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Estudios demográficos y urbanos
On-line version ISSN 2448-6515Print version ISSN 0186-7210
Abstract
SAENZ VELA, Hada Melissa. Reviewing spatial unit aggregation methods: MAUP, algorithms and a brief example. Estud. demogr. urbanos [online]. 2016, vol.31, n.2, pp.385-411. ISSN 2448-6515.
Spatial aggregation methods have generated interest in recent years due to their ease of adaptation to different objectives. Moreover, there are statistical reasons to support their use: they reduce the bias caused by the modifiable area unit problem (MAUP). This article presents a bibliographical review of this issue and the different aggregation methods, together with the application of an algorithm to data from the Metropolitan Area of the Valley of Mexico.
Keywords : spatial aggregation; computational algorithms; MAUP; modifiable area unit problem.