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Spatial Network Data

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This chapter presents the illustrative application domains for why spatial network data summarization is important as well as a summarization framework for different types or genres of data. The chapter ends by detailing the associated computational challenges.

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    Dev Oliver

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Oliver, D. (2016). Introduction. In: Spatial Network Data. SpringerBriefs in Computer Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39621-7_1

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