GeoComputation Conference Proceedings

 

Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on GeoComputation
University of Queensland,
Brisbane, Australia
24 - 26 September 2001

The following papers were first published on CD-ROM. Produced by: David V. Pullar Publisher: "GeoComputation CD-ROM". ISBN 1864995637

 

Keynote

Computational aspects of local regression modelling (ppt)
Stuart Fotheringham

 

Papers

Spatial Information: Problems, Challenges and Directions
Peter Whigham

 

Are Geographers Rational?
Ian Turton

 

Intelligent Agent Strategies for Modelling Urban Economies
Bill Macmillan and M. Bithell

 

Object-Based Environment for Urban Simulations
Itzhak Benenson

 

Towards a Spatial Framework for Modelling Urban Development Patterns, case study: Wuhan, P.R.China
Jianquan Cheng and Ian Masser

 

Dynamic Spatial Microsimulation Approaches to Urban and Regional Systems Modelling
Dimitris Ballas, Graham Clarke and Danny Dorling

 

Developing a Cellular Automaton Model of Urban Growth Incorporating Fuzzy Set Approaches
Yan Liu and Stuart Phinn

 

The Kathie Polynomial in XY for Describing an Arbitrarily Complex, but Regular Surface
Jack Massey

 

DEM Interpolation: Why settle for less?
David Kidner

 

Investigation of Spatial Interpolation Methods to Determine the Minimum Error of Estimation: Case Study, Temperature and Evaporation
Mohamm Mahdian, Ebrahim Hosseini and Mahmuod Matin

 

An Exploration into the Definition, Operationalization and Evaluation of Geographical Categories
Mark Gahegan, Xiping Dai and Masa Takatsuka

 

Understanding Spatial Complexities Utilising Similes and Metaphors
Alec Holt

 

Paddock Location Information as an Adjunct to Satellite Data when Using Machine Learning for Crop Recognition
Robyn Gibson and R Cameron-Jones

 

Infometric and Statistical Diagnostics to Support an Intelligent Approach to Interpolation
Claire Jarvis, Neil Stuart and William Cooper

 

Geographical Access to Services, Health (GASH): Modelling Population Access to New Zealand Public Hospitals
Lars Brabyn and Chris Skelly

 

A GIS-based Approach to Investigating Congenital Malformations and Other Reproductive Outcomes in Defined Geographical Areas Near Landfill Sites in Wales
Gary Higgs, Hilary Fielder and Stephen Palmer

 

Analysing Space-Time Variations In Primary Healthcare Provision In Rural areas
Sean White

 

Automated Spatial Pattern Detection
Ian Turton, Andy Turner and Alistair Walder

 

Why are Computational Processes Important?
Robert Abrahart and Jacky Hartnett

 

Embedding Knowledge in Data
Brian Lees

 

Handling Spatial Objects in a GIS Database -Relational vs Object Oriented Approaches
Paul Crowther and Jacky Hartnett

 

Modelling Spatial Data Integrity Rules at the Metadata Level
Sophie Cockcroft

 

Single-Model-Bootstrap Applied to Neural Network Rainfall-Runoff Forecasting
Robert Abrahart

 

Towards Defining Evaluation Measures for Neural Network Forecasting Models
Pauline Kneale, Linda See and Andrew Smith

 

Combining Non-Parametric Based Models for Multisource Predictive Forest Mapping
Zhi Huang

 

Modelling Human Spatio-temporal Behaviour: A Challenge for Location Based Services
David Mountain and Jonathan Raper

 

Intelligent Metadata Extraction for Integrated Coastal Zone Management
Antoni Moore, Allan Peter Sims and Grahame Blackwell

 

Impact Of Small-Scale Variability Of Soil Ph On The Vegetation Composition in a Mixed Hardwood
G. Zahedi, N. Lust and M. Van

 

From the Gastric to Global: a Computational Environment for Evaluating Effects of Foraging Choice on Landscape Composition
Paul Box

 

MedAction: An Internet Tool for Forecasting Land Use Change and Land Degradation in the Mediterranean Region
Richard Kingston

 

Planning Scenarios for the Growth of Hervey Bay
Chris Pettit and David Pullar

 

Integrating Spatial Statistics And GIS For Regional Studies In Thailand
Hung Tran and Yoshifumi Yasuokac

 

A Rough Set Based Methodology for Geographic Knowledge Discovery
Colin Aldridge

 

Computational Model for Spatial Knowledge Discovery in Topographic Map Database
Qingsheng Guo and Tao Wang

 

Spatial Data Mining and University Courses Marketing
Hong Tang and Simon McDonald

 

Data Mining Techniques For Autonomous Exploration of Large Volumes of Geo-referenced Crime Data
Vladimir Estivill-Castro and Ickjai Lee

 

Optimising Visibility Analyses Using Critical Points in the Terrain
Sanjay Rana

 

A New Approach for Landscape Mapping
Paul Batten

 

Fuzzy Modelling Of Environmental Suitability Index For Rural Land Use Systems: An Assessment Using A GIS
Sumbanga Baja, David Chapman and Deirdre Dragovich

 

Super-resolution Target Mapping from Soft Classified Remotely Sensed Imagery
Peter Atkinson

 

Extracting Detailed Information from High Resolution Airborne Digital Images of Vineyards
Andrew Hall, John Louis and David Lamb

 

Cell-based model for GIS Generalization
Bo Li, Graeme Wilkinson and Souheil Khaddaj

 

Assessing the Consistency of LiDAR Elevation Models
Peter Fisher and Nicholas Tate

 

Augmenting Animated Maps with Morphometric Surface Derivates
Sanjay Rana

 

An Application of the Self-Organizing Map and Interactive 3-D Visualization to Geospacial Data
Masahiro Takatsuka

 

Mapping Landscape Change : Space Time Dynamics and Historical Periods
Elizabeth Moylan

 

The Use of Spatially Distributed Friction Coefficients in a Dynamic Model of Flood Inundation
Matthew Wilson and Peter Atkinson

 

ArcEvolve- A suite of GIS Tools for Assessing Landform Evolution
Guy Boggs, K. Evans and C. Devonport

 

Using Watersheds to Define Adaptive Sampling Windows
Shawn Laffan

 

GeoComputation and Interoperability: The Future of Spatial Applications!!
Andrew Evans, James Macgill and Ian Turton

 

A New Interface for Accessing Census Interaction Data on the Web
John Stillwell and Oliver Duke-Williams

 

Developing GIS Tools to Integrate MCDM Models for Bank Branch Closure Analysis
Lihua Zhao and Barry Garner

 

The Effect of Spatial Generalisation on Filtering Noise for Spatio-temporal Analysis
Anna van Paddenburg and Monica Wachowicz

 

The Semantics to Determine the Temporal Relationships of Geographical Objects Over Time
Abdul Adamu, Souheil Khaddaj and Munir Morad

 

Customizing BIOCLIM to Investigate Spatial and Temporal Variations in Highly Mobile Species
Bruce Doran and Penny Olsen

 

The Performance of the Public Transport System in Time and Space
Thomas Thevenin

 

Localizing People During Surveys : a Versatile Strategy
Arnaud Banos

 

Calibrating a Model Based on Anticipation by Genetic Algorithms - Application to Real-time Demand Responsive Transport
Jerome Bolot

 

A Microsimulation Led Analysis: The Power of National Data Structures in Influencing Geodemographic Typologies
Anthony Caira

 

Developing the Automated Zoning Procedure to Reconcile Incompatible Zoning Systems
David Martin

 

Raster Representations of Apatial Attributes with Uncertainty Assessment using Nonlinear Stochastic Simulation
Carlos Felgueiras, Suzana Fuks and Antonio Monteiro

 

A Spatially Explicit Population Viability Model using GIS
Mark Lethbridge, Hugh Possingham and Andrew Tyre

 

Caveat Emptor: Random Number Generators in Geospatial Analysis
Kimberly van Niel and Shawn Laffan

 

Survey on Application of Geostatistical Methods for Estimation of Rainfall in Arid and Semiarid Regions in South West Of Iran
Ebrahim Chegini, Mohammad Mahdian, Sima Bandarabadi and Mohammad Mahdavi