Lecture Notes
Week
1: Introduction
Week
2: Model Overviews
Week
3: Drivers of LUCC
Week
4: Evaluating model performace
Week 5: Statistical modeling
in developing counties and Chappell
presentation and Komwa
presentation
Week 6: Bucholtz presentations: Intro
to Spatial Econometrics and Irwin
Paper
Week 7: Mosher
presentation and DeBell
presentation (DUEM) and Komwa
presentation
Week 9: ERS Guest Lectures: Noel
Gollehon and Ruben
Lubowski
Week 10: Mosher
presentation and DeBell
presentation
Week 11: Linear Programming Examples 1
and 2,
Damron
presentation, and Bucholz presentation
Week 12: Agent-based
modeling overview and Chappell
presentation and Kwon presentation
Week 13: Census data handout,
Geodata sources,
Kwon presentation and Damron
presentation and Komwa
presentation
Week 14: Term paper presentations: Bucholz,
Komwa,
Damron,
and Chappell
Week 15: Term paper presentations: DeBell,
Kwon,
and Mosher
Short writing assignment
questions
Electronic
Reserves (Nothing yet now)
WebCT:
Log on using your Mason ID (like your e-mail address) and the
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Literature Search Resources at GMU
Geobase
Econlit
Web of Science
Course Bibliography (Both required
and supplementary readings)
pdf
Endnote Library
Related Courses and Resources
Software and Tools
Von
Thunen model, created by the Center for Educational Software at the Open
University
GRASP:
Generalized Regression Analysis and Spatial Prediction
GeoDa, Geodata Analysis
software beta version
Cellab
cellular automaton software by Rudy Rucker
Netlogo (Cellular automaton
and simple agent-based models)
Excel spreadsheet for comparison
of categorical maps, by R. G. Pontius
Jr., Clark University
Linear Programming FAQs
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