R packages for analyzing spatial data: A comparative case study with areal data

R Bivand - Geographical Analysis, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The count of open source software packages hosted by the Comprehensive R Archive
Network (CRAN) using key spatial data handling packages has now passed 1,000 …

A review of software for spatial econometrics in R

R Bivand, G Millo, G Piras - Mathematics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The software for spatial econometrics available in the R system for statistical computing is
reviewed. The methods are illustrated in a historical perspective, highlighting the main lines …

Explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) for exploring spatial variability of lung and bronchus cancer (LBC) mortality rates in the contiguous USA

ZU Ahmed, K Sun, M Shelly, L Mu - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Machine learning (ML) has demonstrated promise in predicting mortality; however,
understanding spatial variation in risk factor contributions to mortality rate requires …

Human activities and species biological traits drive the long-term persistence of old trees in human-dominated landscapes

L Huang, C Jin, Y Pan, L Zhou, S Hu, Y Guo, Y Meng… - Nature Plants, 2023 - nature.com
Old trees have many ecological and socio-cultural values. However, knowledge of the
factors influencing their long-term persistence in human-dominated landscapes is limited …

Resilience of Spanish forests to recent droughts and climate change

S Khoury, DA Coomes - Global Change Biology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A widespread increase in forest cover is underway in northern Mediterranean forests
because of land abandonment and decreased wood demand, but the resilience of these …

Estimating local-scale domestic electricity energy consumption using demographic, nighttime light imagery and Twitter data

Y Sun, S Wang, X Zhang, TO Chan, W Wu - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
To implement a new mixed approach for electricity energy consumption estimates, this study
aimed to estimate country-wide local-scale electricity consumption by combining …

Biodiversity mediates ecosystem sensitivity to climate variability

BF Oliveira, FC Moore, X Dong - Communications biology, 2022 - nature.com
A rich body of evidence from local-scale experiments and observational studies has
revealed stabilizing effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning. However, whether …

Is the spatial distribution of urban green space associated with crime in Chicago?

J Ha, DH Choi, LE Darling - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2024 - Elsevier
During past decades, much progress has been made to elucidate the relationship between
the quantity of urban green space and crimes, but less is known about how their spatial …

Modelling spatial dependence for Loss Given Default in peer-to-peer lending

R Calabrese, L Zanin - Expert Systems with Applications, 2022 - Elsevier
We propose estimating a model for Loss Given Default (LGD) that allows accounting for
spatial dependence between peer-to-peer (P2P) loans. We suggest the LGD two-stage …

Spatial regression identifies socioeconomic inequality in multi-stage power outage recovery after Hurricane Isaac

K Best, S Kerr, A Reilly, A Patwardhan, D Niemeier… - Natural Hazards, 2023 - Springer
Power outages are a common outcome of hurricanes in the USA with potentially serious
implications for community wellbeing. Understanding how power outage recovery is …