Calibrating Spatial Stratified Heterogeneity for Heavy-Tailed Distributed Data.

The phenomena with within-strata characteristics that are more similar than between-strata characteristics are ubiquitous (e.g., land-use types and image classifications). It can be summarized as spatial stratified heterogeneity (SSH), which is measured and attributed using the geographical detector...

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Published in:Annals of the American Association of Geographers Vol. 114; no. 7; pp. 1568 - 1587
Main Authors: Hu, Bisong, Wu, Tingting, Yin, Qian, Wang, Jinfeng, Jiang, Bin, Luo, Jin
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Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd 2024
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          Hu, Bisong
          Wu, Tingting
          Yin, Qian
          Wang, Jinfeng
          Jiang, Bin
          Luo, Jin
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          School of Geography and Environment, Jiangxi Normal University, China
          State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
          Urban Governance and Design Thrust, Society Hub, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), China
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        Distributed databases
        Databases
        Cyberinfrastructure
        Consistency models (Computers)
        Distributed computing
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          Distributed databases
          Databases
          Cyberinfrastructure
          Consistency models (Computers)
          Distributed computing
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        Geodetector q-statistic
        head/tail breaks
        spatial stratified heterogeneity
        stratification
        structural hierarchy
        Geodetector q-statistic
        head/tail breaks
        spatial stratified heterogeneity
        stratification
        structural hierarchy
      ab: The phenomena with within-strata characteristics that are more similar than between-strata characteristics are ubiquitous (e.g., land-use types and image classifications). It can be summarized as spatial stratified heterogeneity (SSH), which is measured and attributed using the geographical detector (Geodetector) q-statistic. SSH is typically calibrated by stratification and hundreds of algorithms have been developed. Little is discussed about the conditions of the methods. In this work, a novel stratification method based on head/tail breaks is introduced for the purpose of better capturing the SSH of geographical variables with a heavy-tailed distribution. Compared to conventional sample-based stratifications, the presented approach is a population-based optimized stratification that indicates an underlying scaling property in geographical spaces. It requires no prior knowledge or auxiliary variables and supports a naturally determined number of strata instead of being subjectively preset. In addition, our approach reveals the inherent hierarchical structure of geographical variables, characterizes its dominant components across all scales, and provides the potential to make the stratification meaningful and interpretable. The advantages were illustrated by several case studies in natural and social sciences. The proposed approach is versatile and flexible so that it can be applied for the stratification of both geographical and nongeographical variables and is conducive to advancing SSH-related studies as well. This study provides a new way of thinking for advocating spatial heterogeneity or scaling law and advances our understanding of geographical phenomena.
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