Contiguity matrix of spatial units and its properties on example of land districts of Podkarpackie province

Wiesław Wagner; Andrzej Mantaj

doi:https://doi.org/10.59170/stattrans-2010-013

Contiguity matrix of spatial units and its properties on example of land districts of Podkarpackie province

Wiesław Wagner Wyższa Szkoła Informatyki i Zarządzania w Rzeszowie , Andrzej Mantaj Wyższa Szkoła Informatyki i Zarządzania w Rzeszowie Statistics in Transition new series, vol. 11, 2010, 1, pages: 187-203 Published online: 1 July 2010 https://doi.org/10.59170/stattrans-2010-013

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ABSTRACT

Spatial units are an important carrier of numerical data on tested statistical characteristics of selected social-economic phenomena. They are in the relation of contiguity to one another, which can be expressed by the binary matrix of contiguity. Its 1-elements indicate occurrence of common boundary, and zeros – no boundary. In the work various divisions of spatial units have been presented as well as their properties and description of contiguity allowing determination of the contiguity matrix. It stands out with many analytical properties. Its illustration has been shown on land districts of Podkarpackie Province.

KEYWORDS

Spatial units, non-directed graphs, contiguity matrix, land districts of Podkarpackie Province

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