Hierarchical Aggregation Procedures for Interaction Data: A Comment

1 January 1977

journal article
research article
Published by SAGE Publications in Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space

Vol. 9 (1) , 99-103
https://doi.org/10.1068/a090099

Abstract

The procedure for the hierarchical aggregation of interaction data advocated by Masser and Brown (1975) does not take into account variations in the size of the row and column totals of the interaction matrix during the grouping process. The evaluation of cell entries within the matrix according to the objective function in the proposed aggregation procedure is thereby invalidated. Prior adjustment of the interaction matrix, so that both rows and columns in the resultant matrix sum to the same arbitrary total, effectively overcomes the problem of size effects.

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