Spatial Interaction Model

Spatial interaction models are aggregate and top-down: they specify an overall governing relationship for flow between locations.

Spatial interaction model
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Perhaps one of the earliest, yet still misunderstood, examples of providing local information on relationships rather than simply reporting global results is the spatial disaggregation of spatial flow or spatial interaction models (Fotheringham and ...

The goal of spatial interaction modeling is to be able to model and predict the number of interactions occurring between populations for a particular type of activity such as retailing. spatial modeling Analytical procedures applied with a GIS.

The number of interactions is based on the properties of the origin to produce a trip (production), the destination's attractiveness and the impedanceof the link between the two locations. The goal of spatial interaction modeling is to be able to ...

See also: Interaction, GIS, Location, Geographic, Analysis