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Discrete Spatial variables: Basic concepts: Indices Of Arrangement

1.1.1. Indices Of Arrangement

It would be illusory and quite tedious to propose an exhaustive list of indices of spatial arrangement suggested in the literature. The most productive fields of research in this respect are certainly those of the geography, ecology, regional sciences and the numerical image processing. From the methodological point of view, most significant is to seize the aspects of the spatial arrangement which one wishes to describe through indices, the way of interpreting them, as well as their context of use.

The context of application of the indices of arrangement is influenced by the following factors:

On the level of the spatial objects On the level of a group of objects with a common thematic property On the level of the study area
12 spatial objects 4 objects with a class of average aptitude for agriculture Distribution of the thematic properties of the 12 objects

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