The design of a stratified sample from a finite population deals with two main issues: the definition of a rule to partition the population, and the allocation of sampling units in the selected strata. This article examines a tree-based strategy which plans to solve jointly these issues when the...

1. Introduction: spatial effects and the role of configuration of data -- 1.1 Objectives and approaches -- 1.2 An overview of theoretical problems -- 1.3 A sketch of the methodology -- 1.4 An outline of the book -- 1.5 Omitted topics -- 2. Theoretical Problems Motivation -- 2.1 Introduction --...

The present volume showcased a series of papers related to some of the most recent developments in the field of spatial econometric methods applied to spatial interaction modelling. In particular, this book was motivated by the need to testify, through a collection of methodological and...