Lesson 11: Spatial Interaction Models

In this lesson, you will learn the basic concepts and methods of Spatial Interaction Models.

Content

• Basic Concepts of Spatial Interaction Models
• A Family of Gravity Models
  • Unconstrained
  • Origin constrained
  • Destination constrained
  • Doubly constrained
• Statistical Approach
• Interpreting and Visualising Modelling Results

Lesson Slides and Hands-on Notes

• Lesson slides in html and pdf formats

• Handout of Hands-on Exercise 10 in html and pdf formats.

Self-reading Before Meet-up

Read before lesson:

• Kingsley E. Haynes and A. Stewart Fotheringham (2020) Gravity and Spatial Interaction Models, Web Book of Regional Science. Chapter 1 and Sub-section 2.2.

• Farmer, C. and Oshan, T. (2017). “Spatial interaction”. The Geographic Information Science & Technology Body of Knowledge (4th Quarter 2017 Edition), John P. Wilson (ed.). DOI: 10.22224/gistbok/2017.4.5 (link is external)

• Flowerdew R, Aitkin M (1982) “A method of fitting the gravity model based on the Poisson distribution”. Journal of Regional Science, 22: 191–202.

Reference

• Pavel KLAPKA, et. al. (2013) “The Footfall of Shopping Centre in Olomouc (CZECH REPUBLIC): An Application of The Gravity Model”, Moravian Geographical Reports, Vol 21, pp. 12-26.
  
• Yang Yue et. al. (2012) “Exploratory calibration of a spatial interaction model using taxi GPS trajectories”, Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 36 (2012) 140–153.

All About R:

• Paul Roback and Julie Legler (2020) Beyond Multiple Linear Regression: Applied Generalized Linear Models and Multilevel Models in R, CRC Press. On line version (January 26, 2021). Chapter 4

• Negative Binomial Regression and Poisson Regression from UCLA Institute for Digital Research & Education.