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spatial weights  

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  • Spatial statistics and other spatial analytical methods integrate space and spatial relationships directly into their mathematics; they utilize area, distance, length, or proximity, for example. For many spatial analysis methods, these spatial relationships are specified formally through values called spatial weights. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geographic Information Science; Spatial Weights]

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