Comparing the Thiessen’s Method against simpler alternatives using Monte Carlo Simulation

Estimating the expected value of a function over geographic areas is problem with a long history. In the beginning of the XX-th century the most common method was just the arithmetic mean of the field measurements ignoring data location. In 1911, Thiessen introduced a new weighting procedure measur...

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Main Authors: Marcelo Guelfi, Carlos López-Vazquez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Panamericano de Geografía e Historia 2018-04-01
Series:Revista Cartográfica
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Online Access:https://revistasipgh.org/index.php/rcar/article/view/191