Big data has now become a strong focus of global interest that is increasingly attracting the
attention of academia, industry, government and other organizations. Big data can be …

The field of spatial epidemiology has evolved rapidly in the past 2 decades. This study
serves as a brief introduction to spatial epidemiology and the use of geographic information …

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was first discovered in
late 2019 in Wuhan City, China. The virus may cause novel coronavirus disease 2019 …

Both space and time are fundamental in human activities as well as in various physical
processes. Spatiotemporal analysis and modeling has long been a major concern of …

" Practical, accessible, careful and interesting, this... revised volume brings the subject up-to-
date and explains, in bite sized chunks, the′ how′ s′ and′ why′ s′ of modern day …

Crime is one of the most important social problems in the country, affecting public safety,
children development, and adult socioeconomic status. Understanding what factors cause …

Predictive hotspot mapping plays a critical role in hotspot policing. Existing methods such as
the popular kernel density estimation (KDE) do not consider the temporal dimension of …

The processes that cause and influence movement are one of the main points of enquiry in
movement ecology. However, ecology is not the only discipline interested in movement: a …

There are few studies on the reduction of heavy metal pollution from the perspectives of
digital transformation and the agglomeration effect of heavy metal enterprises. In this study …

Large quantities of spatiotemporal (ST) data can be easily collected from various domains
such as transportation, social media analysis, crime analysis, and human mobility analysis …