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Sequence Alignment as a Method for Human Activity Analysis in Space and Time

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Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 97 (2): 282--297 (2007)
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8306.2007.00536.x

Abstract

This article introduces the method of sequence alignment as a tool for analyzing the sequential aspects within the temporal and spatial dimensions of human activities. Sequence alignment was first developed during the 1980s and employed by biochemists to analyze DNA sequences. Toward the end of the 1990s it was adapted for use in the social sciences. However, unlike other social sciences practitioners, geographers have not, until now, exploited this method. In contrast to traditional quantitative methods, sequence alignment, as its name suggests, is directly concerned with the order (sequence) of events, and is therefore well suited for the p…(more)

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