Spatial Analysis and Modeling Specialty Group Sessions Association of American Geographers

Title: Evolution Computation of Nonlinear Feedback in Alpine Treeline Advance 2. Joseph P. Messina Michigan State University (Presenter) Abstract Title: A Complex Systems Approach to Fine-Scale Intra-farm Level Modeling in the Ecuadorian Amazon 3. Paul Torrens University College London (Presenter) Abstract Title: Geographic Automata Systems 5132. Spatial Analysis and Modeling I (Sponsored by Spatial Analysis and Modeling Specialty Group) Time: Thursday, 3/6/2003 from 8:00 a.m. 9:40 a.m. 1. Youngho Kim Ohio State University (Presenter) Abstract Title: Analytical Crime Mapping in Urban Environments 2. Ikuho Yamada SUNY Buffalo (Presenter) Abstract Title: A GIS Application for the Quick Detection of Changes in Spatial Patterns of Disease Using Cumulative Sum Methods 3. Dave Lemberg Western Michigan University (Presenter) Abstract Title: Flash Crowds: A Model for Explaining Student Riots in the United States 4. Daniel A. Griffith Syracuse University (Presenter) Abstract Title: Prioritizing remediation within a hazardous waste site 5143. Geographical Perspectives on Complexity Theory and Complex Systems 3 (Sponsored by GIS Specialty Group, Spatial Analysis and Modeling Specialty Group) Time: Thursday, 3/6/2003 from 8:00 a.m. 9:40 a.m. 1. Wenwu Tang University Of Iowa (Presenter) Abstract Title: Agent-Based Modeling of Village Location in Thailand 2. Peter J. Deadman University of Waterloo (Presenter) Abstract Title: Agent-based simulation as a tool for the exploration of land-use change dynamics near Altamira, Brazil 3. Daniel G. Brown University of Michigan (Presenter) Abstract Title: Modeling Spatial Patterns of Land Development Using a Multi-Agent System 4. Raja Sengupta Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (Presenter) Abstract Title: Modeling Adoption of Compensatory Payments Using Intelligent Agents within an SDSS 5. Benjamin Schoepfle Argonne National Laboratory (Presenter) Abstract Title: Modeling Electricity Market Behavior With Agent-Based Simulation 5232. Spatial Analysis and Modeling II (Sponsored by Spatial Analysis and Modeling Specialty Group) Time: Thursday, 3/6/2003 from 10:00 a.m. 11:40 a.m. 1. Daikwon Han State Univ of New York (Presenter) Abstract Title: Exploratory Spatial Analyses of Lifetime Breast Cancer Risk and Residence History 2. Michael Tiefelsdorf Ohio State University (Presenter) Abstract Title: Identification of an Underlying Spatial Process in Disease Mapping 3. Peter A. Rogerson UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO (Presenter) Abstract Title: Monitoring Health Data for the Quick Detection of Changes in Geographic Patterns 4. Fumiko Ito University Of Tokyo (Presenter) Abstract Title: A web system for finding free software packages of spatial analysis 5. Michael Woldenberg University at Buffalo (Presenter) Abstract Title: A Fibonacci Interpretation of Spatial HierarchiesTitle: Identification of an Underlying Spatial Process in Disease Mapping 3. Peter A. Rogerson UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO (Presenter) Abstract Title: Monitoring Health Data for the Quick Detection of Changes in Geographic Patterns 4. Fumiko Ito University Of Tokyo (Presenter) Abstract Title: A web system for finding free software packages of spatial analysis 5. Michael Woldenberg University at Buffalo (Presenter) Abstract Title: A Fibonacci Interpretation of Spatial Hierarchies 5432. Spatial Analysis and Modeling III (Sponsored by Spatial Analysis and Modeling Specialty Group) Time: Thursday, 3/6/2003 from 1:00 p.m. 2:40 p.m. 1. Eric M. Delmelle State University Of New York at Buffalo (Presenter) Abstract Title: A Spatial Model of Received Signal Strength Indicator Values 2. Stuart H. Sweeney University of California, Santa Barbara (Presenter) Abstract Title: Small area population projections using stochastic simulation 3. Jean-Claude Thill University at Buffalo (Presenter) Abstract Title: Exploratory Analysis of English Dialect Features in the Middle and South Atlantic U.S. States by Self-Organizing Maps 4. R Kelly Pace (Presenter) Abstract Title: Spatial Simultaneous Equation Estimation via Maximum Likelihood 5. Randall Jackson West Virginia University (Presenter) Abstract Title: Alternate formulations for minimizing inter-matrix distances 5532. Spatial Analysis and Modeling IV (Sponsored by Spatial Analysis and Modeling Specialty Group) Time: Thursday, 3/6/2003 from 3:00 p.m. 4:40 p.m. 1. Timothy C. Matisziw Ohio State University (Presenter) Abstract Title: Strategic Bus Route Extension 2. Yongmei Lu Southwest Texas State University (Presenter) Abstract Title: Modeling Travel Distances through Investigating Spatial Continuity 3. Thomas J. Cooke University of Connecticut (Presenter) Abstract Title: How Far do the Unemployed Commute? Methods for Addressing Sample Selection Bias in Geography 4. Paul Boyle University of St. Andrews (Presenter) Abstract Title: Is the spatial mismatch hypothesis relevant in Britain? Modelling ethnic group commuting patterns 5632. Spatial Analysis and Modeling Plenary Lecture and Geographical Analysis Reception Time: Thursday, 3/6/2003 from 5:00 p.m. 6:40 p.m. Participant(s): 1. Alan T. Murray Ohio State University (Introduction) 2. Nina Lam Louisiana State University (Presenter) Abstract Title: Challenges in Spatial Analysis: An Assessment 3. Jean-Claude Thill University at Buffalo (Discussant) 6127. Point Pattern Analysis in GIS Environments: New Approaches-1 (Sponsored by Spatial Analysis and Modeling Specialty Group) Time: Friday, 3/7/2003 from 8:00 a.m. 9:40 a.m. 1. Naresh Kumar Brown University (Introduction) 2. Atsuyuki Okabe University of Tokyo (Presenter) Abstract Title: Point pattern analysis on a network and its software package, SANET 3. Stafania Bertazzon University of Calgary (Presenter) Abstract Title: Discriminating landscape effects to obtain nest spacing estimates for Marbled Murrelets in coastal old-growth forests. 4. Tohru Yoshikawa Tokyo Metropolitan University (Presenter) Abstract Title: A Toolbox for analyzing the effect of infra-structural facilities on the distribution of activity points 5. Naresh Kumar Brown University (Presenter) Abstract Title: Spatial Dependency and Causality Analysis of Point Events in GIS Environments 6227. Point Pattern Analysis in GIS Environments: New Approaches-2 (Sponsored by Spatial Analysis and Modeling Specialty Group) Time: Friday, 3/7/2003 from 10:00 a.m. 11:40 a.m. 1. Steven Reader University Of South Florida (Presenter) Abstract Title: A Spatial Statistical Analysis of Racial Disparities in Low Birth Weight Incidence 2. Marina Gavrilova University Of Calgary (Presenter) Abstract Title: L_p nearest-neighbor distance computation in spatial pattern analysis for spatial epidemiology 6417. On Tobler's First Law of Geography (Sponsored by GIS Specialty Group, Spatial Analysis and Modeling Specialty Group) Time: Friday, 3/7/2003 from 1:00 p.m. 2:40 p.m. 1. Harvey J. Miller University of (Panelist) 2. Jonathan M. Smith Texas A&M University (Panelist) 3. Trevor J. Barnes University of British Columbia (Panelist) 4. Michael F. Goodchild Univ of California (Discussant) 6606. Reexamining Individual Accessibility for the 21st Century City (Sponsored by Transportation Geography Specialty Group, Spatial Analysis and Modeling Specialty Group) Time: Friday, 3/7/2003 from 5:00 p.m. 6:40 p.m. 1. Marim Kim University at Buffalo (Presenter) Abstract Title: Revisiting the Link between Geographic Accessibility and Trip Generation 2. Hyun-Mi Kim Ohio State University (Presenter) Abstract Title: Exploring gender differences in individual space-time accessibility using GIS 3. Selima Sultana Auburn University (Presenter) Abstract Title: The Effects of Spatial Urban Form on Metropolitan Commuting: A Reexamination of Metropolitan Atlanta 4. Greg A. Steele West Chester University (Presenter) Abstract Title: Finding the Land Use Transit Connection: A Case Study of Thorndale, Pennsylvania 5. Joe Weber University of Alabama (Presenter) Abstract Title: Incorporating fear and security constraints into individual accessibility in a post-September 11 societyTitle: The Effects of Spatial Urban Form on Metropolitan Commuting: A Reexamination of Metropolitan Atlanta 4. Greg A. Steele West Chester University (Presenter) Abstract Title: Finding the Land Use Transit Connection: A Case Study of Thorndale, Pennsylvania 5. Joe Weber University of Alabama (Presenter) Abstract Title: Incorporating fear and security constraints into individual accessibility in a post-September 11 society 6520. Spatial Analysis and Modeling Student Paper Competition (Sponsored by Spatial Analysis and Modeling Specialty Group) Time: Friday, 3/7/2003 from 3:00 p.m. 4:40 p.m. 1. Changjoo Kim OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, GEOGRAP (Presenter) Abstract Title: Infrastructure Design and Cost Allocation in Hub Network 2. Zuoquan Zhao George Mason University (Presenter) Abstract Title: Measuring shape similarity under similarity transformations 3. Nicholas N. Nagle University of California, Santa Barbara (Presenter) Abstract Title: A point-based regression analysis of industrial location 7416. Techniques in GIS-based modeling of land cover (Sponsored by Spatial Analysis and Modeling Specialty Group, GIS Specialty Group) Time: Saturday, 3/8/2003 from 2:00 p.m. 3:40 p.m. 1. Hao Chen Clark University (Presenter) Abstract Title: An Integrated GIS-based Land-Use Change Simulation Model: A New Generation of GEOMOD2 2. Robert Pontius Clark University (Presenter) Abstract Title: Validation of Land-Use Change Models at Multiple Resolutions 3. Alex Pulsipher Clark University (Presenter) Abstract Title: Participatory Vulnerability Modeling: Potential for Multi-Agent GIS Approaches 4. Zhe Li CLARK UNIVERSITY (Presenter) Abstract Title: Application of BP neural network in remotely sensed imagery -An introduction to the new module in IDRISI Kilimanjaro