Geocomputation techniques for spatial analysis: are they relevant to health data? Técnicas de geocomputação para análise espacial: é o caso para dados de saúde?
Geocomputation is an emerging field of research that advocates the use of computationally intensive techniques such as neural networks, heuristic search, and cellular automata for spatial data analysis. Since increasing amounts of health-related data are collected within a geographical frame of refe...
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Language: | English |
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Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
2001-10-01
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Series: | Cadernos de Saúde Pública |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2001000500002 |