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<h2 id="geographical-cluster-detection">Geographical cluster detection</h2> <p>Identifying geographical clusters can be an important stage in a geographical analysis. Mapping the locations of unusual concentrations may help identify causes of these. Some techniques include the Geographical Analysis Machine and Besag and Newell's cluster detection method.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Ian Turton; Stan Openshaw (February 25, 1998). "What is a cluster?". Centre for Computational Geography. Archived from the original on October 7, 1999. Retrieved April 19, 2011. <a href="/wiki/Stan_Openshaw" target="_blank">/wiki/Stan_Openshaw</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Borowiecki, Karol Jan; Dahl, Christian Møller (January 2021). "What makes an artist? The evolution and clustering of creative activity in the US since 1850" (PDF). Regional Science and Urban Economics. 86: 103614. Bibcode:2021RSUE...86j3614B. doi:10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2020.103614. S2CID 228879785. <a href="https://findresearcher.sdu.dk/ws/files/178414068/What_makes_an_artist_KJ_Borowiecki_and_CM_Dahl_Jan_2021.pdf" target="_blank">https://findresearcher.sdu.dk/ws/files/178414068/What_makes_an_artist_KJ_Borowiecki_and_CM_Dahl_Jan_2021.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Fotheringham, A. Stewart; Zhan, F. Benjamin (September 3, 2010). "A Comparison Of Three Exploratory Methods for Cluster Detection in Spatial Point Patterns". Geographical Analysis. 28 (3): 200–218. doi:10.1111/j.1538-4632.1996.tb00931.x. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Doi_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>