This book provides an introduction to the theoretical development and practical methodology of the so-called science-based spatiotemporal statistics. The book capitalizes on the significance of integrating different knowledge sources (physical, ecological, health, and social) into formal spatiotemporal statistics and provides an array of practical procedures for incorporating these sources into composite space-time analysis, modeling, and estimation/prediction.


George Christakos is a distinguished professor and S.M. Birch Endowed Chair of the Department of Geography at San Diego State University, California, USA. He is also a Yongqian Chair Professor of the College of Environmental and Resource Sciences at Zhejiang University, China. Hwa-Lung Yu is an associate professor of the Department of Bioenvironmental Systems Engineering at National Taiwan University, Taipei.