GWR for Multiple Predictors (Gridded Model Output)

Author: O.Conrad (c) 2010
Menu: Spatial and Geostatistics | Geographically Weighted Regression

Description

Geographically Weighted Regression for multiple predictors. Predictors have to be supplied as attributes of ingoing points data. Regression model parameters are generated as continuous fields, i.e. as grids.

References

Fotheringham, S.A., Brunsdon, C., Charlton, M. (2002): Geographically Weighted Regression: the analysis of spatially varying relationships. John Wiley & Sons. online.
Fotheringham, S.A., Charlton, M., Brunsdon, C. (1998): Geographically weighted regression: a natural evolution of the expansion method for spatial data analysis. Environment and Planning A 30(11), 1905___1927. online.
Lloyd, C. (2010): Spatial Data Analysis - An Introduction for GIS Users. Oxford, 206p.

Parameters

	Name	Type	Identifier	Description	Constraints
Input	Points	shapes, input	`POINTS`	-	-
Input	Target System	grid, input, optional	`TARGET_TEMPLATE`	use this grid's system for output grids	-
Output	Regression	shapes, output	`REGRESSION`	-	-
	Quality	grid, output	`QUALITY`	-	-
	Intercept	grid, output	`INTERCEPT`	-	-
	Slopes	grid list, output	`SLOPES`	-	-
Options	Dependent Variable	table field	`DEPENDENT`	-	-
	Predictors	table fields	`PREDICTORS`	-	-
	Logistic Regression	boolean	`LOGISTIC`	-	Default: 0
	Target Grid System	choice	`TARGET_DEFINITION`	-	Available Choices: [0] user defined [1] grid or grid system Default: 0
	Cellsize	floating point number	`TARGET_USER_SIZE`	-	Minimum: 0.000000 Default: 1.000000
	West	floating point number	`TARGET_USER_XMIN`	-	Default: 0.000000
	East	floating point number	`TARGET_USER_XMAX`	-	Default: 100.000000
	South	floating point number	`TARGET_USER_YMIN`	-	Default: 0.000000
	North	floating point number	`TARGET_USER_YMAX`	-	Default: 100.000000
	Columns	integer number	`TARGET_USER_COLS`	Number of cells in East-West direction.	Minimum: 1 Default: 101
	Rows	integer number	`TARGET_USER_ROWS`	Number of cells in North-South direction.	Minimum: 1 Default: 101
	Rounding	boolean	`TARGET_USER_FLAT`	Round bounding coordinates to multiples of cell size. Ignored if cell size has decimal places.	Default: 1
	Fit	choice	`TARGET_USER_FITS`	-	Available Choices: [0] nodes [1] cells Default: 0
	Grid System	grid system	`TARGET_SYSTEM`	-	-
	Weighting Function	choice	`DW_WEIGHTING`	-	Available Choices: [0] no distance weighting [1] inverse distance to a power [2] exponential [3] gaussian Default: 3
	Power	floating point number	`DW_IDW_POWER`	-	Minimum: 0.000000 Default: 2.000000
	Bandwidth	floating point number	`DW_BANDWIDTH`	Bandwidth for exponential and Gaussian weighting	Minimum: 0.000000 Default: 1.000000
	Search Range	choice	`SEARCH_RANGE`	-	Available Choices: [0] local [1] global Default: 1
	Maximum Search Distance	floating point number	`SEARCH_RADIUS`	local maximum search distance given in map units	Minimum: 0.000000 Default: 1000.000000
	Number of Points	choice	`SEARCH_POINTS_ALL`	-	Available Choices: [0] maximum number of nearest points [1] all points within search distance Default: 1
	Minimum	integer number	`SEARCH_POINTS_MIN`	minimum number of points to use	Minimum: 1 Default: 16
	Maximum	integer number	`SEARCH_POINTS_MAX`	maximum number of nearest points	Minimum: 1 Default: 20

Command Line


Usage: saga_cmd statistics_regression 5 [-POINTS ] [-DEPENDENT ] [-PREDICTORS ] [-REGRESSION ] [-LOGISTIC ] [-TARGET_DEFINITION ] [-TARGET_USER_SIZE ] [-TARGET_USER_XMIN ] [-TARGET_USER_XMAX ] [-TARGET_USER_YMIN ] [-TARGET_USER_YMAX ] [-TARGET_USER_COLS ] [-TARGET_USER_ROWS ] [-TARGET_USER_FLAT ] [-TARGET_USER_FITS ] [-TARGET_TEMPLATE ] [-QUALITY ] [-INTERCEPT ] [-SLOPES ] [-DW_WEIGHTING ] [-DW_IDW_POWER ] [-DW_BANDWIDTH ] [-SEARCH_RANGE ] [-SEARCH_RADIUS ] [-SEARCH_POINTS_ALL ] [-SEARCH_POINTS_MIN ] [-SEARCH_POINTS_MAX ]
  -POINTS:             	Points
	shapes, input
  -DEPENDENT:          	Dependent Variable
	table field
  -PREDICTORS:         	Predictors
	table fields
  -REGRESSION:         	Regression
	shapes, output
  -LOGISTIC:           	Logistic Regression
	boolean
	Default: 0
  -TARGET_DEFINITION:  	Target Grid System
	choice
	Available Choices:
	[0] user defined
	[1] grid or grid system
	Default: 0
  -TARGET_USER_SIZE:	Cellsize
	floating point number
	Minimum: 0.000000
	Default: 1.000000
  -TARGET_USER_XMIN:	West
	floating point number
	Default: 0.000000
  -TARGET_USER_XMAX:	East
	floating point number
	Default: 100.000000
  -TARGET_USER_YMIN:	South
	floating point number
	Default: 0.000000
  -TARGET_USER_YMAX:	North
	floating point number
	Default: 100.000000
  -TARGET_USER_COLS:   	Columns
	integer number
	Minimum: 1
	Default: 101
  -TARGET_USER_ROWS:   	Rows
	integer number
	Minimum: 1
	Default: 101
  -TARGET_USER_FLAT:   	Rounding
	boolean
	Default: 1
  -TARGET_USER_FITS:   	Fit
	choice
	Available Choices:
	[0] nodes
	[1] cells
	Default: 0
  -TARGET_TEMPLATE:    	Target System
	grid, input, optional
  -QUALITY:            	Quality
	grid, output
  -INTERCEPT:          	Intercept
	grid, output
  -SLOPES:             	Slopes
	grid list, output
  -DW_WEIGHTING:       	Weighting Function
	choice
	Available Choices:
	[0] no distance weighting
	[1] inverse distance to a power
	[2] exponential
	[3] gaussian
	Default: 3
  -DW_IDW_POWER:    	Power
	floating point number
	Minimum: 0.000000
	Default: 2.000000
  -DW_BANDWIDTH:    	Bandwidth
	floating point number
	Minimum: 0.000000
	Default: 1.000000
  -SEARCH_RANGE:       	Search Range
	choice
	Available Choices:
	[0] local
	[1] global
	Default: 1
  -SEARCH_RADIUS:   	Maximum Search Distance
	floating point number
	Minimum: 0.000000
	Default: 1000.000000
  -SEARCH_POINTS_ALL:  	Number of Points
	choice
	Available Choices:
	[0] maximum number of nearest points
	[1] all points within search distance
	Default: 1
  -SEARCH_POINTS_MIN:  	Minimum
	integer number
	Minimum: 1
	Default: 16
  -SEARCH_POINTS_MAX:  	Maximum
	integer number
	Minimum: 1
	Default: 20