Developing Automated and Smart Spatial Pattern
Exploration Tools for Geographical Information Systems
Applications
The Statistician, 44 (1):
3--16 (1995)Abstract
The paper examines some of the problems that users of
geographical information systems (GISs) face in
attempting to perform spatial analysis. A case is made
for the development of new types of smart exploratory
analysis tools able to explore spatial data effectively
while also coping with the problems associated with the
data and the skill levels of the end-users. Some
suggestions are made about how artificial intelligence
methods borrowed from artificial life can be used to
create spatial pattern hunting creatures that may
provide the basis for more effective spatial analysis
procedures for the use with GISs.