Computation and Visualization for Understanding Dynamics in Geographic Domains: A Research Agenda

✍ Scribed by May Yuan, Kathleen S. Hornsby

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 113
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The world is ever changing, and a comprehensive understanding of the world will not be achieved without theoretical and methodological advances to decode complex dynamics in human and environmental systems. Computation and Visualization for the Understanding of Dynamics in Geographic Domains: A Research Agenda synthesizes key ideas and issues discussed during the UCGIS hosted workshop on computation. It expands upon popular discussions to provide a comprehensive overview of geographic dynamics and new approaches to advance our understanding of geographic dynamics through computation and visualization.The text gives an overview of the state of research and how this research relates to intelligence analysis. It addresses broad issues and challenges in areas, such as spatiotemporal analysis and modeling, spatiotemporal visual analytics; spatiotemporal data mining, spatiotemporal reasoning, and spatiotemporal ontologies. The book also fuses suggestions from workshop participants with literature reviews to propose new research agendas and recommendations for future developments and collaboration.With full coverage on current developments and probably challenges, Computation and Visualization for the Understanding of Dynamics in Geographic Domains: A Research Agenda establishes a foundation to promote further studies in geographic dynamics and provides a springboard for the next big scientific and technological breakthrough.

✦ Table of Contents

Computation and Visualization for Understanding Dynamics in Geographic Domains: A Research Agenda......Page 2
CONTENTS......Page 4
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION......Page 5
I. WORKSHOP......Page 6
II. REPORTING ON THE WORKSHOP......Page 8
III. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 10
CHAPTER 2: THE NATURE OF GEOGRAPHIC DYNAMICS......Page 11
I. DEFINITIONS......Page 12
II. DRIVERS OF GEOGRAPHIC DYNAMICS......Page 15
III. OUTCOMES OF GEOGRAPHIC DYNAMICS......Page 23
A. Change: Issues on Identify and Change......Page 24
B. Change: The Case of Networks......Page 25
C. Movement......Page 29
IV. SUMMARY......Page 31
I. TIME-STAMPED APPROACHES......Page 34
II. CHANGE-BASED VERSUS EVENT-BASED APPROACHES......Page 37
III. MOVEMENT-BASED VERSUS ACTIVITY-BASED APPROACHES......Page 41
IV. PROCESS-BASED REPRESENTATION......Page 44
CHAPTER 4: VISUAL APPROACHES FOR GEOGRAPHIC DYNAMICS UNDERSTANDING......Page 49
I. STORYTELLING VISUALIZATION......Page 50
B. Visual Reality Models......Page 51
C. Dynamics in Videos......Page 53
II. VISUAL ANALYTICS......Page 59
A. Visual Analytical Reasoning......Page 61
B. Data Representation and Transformation......Page 64
CHAPTER 5: ANALYSIS AND MODELING APPROACHES FOR GEOGRAPHIC DYNAMICS UNDERSTANDING......Page 70
I. DESCRIPTIVE APPROACHES......Page 71
II. PREDICTIVE MODELING METHODS FOR GEOGRAPHIC DYNAMICS......Page 79
I. RESEARCH CHALLENGES......Page 89
A. Data Modeling for Dynamic Geographic Domains......Page 90
B. Computational Requirements for Dynamics......Page 91
E. Spatiotemporal Uncertainty and Accuracy......Page 92
G. Dynamic Social Networks......Page 93
B. Build Strategies for Communication and Collaboration......Page 94
D. Develop Dynamic Geospatial Education Opportunities......Page 95
COLOR PLATES......Page 96
REFERENCES......Page 100