ABSTRACT
The rapid speed up in computer hardware combined with the development of applicable artificial intelligence (AI) tools is opening up exciting new analysis and modelling opportunities in geography. More specifically, there is the prospect of developing new technologies for spatial data modelling to cope better with the complexity of the phenomena under investigation. Indeed, the increasing capture of spatially referenced data (largely created by the use of geographical information systems, or GIS) and the improved sophistication of data handling techniques demand that new methods be developed which can properly exploit this spatial data rich environment.
