Arthur Getis
Arthur Getis (July 6, 1934 – May 13, 2022) was an American geographer known for his significant contributions to spatial statistics and geographic information science (GIScience). With a career spanning over four decades, Getis authored more than one hundred peer-reviewed papers and book chapters, greatly influencing GIScience and geography as a whole. The Getis-Ord family of statistics, one of the most commonly used in spatial analysis, is based on his and J. Keith Ord's work and is still widely used in the creation of hot spot maps.
Arthur Getis | |
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| Born | 6 July 1934 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US |
| Died | 13 May 2022 (aged 87) San Diego, California, US |
| Citizenship | United States of America |
| Alma mater | Pennsylvania State University University of Washington |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Rutgers University University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign University of California, Santa Barbara San Diego State University |
| Thesis | A theoretical and empirical inquiry into the spatial structure of retail activities (1961) |
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