Arthur Getis
Arthur Getis (July 6, 1934 – May 13, 2022) was an American
geographer known for his significant contributions to
spatial statistics and
geographic information science (GIScience). With a career spanning over four decades, Getis authored more than one hundred peer-reviewed papers and book chapters, greatly influencing GIScience and geography as a whole. The Getis-Ord family of statistics, one of the most commonly used in
spatial analysis, is based on his and J. Keith Ord's work and is still widely used in the creation of hot spot maps.
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