• Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.373-391
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• 2022

The distribution of observations in most econometric studies with spatial heterogeneity is skewed. Usually, a single transformation of the data is used to approximate normality and to model the transformed data with a normal assumption. This assumption is however not always appropriate due to the fact that panel data often exhibit non-normal characteristics. In this work, the normality assumption is relaxed in spatial mixed models, allowing for spatial heterogeneity. An inference procedure based on Bayesian mixed modeling is carried out with a multivariate skew-elliptical distribution, which includes the skew-t, skew-normal, student-t, and normal distributions as special cases. The methodology is illustrated through a simulation study and according to the empirical literature, we fit our models to non-life insurance consumption observed between 1998 and 2002 across a spatial panel of 103 Italian provinces in order to determine its determinants. Analyzing the posterior distribution of some parameters and comparing various model comparison criteria indicate the proposed model to be superior to conventional ones.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제97권2호
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• pp.165-170
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• 2008

Litterfall has been recognized an important part of the forest ecosystem production, playing a major pathway in energy flow and nutrient cycling through the ecosystem. This study was carried out to examine the quantity and components, temporal variation, and spatial heterogeneity of the litterfall in the mixed broadleaved-Korean pine forest. The data were collected from the 9ha permanent experimental plot, of which on the center area, i.e. $150m{\times}150m$, the total number of 319 circular litterfall traps with the size of $0.5m^2$ were established to collect falling litterfall. The results showed that the annual amount of litterfall was totalized 3,033.7 kg/ha, occupying broad-leaves of 39.3%, conifer-leaves of 29.5%, others of 18.5%, branches of 10.4%, and seeds of 2.3%. The peak point of the litterfall production was made at the end of September, proportionating 32.2% of total amount. The analysis of semivariogram revealed the existence of high spatial heterogeneity, calculated the scale of spatial heterogeneity ranged from 11.6 m to 29.1 m. The result of proportion (C/[Co+C]) showed that spatial heterogeneity of autocorrelation in total spatial heterogeneity were from 97.0% to 100%. The relatively heavy branches and others had significant differences in litterfall production between the areas of canopy gap and closed canopy in the 95% probability level, but the other components did not show statistical differences.

• 대한지리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한지리학회 2006년도 연례 학술대회
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• pp.21-22
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• 2006

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제45권4호
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• pp.190-202
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• 2021

Background: Landscape metrics have been widely applied to quantifying the relationship between land surface temperature and urban spatial patterns and have received acceptable verification from landscape ecologists but some studies have shown their inaccurate results. The objective of the study is to compare landscape metrics and texture-based measures as alternative indices in measuring urban heterogeneity effects on LST at multiple scales. Results: The statistical results showed that the correlation between urban landscape heterogeneity and LST increased as the spatial extent (scale) of under-study landscapes increased. Overall, landscape metrics showed that the less fragmented, the more complex, larger, and the higher number of patches, the lower LST. The most significant relationship was seen between edge density (ED) and LST (r = - 0.47) at the sub-region scale. Texture measures showed a stronger relationship (R² = 34.84% on average) with LST than landscape metrics (R² = 15.33% on average) at all spatial scales, meaning that these measures had a greater ability to describe landscape heterogeneity than the landscape metrics. Conclusion: This study suggests alternative measures for overcoming landscape metrics shortcomings in estimating the effects of landscape heterogeneity on LST variations and gives land managers and urban planners new insights into urban design.

• 한국지역지리학회지
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.610-622
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• 2010

미국에서 과체중과 비만은 최근까지 지속적으로 증가하고 있다. 그러나 과체중과 비만을 일으키는 요인에 대한 연구에 비해 이들 현상이 갖는 공간적 분포, 즉 공간의존성과 이질성에 대한 연구는 미미한 실정이다. 이에 본 연구는 과체중과 비만, 그리고 위험요인(고혈압과 당뇨병) 사이의 공간적 분포를 분석하였다. Moran''s I와 Geary''s C 분석 결과, 비만은 공간적으로 무작위 분포를 갖고 있지만, 저체중 정상 과체중은 공간적 유사성을 지니고 있음을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 일반최소자승법에 의한 선형 회귀분석과 잔차도분석을 통해 고혈압과 당뇨는 비만과 공간적 의존성을 갖는 것으로 파악할 수 있었다.

• 대한산업공학회지
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.96-111
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• 2016

Effort to reduce energy consumptions or CO2 emissions is global trend. To follow this trend, spatial studies related to characteristics affecting energy consumptions or CO2 emissions have been conducted, but only with the focus on spatial dependence, not on spatial heterogeneity. The aim of this study is to investigate spatial heterogeneity patterns of CO2 emission based on socio-economic factors, land-use characteristics and traffic infrastructure of Seoul city. Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR) analysis was performed with 423 administrative district data in Seoul. The results suggest that population and employment densities, road density and railway length in most districts are found to have positive impact on the CO2 emissions. Residential and green area densities also have the highest positive impact on CO2 emissions in most districts of Gangnam-gu. The resulting model can be used to identify the spatial patterns of CO2 emissions at district level in Seoul. Eventually it can contribute to local energy policy and planning of metropolitan area.

• 대한지리학회지
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• 제48권6호
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• pp.978-993
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• 2013

공간회귀모형은 공간가중행렬을 통해 공간관계를 명시적으로 정량화한다는 점에서 타 모형과 뚜렷하게 구별되는 강점이 있는 동시에, 공간가중행렬 구성에 자의성이 개입된다는 약점을 가지고 있기도 하다. 본 연구에서는 공간가중행렬의 구성에 따라 모형 적합도가 어떻게 변화하는지 인천시를 사례로 실증적으로 검토하였다. 또한 인근지역 범위 설정에 따라 공간시차모형(spatial lag model) 또는 공간오차모형(spatial error model) 중 어떠한 모형이 보다 우수하게 나타는지 검토하였다. 분석 결과, 토지가격 추정에 있어 인근지역 범위를 좁게 파악하는 공간가중행렬을 구성할수록 모형 적합도가 전반적으로 개선되는 것이 확인되었다. 또한, 공간적 이질성이 심한 지역은 공간오차모형의 적합도가 보다 우수한 것으로 파악되었다. 공간적 이질성이 심한 지역은 동질적 성격을 갖는 하부 인근지역으로 세분함으로써 그러한 이질성을 완화시킬 수 있었고, 그 결과 공간오차모형보다 공간시차모형의 적합도가 우수하게 나타날 수 있음을 밝혔다.

• 한국측량학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.69-75
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• 2007

The information in physical planning field shows the socio-economic potentials of land resources while cadastral data does the physical and legal realities of the land. The two domains commonly deal with land information but have different views. Cadastre has to evolved to the multi-purpose ones which provide value-added information and support a wide spectrum of decision makers by mixing their own information with other spatial/non-spatial databases. In this context, the demands of data exchange between the two domains is growing up but this cannot be done without resolving the heterogeneity between the two information applications. Both of either discipline sees the reality within its own scope, which means each has a unique way to abstract real world phenomena to the database. The heterogeneity problem emerges when an GIS is autonomously and independently established. It causes considerable communication difficulties since heterogeneity of representations forms unique data semantics for each database. The semantic heterogeneity obviously creates an obstacle to data exchange but, at the same time, it can be a key to solve the problems too. Therefore, the study focuses on facilitating data sharing between the fields of cadastre and physical planning by resolving the semantic heterogeneity. The core job is developing a conversion mechanism of cadastral data into the information for the physical planning by DB coupling techniques.

• International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.32-38
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• 2021

The purpose of this study is to examine the spatial characteristics of violent and burglary crimes in South Korea. Violent crimes and burglary crimes depend on a spatial setting with good conditions for their criminal purposes. This study defines population density, racial heterogeneity, types of houses, and density of commercial facilities as variables of place affecting crime in cities and counties. The study collects data from 229 cities in Korea to analyze the effect of spatial characteristics on crime. We conduct additional analyses to meet the statistical requisites of the spatial econometrics model using the open-source software R and GeoDa 1.12.1.129. From the analytical result, population density, racial heterogeneity, apartments, and commercial areas relate to crime occurrence. We suggest the implication of the theoretical and practical contributions to the relationship between place and crime.

• 한국수자원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수자원학회 2004년도 학술발표회
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• pp.691-695
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• 2004

In recent years, mary studies for efact estimation of groudwater recharge has been performed. They can be categorized into three groups : analytical method by means of groundwater recession curve, water budget analysis based on watershed, and the method using groundwater model. Since groundwater recharge rate shows the spatial-temporal variability due to hydrogeological heterogeneity, existing studies have various limits to deal with these characteristics. The method of estimating daily recharge rate with spatial-temporal variation based on rainfall-runoff model is suggested in this study for this purpose. This method is expected to enhance existing indirect method by means of reflecting climatic conditions, land use and hydrogeological heterogeneity.