THE DATA AVALANCHE IS HERE. SHOULDN’T WE BE DIGGING?
论文指出区域科学领域缺乏从数据库中挖掘知识的计算方法，阐明了地理空间知识发现过程及其与科学知识构建的关系，并识别了其在区域科学中发挥更大作用的挑战。
ABSTRACT We have access to an unprecedented amount of fine-grained data on cities, transportation, economies, and societies, much of these data referenced in geo-space and time. There is a tremendous opportunity to discover new knowledge about spatial economies that can inform theory and modeling in regional science. However, there is little evidence of computational methods for discovering knowledge from databases in the regional science literature. This paper addresses this gap by clarifying the geospatial knowledge discovery process, its relation to scientific knowledge construction, and identifying challenges to a greater role in regional science.