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The Inherent Structure of Experiments as a Constraint to Spatial Analysis and Modeling

Authors Simon Scheider , Judith A. Verstegen

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  • General and reference → Experimentation
  • Information systems → Spatial-temporal systems
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  • pragmatic Logic
  • experimental Norms
  • spatio-temporal Models

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Abstract

We argue that in order to justify a modeling approach for a particular purpose, we need to better understand the experimental structure that is supposed to be represented by a given model application. For this purpose, we introduce a logic for specifying causal as well as spatio-temporal experiments, based on which we reinterpret Sinton’s structure of spatial information from a pragmatic, experimental viewpoint. We illustrate the use of this logic based on a landuse modeling example, showing to what extent remote sensing and simulation approaches can be justified by decomposing the example into experiments required for answering its main question.

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Simon Scheider and Judith A. Verstegen. The Inherent Structure of Experiments as a Constraint to Spatial Analysis and Modeling. In 13th International Conference on Geographic Information Science (GIScience 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 346, pp. 17:1-17:17, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025) https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.GIScience.2025.17

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Simon Scheider
  • Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Judith A. Verstegen
  • Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Funding

  • Scheider, Simon: This research was funded by the European Research Council (ERC) under the Horizon Europe programme (Grant Agreement No. 101170816).

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