CALL FOR PAPERS

A Special Issue of Computers, Environment and Urban Systems

Diansheng Guo, University of South Carolina

Jeremy Mennis, Temple University

In recent years, the volume of available spatial data pertaining to environmental and urban systems has increased dramatically due to the growing sophistication and ubiquity of geospatial technologies. Because of the size and complexity of these data sets, effective use of these data for planning and decision-making demands innovative analytical approaches. Spatial data mining addresses this issue by focusing on the discovery, interpretation, and presentation of information embedded in very large and complex geographic data sets. This special issue of CEUS invites submissions of original research contributions that focus on recent developments in spatial data mining with direct relevance to environmental and urban issues. Contributions may be theoretical, methodological, or applied in nature. Research may address (but is not limited to) the following topics:

• Computational algorithms for extracting patterns from spatial data sets

• Geovisualization and exploratory analysis methods and applications

• Approaches for analyzing high-dimensional and/or noisy spatial data sets

• Approaches for analyzing spatio-temporal and path/network data types

• Knowledge representation and semantics in spatial data mining and visualization

• Applications of existing or new methods to social and/or physical science data

• Applications of existing or new methods to support decision-making and planning

• Collection and analysis of new types of geographic data (e.g. simulation data, activity

data, sensor data, and mobile data)

• Collection, fusion, and analysis of heterogeneous or multimedia geographic data (e.g.

text, image, video, etc.)

Authors are advised to email the editors at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it of their intent to submit a manuscript by August 15, 2008. Manuscripts should be sumitted through the Elsevier electronic system (http://ees.elsevier.com/ceus ) by September 1, 2008. Please make sure to select the Article Type "Special Issue: Spatial Data Mining". All submissions will be peer-reviewed in line with Computers, Environment and Urban Systems policy. The Guide for Authors is available at: (http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/304/authorinstructions ).

Submission deadline: September 1, 2008

Editors' decision December 15, 2008

Final version of papers due: January 31, 2009

Editors’ final decision: February 15, 2009