback and Julie Legler (2020) Beyond Multiple Linear Regression: Applied Generalized Linear Models and Multilevel Models in R, CRC Press. On line version (January 26, 2021). Chapter 4
Negative Binomial Regression and Poisson Regression from UCLA Institute for Digital Research & Education.