Computation and Visualization for Understanding Dynamics in Geographic Domains: A Research Agenda

ISBN-13: 9781420060324 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 120 str.

May Yuan; Kathleen Stewart Hornsby

Opis

The world is ever changing, and a comprehensive understanding of the world will not be achieved without theoretical and methodological advances to decode complex dynamics in human and environmental systems.
Computation and Visualization for the Understanding of Dynamics in Geographic Domains: A Research Agenda synthesizes key ideas and issues discussed during the UCGIS hosted workshop on computation. It expands upon popular discussions to provide a comprehensive overview of geographic dynamics and new approaches to advance our understanding of geographic dynamics through computation and visualization.
The text gives an overview of the state of research and how this research relates to intelligence analysis. It addresses broad issues and challenges in areas, such as spatiotemporal analysis and modeling, spatiotemporal visual analytics; spatiotemporal data mining, spatiotemporal reasoning, and spatiotemporal ontologies. The book also fuses suggestions from workshop participants with literature reviews to propose new research agendas and recommendations for future developments and collaboration.
With full coverage on current developments and probably challenges, Computation and Visualization for the Understanding of Dynamics in Geographic Domains: A Research Agenda establishes a foundation to promote further studies in geographic dynamics and provides a springboard for the next big scientific and technological breakthrough.

Spis treści

THE WORKSHOP
REPORTING ON THE WORKSHOP
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
DEFINITIONS
THE DRIVERS OF GEOGRAPHIC DYNAMICS
THE OUTCOMES OF GEOGRAPHIC DYNAMICS
SUMMARY
TIME-STAMP APPROACHES
CHANGE- VERSUS EVENT-BASED APPROACHES
MOVEMENT- VERSUS ACTIVITY-BASED APPROACHES
PROCESS-BASED REPRESENTATION
STORY-TELLING VISUALIZATION
VISUAL ANALYTICS
DESCRIPTIVE APPROACHES
PREDICTIVE MODELING METHODS FOR GEOGRAPHIC
DYNAMICS
RESEARCH CHALLENGES
RECOMMENDATIONS
REFERENCES
INDEX

O autorze

Yuan, May