Date of Award:
5-2021
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Mathematics and Statistics
Committee Chair(s)
Brennan Bean
Committee
Brennan Bean
Committee
Jürgen Symanzik
Committee
Adele Cutler
Abstract
Creating maps of continuous variables involves estimating values between measurement locations scattered throughout a geographic region. These maps often leverage observed similarities between geographically close measurements, but may also make predictions using other geographic information such as elevation. The relationship between the available geographic information and the variable of interest can vary with location, especially when mapping large areas like a continent. A simple way to account for the changing relationship is to divide the space into different sub-regions and model the relationship at each region. The naive implementation of this approach has the side effect of making sudden changes in predictions at the borders of each region. This thesis describes a novel regional border smoothing method that allows for the formation of a continuous map built with regional models. The method is implemented and available to the public through the open source R package remap. Improvements in model accuracy are demonstrated using a national scale and a state scale dataset.
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Recommended Citation
Wagstaff, Jadon S., "Regionalized Models with Spatially Continuous Predictions at the Borders" (2021). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 8065.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/8065
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