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social science subjects > geography > quantitative geography > spatial interaction models

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spatial interaction models  

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  • The interest in spatial interaction models is motivated by the need to understand and explain flows of people, commodities, capital, information, or even knowledge across geographic space. By adopting a spatial interaction modeling perspective, attention is focused on interaction patterns at the aggregate rather than the individual level. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Spatial Interaction Models]

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