Geographically weighted regression with parameter-specific distance metrics
- 28 November 2016
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Informa UK Limited in International Journal of Geographical Information Science
- Vol. 31 (5), 982-998
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13658816.2016.1263731
Abstract
Geographically weighted regression (GWR) is an important local technique to model spatially varying relationships. A single distance metric (Euclidean or non-Euclidean) is generally used to calibrate a standard GWR model. However, variations in spatial relationships within a GWR model might also vary in intensity with respect to location and direction. This assertion has led to extensions of the standard GWR model to mixed (or semiparametric) GWR and to flexible bandwidth GWR models. In this article, we present a strongly related extension in fitting a GWR model with parameter-specific distance metrics (PSDM GWR). As with mixed and flexible bandwidth GWR models, a back-fitting algorithm is used for the calibration of the PSDM GWR model. The value of this new GWR model is demonstrated using a London house price data set as a case study. The results indicate that the PSDM GWR model can clearly improve the model calibration in terms of both goodness of fit and prediction accuracy, in contrast to the model fits when only one metric is singly used. Moreover, the PSDM GWR model provides added value in understanding how a regression model’s relationships may vary at different spatial scales, according to the bandwidths and distance metrics selected. PSDM GWR deals with spatial heterogeneities in data relationships in a general way, although questions remain on its model diagnostics, distance metric specification, and computational efficiency, providing options for further research.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (41401455, U1533102)
- Open fund from State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System (1610)
- Open fund from State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing, Wuhan University (14I01)
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