Spatial Analysis and Modeling Specialty Group Sessions
The 101th AAG Annual Meeting
5-9 April, 2005, Denver, CO
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1 plenary session and 1 reception (sponsored by Geographical Analysis)
1 session for Emerging Scholar Paper Competition
2 sessions for Student Paper Competition
18 SAM (co-) sponsored sessions
1 panel session
95 papers across 18 sponsored session
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Advances in Geostatistics and Spatial Statistics
Applications of Spatial Data Mining and Visualization Techniques
Emerging Scholar Paper Competition
Empirical Economic Approaches to the Geographies of Globalization
Establishing GIS Professional Masters Degrees
Geographic Information Science in Mountain Geography
Issues on Spatial Data Mining
Issues with Spatial Analysis and Modeling
Location Analysis
Migration Analysis and Estimation
Perspectives on Geographic Complexity I: Issues in methods and models
Perspectives on Geographic Complexity II: Approaching complex problems
Perspectives on Geographic Complexity III: Land and society
Perspectives on Geographic Complexity IV: Urban-rural land dynamics
Research Frontiers in Time Geography: A Tribute to Torsten Hagerstrand 1
Research Frontiers in Time Geography: A Tribute to Torsten Hagerstrand 2
Spatial Analysis and Modeling Plenary Lecture and Geographical Analysis
Reception
Spatial Analysis and Modeling Specialty Group Business Meeting
Spatial Dimensions of the Small World
Spatial/Spatiotemporal Models
Student Paper Competition I
Student Paper Competition II
The Roles of Visualization in Spatial Data Mining
Transportation Implications of Canada s Aging Population: A GEOIDE Project
5248 Advances in Geostatistics and Spatial Statistics is scheduled on Saturday,
4/9/05, from 10:00 AM - 11:40 AM
Organizer(s): David Wong - George Mason University
Chair(s): Michael Tiefelsdorf - Ohio State University
Presenters(s):
10:00 AM Yongwan Chun - The Ohio State University
Abstract Title: Spatial filtering by eigenvectors in iteratively re-weighted regression
models
10:20 AM Shing Lin
Abstract Title: Evaluating Local Non-stationarity when considering the Spatial
Variation of Large-Scale Autocorrelation
10:40 AM Sara McLafferty - University of Illinois
Abstract Title: Analyzing why health inequalities change: A space-time decomposition
approach
11:00 AM George Lu
Abstract Title: AN ADAPTIVE AND OPTIMAL WEIGHTING FRAMEWORK FOR
INVERSE DISTANCE WEIGHT INTERPOLATION TECHNIQUE
11:20 AM Phaedon Kyriakidis - University of California
Abstract Title: A Geostatistical Framework for Area-to-Point Spatial Interpolation
2201 Applications of Spatial Data Mining and Visualization Techniques is scheduled
on Wednesday, 4/6/05, from 10:00 AM - 11:40 AM
Organizer(s): David Wong - George Mason University
Chair(s): James E. Burt - UNIV OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
Presenters(s):
10:00 AM James E. Burt - UNIV OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
Abstract Title: Spatial Data Mining for Predictive Soil Modeling
10:20 AM Jonathan P. Schroeder - University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Abstract Title: Challenges and new possibilities for visual exploration of historical U.S.
census data
10:40 AM Jun Yan - Western Kentucky University
Abstract Title: Spatio-temporal data mining in US domestic airline market using Selforganizing Maps
11:00 AM Vince Breneman - USDA-Economic Research Service
Abstract Title: Developing a Data Visualization platform for Agricultural Economic and
Demographic data
Discussant(s): David Wong - George Mason University
2439 Emerging Scholar Paper Competition is scheduled on Wednesday, 4/6/05, from
1:00 PM - 2:40 PM
Organizer(s): Fahui Wang - Northern Illinois University
Chair(s): Fahui Wang - Northern Illinois University
Presenters(s):
1:00 PM Ikuho Yamada - Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
Abstract Title: Local Indicators of Network-constrained Clusters for a Spatial Point
Pattern
1:20 PM Mr. Sudhir K. Thakur - University of North Dakota
Abstract Title: Identification of Temporal and Regional Fundamental Economic
Structure (FES) in India: An Input-Output Analysis
1:40 PM Darla Munroe - Ohio State University
Abstract Title: “Empirical” Scale Effects, Domains of Scale, and Land Use/Cover
Change Research
2:00 PM Xun Shi - Dartmouth College
Abstract Title: A Monte Carlo Approach to Comparing Two Surfaces
2:20 PM Daniel Mueller - Humboldt University Berlin
Abstract Title: Spatial Determinants od Land-cover Changes in Postsocialist Albania
5507 Empirical Economic Approaches to the Geographies of Globalization is
scheduled on Saturday, 4/9/05, from 4:00 PM - 5:40 PM
Organizer(s): Raymond J. Dezzani - University Of Idaho
Chair(s): Andrew E.G. Jonas - University of Hull
Presenters(s):
4:00 PM Raymond J. Dezzani - University Of Idaho
Abstract Title: Empirical Analysis of Competing Globalization Frameworks: WorldSystems, Trade Regionalization and the New Economic Geography
4:20 PM Daisaku Yamamoto - Univ of Minnesota
Abstract Title: Evolution of Regional Per Capita Income Differentials in the United
States and Japan: A Comparative Study
3101 Establishing GIS Professional Masters Degrees is scheduled on Thursday,
4/7/05, from 8:00 AM - 9:40 AM
Organizer(s): Breandán Ó HUallacháin - Arizona State University
Chair(s): Breandán Ó HUallacháin - Arizona State University
Presenters(s):
8:00 AM Introduction: Breandán Ó HUallacháin - Arizona State University
Panelist(s):
Steven M. Manson - University Of Minnesota
John Rogan - Clark University
Robert Balling, Jr. - Arizona State University
3105 Geographic Information Science in Mountain Geography is scheduled on
Thursday, 4/7/05, from 8:00 AM - 9:40 AM
Organizer(s): Ulrich Kamp - DePaul University
Chair(s): Michael P. Bishop - University of Nebraska-Omaha
Presenters(s):
8:00 AM Jose G. Roa - University Of Maryland - College Park
Abstract Title: VULNERABILITY vs. PREDICTABILITY IN LANDSLIDE HAZARD
ZONATION: A COMPARISON BETWEEN “INCLUSIVE” STATISTICAL AND
“EXCLUSIVE” TOPOGRAPHICAL APPROACHES
8:20 AM Suzanne Schmidt
Abstract Title: Mesoscale Snow Cover Monitoring with Digital Terrestrial Images in a
high Alpine Valley (Loetschental, Switzerland)
8:40 AM Mr. Tobias Bolch
Abstract Title: Using DEMs, Landsat and ASTER Data to study and visualize
Geomorphology and Glaciers in Northern Tien Shan (Kazakhstan/Kyrgyzstan)
9:00 AM Michael P. Bishop - University of Nebraska-Omaha
Abstract Title: Studying Climate Forcing and Surface Processes using a Mountain
Hillslope Evolution Model
3210 Issues on Spatial Data Mining is scheduled on Thursday, 4/7/05, from 10:00 AM 11:40 AM
Organizer(s): David Wong - George Mason University
Chair(s): May Yuan - Univ of Oklahoma
Presenters(s):
10:00 AM Ying Cao - GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
Abstract Title: Data repository environment for spatial data mining
10:20 AM May Yuan - Univ of Oklahoma
Abstract Title: Modeling GIS data for geographic dynamics discovery
10:40 AM Terry Janssen - Lockheed Martin
Abstract Title: Towards a Mining and Discovery Environment Using Semantic
Integration
11:00 AM Mr. Yingqi Tang
Abstract Title: XML based Spatial-Temporal Data Mining and Dissemination of Sea Ice
Data
11:20 AM Chetan Tiwari - University Of Iowa
Abstract Title: Problems in developing an agent-based system to detect spatial
variations in disease risk
5138 Issues with Spatial Analysis and Modeling is scheduled on Saturday, 4/9/05, from
8:00 AM - 9:40 AM
Organizer(s): David Wong - George Mason University
Chair(s): Fahui Wang - Northern Illinois University
Presenters(s):
8:00 AM Marco Millones - University of Miami
Abstract Title: Settlement Classification in Cusco, Peru: hierarchy and urban-rural
continuum and
8:20 AM Petra A. Zimmermann - Ball State University
Abstract Title: Rules-based population modeling and environmental factors: are climate
variables necessary?
8:40 AM Jason (Guangquan) Su - University of British Columbia
Abstract Title: Developing a Geomatics Protocol for Urban Air Pollution Sampling
Based on a Range of Input Data
9:00 AM Satoh Toshiaki
Abstract Title: METHODS FOR FINDING HOT SPOTS ON A NETWORK
9:20 AM Fahui Wang - Northern Illinois University
Abstract Title: GIS-Based Spatial Analysis of Tai Place Names in Southern China
1504 Location Analysis is scheduled on Tuesday, 4/5/05, from 2:00 PM - 3:40 PM
Organizer(s): David Wong - George Mason University
Chair(s): Alan T. Murray - Ohio State University
Presenters(s):
2:00 PM Hu Wei
Abstract Title: Solving the Continuous Space p-Center Problem: Planning Application
Issues
2:20 PM Alan T. Murray - Ohio State University
Abstract Title: Coverage Optimization to Support Security Monitoring
2:40 PM Guoxiang Ding - The Ohio State University
Abstract Title: Choice-Based Estimation of Retailing Area Delimitation Using Alonso's
Theory of Movement
3:00 PM Bryan Chastain - Ohio State University
Abstract Title: Spatial Structure in Harvest Scheduling Optimization
3:20 PM Michael Tiefelsdorf - Ohio State University
Abstract Title: Alternative Specifications of Spatial Link Matrices in the Behavioral
Sciences
5548 Migration Analysis and Estimation is scheduled on Saturday, 4/9/05, from 4:00
PM - 5:40 PM
Organizer(s): James Raymer - University of Southampton
Chair(s): James Raymer - University of Southampton
Presenters(s):
4:00 PM James Raymer - University of Southampton
Abstract Title: The Estimation of International Migration Flows in the European Union
4:20 PM Junwei Liu - University Of Colorado
Abstract Title: Indirect Estimation of Directional Migration Flow using Age-specific Net
Migration Data
4:40 PM Bruce Newbold - McMaster University
Abstract Title: Applying Population Projection Models at Small Spatial Scales
5:00 PM Jani Little - UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
Abstract Title: What Can the Age Composition of the Population Tell Us about the Age
Composition of Migrants?
4132 Perspectives on Geographic Complexity I: Issues in methods and models is
scheduled on Friday, 4/8/05, from 8:00 AM - 9:40 AM
Organizer(s): Steven M. Manson - University Of Minnesota
Dawn C. Parker - George Mason University
Chair(s): Tom Evans - Indiana University
Presenters(s):
8:00 AM Claudio Cioffi-Revilla
Abstract Title: MASON: A New Multi-Agent Simulation Toolkit
8:20 AM Mr. Robert Najlis - Argonne National Laboratory
Abstract Title: REPAST GIS INTEGRATION
8:40 AM Suzana Dragicevic - SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
Abstract Title: Spatio-temporal uncertainty of cellular automata models
9:00 AM Anna Versluis - Clark University
Abstract Title: Visualizing the rate at which the accuracy of a land change prediction
decays
9:20 AM Steven M. Manson - University Of Minnesota
Abstract Title: Evaluating models of geographic complexity: challenges of policy,
method, and theory
4232 Perspectives on Geographic Complexity II: Approaching complex problems is
scheduled on Friday, 4/8/05, from 10:00 AM - 11:40 AM
Organizer(s): Steven M. Manson - University Of Minnesota
Dawn C. Parker - George Mason University
Chair(s): Tom Evans - Indiana University
Presenters(s):
10:00 AM Roger White
Abstract Title: An Individual Based Model of the Lobster Fishery of St. John Bay,
Newfoundland
10:20 AM Paul Torrens - University of Utah
Abstract Title: Spatial intelligence for agent-based models of human movement
10:40 AM Bas Straatman - MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND
Abstract Title: Modeling of a spatial evolutionary economy
11:00 AM Mr. Benoit Glisse
Abstract Title: Design Multi-Agent Based Simulation for Geography
11:20 AM Luke Bergmann - University of Minnesota
Abstract Title: From Social Relations to a Capitalist Space Economy: Simulation
Beyond the Rational Actor
4332 Perspectives on Geographic Complexity III: Land and society is scheduled on
Friday, 4/8/05, from 12:00 PM - 1:40 PM
Organizer(s): Steven M. Manson - University Of Minnesota
Paul Torrens - University of Utah
Chair(s): Dawn C. Parker - George Mason University
Presenters(s):
12:00 PM Marco Huigen - Institute for Environmental Sciences, Leiden (CML)
Abstract Title: A spatially and temporally explicit agent-based simulation of Philippine
farm household- and collective decision-making processes using the MameLuke policyscenarios model
12:20 PM Mr. Koen Overmars - Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML), Leiden
University, Netherlands
Abstract Title: Using an actor-based framework in a spatially explicit land use model
(CLUE)
12:40 PM Peter J. Deadman - UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO
Abstract Title: Comparing models of agent decision making with patterns of land use
change in LUCITA: A simulation of the Altamira region, Brazil.
1:00 PM Tom Evans - Indiana University
Abstract Title: Spatial Decision-Making, Heterogeneity, and Agent-based Models of
Landcover Change
1:20 PM David A. Bennett - University Of Iowa
Abstract Title: Modeling Complex Trophic Relations among Elk, Wolves, and Humans in
the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
4432 Perspectives on Geographic Complexity IV: Urban-rural land dynamics is
scheduled on Friday, 4/8/05, from 2:00 PM - 3:40 PM
Organizer(s): Steven M. Manson - University Of Minnesota
Paul Torrens - University of Utah
Chair(s): Tom Evans - Indiana University
Presenters(s):
2:00 PM Dawn C. Parker - George Mason University
Abstract Title: Individual rationality, institutional structure, and power-law
distributions: Exploring the distribution of rural land-use holdings using FEARLUS
2:20 PM Moira Zellner - University Of Michigan
Abstract Title: The emergence of zoning policy games in exurban jurisdictions
2:40 PM Arika Ligmann-Zielinska - SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
Abstract Title: Land Use Based Community Growth Forecasting Using Agent-Based
Modeling
3:00 PM Li Yin - University at Buffalo
Abstract Title: The Dynamics of Density Increase in Resort Communities
3:20 PM Brian Muller - University of Colorado at Denver
Abstract Title: Mores and Misbehaving: The Effect of Regulatory Regimes on Land
Developers
4416 Research Frontiers in Time Geography: A Tribute to Torsten Hagerstrand 1
is scheduled on Friday, 4/8/05, from 2:00 PM - 3:40 PM
Organizer(s): Scott Bridwell - University of Utah
Mei-Po Kwan - Ohio State University
Chair(s): Harvey J. Miller - University Of Utah
Presenters(s):
2:00 PM Shih-Lung Shaw - University of Tennessee
Abstract Title: An Extended Time-Geographic Framework for Human Activities and
Interactions in Physical and Virtual Spaces
2:20 PM Tim Schwanen - Utrecht University
Abstract Title: Managing and coordinating activities in space and time: An evaluation of
proximity in everyday life
2:40 PM Nobbir Ahmed - University of Utah
Abstract Title: Time-space transformations of geographic space for exploring, analyzing
and visualizing transportation system.
3:00 PM Menzie McEachern - CLARK UNIVERSITY
Abstract Title: Solar PV Diffusion in Sri Lanka and the Energy Cost of Snakes
4516 Research Frontiers in Time Geography: A Tribute to Torsten Hagerstrand 2 is
scheduled on Friday, 4/8/05, from 4:00 PM - 5:40 PM
Organizer(s): Scott Bridwell - University of Utah
Harvey J. Miller - University Of Utah
Chair(s): Mei-Po Kwan - Ohio State University
Presenters(s):
4:00 PM Donald Janelle - University of California, Santa Barbara
Abstract Title: Time Geography and the Behavioral Ecology of Cities
4:20 PM Gillian AvRuskin - BioMedware, Inc.
Abstract Title: Individual exposure reconstruction using a time geographic approach
4:40 PM Scott Bridwell - University of Utah
Abstract Title: Locational privacy metrics for mobile objects
5:00 PM Arnaud BANOS
Abstract Title: Micro-simulation and visualization of individual space-time paths within
a GIS
2504 Spatial Dimensions of the Small World is scheduled on Wednesday, 4/6/05, from
3:00 PM - 4:40 PM
Organizer(s): Daniel Z. Sui - Texas A&M
Chair(s): Daniel Z. Sui - Texas A&M
Presenters(s):
3:00 PM Introduction: Daniel Z. Sui - Texas A&M
3:05 PM Prof. Catherine Dibble - University Of Maryland
Abstract Title: Synthesis and Calibration of Spatial Small-world Networks
3:25 PM Bin Jiang - University of Gaule
Abstract Title: On Small World and Information Structures of the Built Environments
3:45 PM Zengwang Xu
Abstract Title: A spatial diffusion model based on the small world theory
Discussant(s):
Rui Carvalho - UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
Prof. Paul C. Adams - University of Texas at Austin
1604 Spatial/Spatiotemporal Models is scheduled on Tuesday, 4/5/05, from 4:00 PM 5:40 PM
Organizer(s): David Wong - George Mason University
Chair(s): John Odland - Indiana University
Presenters(s):
4:00 PM Jay Lee - Kent State University
Abstract Title: Modeling Urban Sprawl As A Spatiotemporal Phenomenon
4:20 PM Kang Shou Lu - Clemson University
Abstract Title: Approximating Complex Urban Systems Using Cellular Computational
Neural Networks
4:40 PM Kalle Kronholm - MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY
Abstract Title: Including spatial complexity in snow avalanche release models
5:00 PM Jared Aldstadt - San Diego State University
Abstract Title: Exploratory Space-time Analysis of Dengue Fever Transmission in
Kamphaeng Phet, Thailand
5:20 PM John Odland - Indiana University
Abstract Title: Concentration of Periodical Cicadas in Human-Modified Environments
2139 Student Paper Competition I is scheduled on Wednesday, 4/6/05, from 8:00 AM 9:40 AM
Organizer(s): Fahui Wang - Northern Illinois University
Chair(s): Fahui Wang - Northern Illinois University
Presenters(s):
8:00 AM Michaela Buenemann - University Of Oklahoma
Abstract Title: Modeling the Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Woody Plant Encroachment
Through an Integrative Remote Sensing, GIS, and Spatial Modeling Approach
8:18 AM Eric Delmelle - University at Buffalo
Abstract Title: Improving second-phase spatial sampling designs using covariate
information
8:36 AM Qian Yu
Abstract Title: Spatial Modeling of Classification Uncertainty in an Object-based
Vegetation Mapping
8:54 AM Sivagurunathan Chinniah
Abstract Title: Effectiveness of using Wavelet Transform in Content-Based Image
Retrieval
9:12 AM Zhijun Zou
Abstract Title: Modeling and Simulating Vegetation Distribution Using Agent-Based
Modeling in a GIS Environment
Discussant(s):
Lan Mu - University Of Illinois
2239 Student Paper Competition II is scheduled on Wednesday, 4/6/05, from 10:00
AM - 11:40 AM
Organizer(s): Fahui Wang - Northern Illinois University
Chair(s): Fahui Wang - Northern Illinois University
Presenters(s):
10:00 AM Xinyue Ye - Eastern Michigan University
Abstract Title: Urban System Evolution, Modeling and Visualization: US Cities 19002000
10:18 AM Danlin Yu - University of Wisc. Milwaukee
Abstract Title: GIS and Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis of Regional Development in
the Greater Beijing, from 1978-2001
10:36 AM Eun-hye Enki Yoo
Abstract Title: Area-to-point kriging prediction under boundary conditions
10:54 AM Mr. Richard Middleton
Abstract Title: The p-Median Planning Problem
11:12 AM Mr. Joshua Campbell
Abstract Title: Archaeological Predictive Model for the High Plains of Southwest
Kansas
Discussant(s):
Mark W. Horner - Florida State University
4532 The Roles of Visualization in Spatial Data Mining is scheduled on Friday,
4/8/05, from 4:00 PM - 5:40 PM
Organizer(s): David Wong - George Mason University
Chair(s): Barbara Buttenfield - UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
Presenters(s):
4:00 PM Tong Zhang - SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
Abstract Title: Spatial Knowledge Discovery through an Integration of Visual Data
Exploration with Data Mining
4:20 PM Barbara Buttenfield - UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
Abstract Title: Data Resolution as a Possible Bias in Association Rule Mining
4:40 PM Barry Joel Kronenfeld - George Mason University
Abstract Title: Algorithms for Cartographic Enhancement of Soft-Classified Images
5:00 PM Yukio Sadahiro - University of Tokyo
Abstract Title: Spatial summarization of point distributions
5:20 PM Zhiyong Hu - University of West Florida
Abstract Title: Urban Growth Modeling: Spatial Analysis, GIS, and Logistic Regression
5448 Transportation Implications of Canada s Aging Population: A GEOIDE
Project is scheduled on Saturday, 4/9/05, from 2:00 PM - 3:40 PM
Organizer(s):
Bruce Newbold - McMaster University
Darren M. Scott - McMaster University
Chair(s):
Bruce Newbold - McMaster University
Presenters(s):
2:00 PM Darren M. Scott - McMaster University
Abstract Title: Transportation Implications of Canada's Aging Population: A GEOIDE
Project
2:20 PM Mr. Ruben Mercado
Abstract Title: Transport Policy Responses to Elderly Mobility in Aging Societies:An
International Comparison
2:40 PM Pavlos S. Kanaroglou - McMaster University
Abstract Title: A GIS-Based Decision Support Tool to Study the Impact of Elderly
Population on the Transportation System in Hamilton Census Metropolitan Area (CMA)
3:00 PM Mr. Dimitris Potoglou - McMaster University
Abstract Title: CANADA ‘S ELDERLY TRAVEL BEHAVIOUR - EXPERIENCE FROM
THE HAMILTON CENSUS METROPOLITAN AREA