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dc.contributor.authorRobertson, Colin
dc.contributor.authorLong, Jed Andrew
dc.contributor.authorNathoo, F.S.
dc.contributor.authorNelson, T.A.
dc.contributor.authorPlouffe, C.C.F.
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-19T15:01:01Z
dc.date.available2014-09-19T15:01:01Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationRobertson , C , Long , J A , Nathoo , F S , Nelson , T A & Plouffe , C C F 2014 , ' Assessing quality of spatial models using the structural similarity index and posterior predictive checks ' , Geographical Analysis , vol. 46 , no. 1 , pp. 53-74 . https://doi.org/10.1111/gean.12028en
dc.identifier.issn0016-7363
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 69345517
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: 11ed312f-beba-4701-9eba-302b94063181
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 84892495483
dc.identifier.otherWOS: 000330794600004
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/5465
dc.descriptionWe would like to thank both GEOIDE and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada for funding.en
dc.description.abstractModel assessment is one of the most important aspects of statistical analysis. In geographical analysis, models represent spatial processes, where variability in mapped output results from uncertainty in parameter estimates. Slight spatial misalignments can cause inflated error scores when comparing maps of observed and predicted variables using traditional error metrics at the level of individual spatial units. We conceptualize spatial model assessment as a continuous value map comparison problem and employ methods from image analysis to score model outputs. The structural similarity index, a measure that attempts to replicate the human visual system using a local region approach, is used as an exploratory map comparison statistic. The measure is implemented within a Bayesian spatial modeling framework as a discrepancy measure in a posterior predictive check of model fit. Results are reported for simulation studies representing a variety of spatial processes in a spatial and space–time context. A case study of rainfall mapping in Sri Lanka demonstrates the proposed methodology applied to assessment of Bayesian kriging interpolations. Both simulation studies as well as the case study demonstrate that the approach reveals hidden spatial structure not uncovered by traditional methods. The spatially sensitive assessment methodology provides a diagnostic tool to support spatial modeling and analysis.
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofGeographical Analysisen
dc.rights© 2014. The Ohio State University published by Wiley. This is the accepted version of the following article: Assessing quality of spatial models using the structural similarity index and posterior predictive checks Robertson, C., Long, J. A., Nathoo, F. S., Nelson, T. A. & Plouffe, C. C. F. 2014 In : Geographical Analysis. 46, p. 53-74, which has been published in final form at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gean.12028/abstracten
dc.subjectG Geography (General)en
dc.subjectQA Mathematicsen
dc.subject.lccG1en
dc.subject.lccQAen
dc.titleAssessing quality of spatial models using the structural similarity index and posterior predictive checksen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.description.versionPostprinten
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Geography & Sustainable Developmenten
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Centre for Geoinformaticsen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Bell-Edwards Geographic Data Instituteen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/gean.12028
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden


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