09 Jun 2025
| 09 Jun 2025
Investigating Moran’s I Properties for Spatial Machine Learning: A Preliminary Analysis
Jakub Nowosad
Institute of Landscape Ecology, University of Münster, Heisenbergstraße 2, Münster, 48149, Germany
Institute of Geoecology and Geoinformation, Adam Mickiewicz University, B. Krygowskiego 10, Poznań, 61-680, Poland
Hanna Meyer
Institute of Landscape Ecology, University of Münster, Heisenbergstraße 2, Münster, 48149, Germany
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