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A linearization for stable and fast geographically weighted Poisson regression

Daisuke Murakami·Narumasa Tsutsumida·Takahiro Yoshida·Tomoki Nakaya·Binbin Lu·Paul Harris
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Although geographically weighted Poisson regression (GWPR) is a popular regression for spatially indexed count data, its development is relatively limited compared to that found for linear geographically weighted regression (GWR), where many extensions (e.g., multiscale GWR, scalable GWR) have been proposed. The weak development of GWPR can be attributed to the computational cost and identification problem in the underpinning Poisson regression model. This study proposes linearized GWPR (L-GWPR) by introducing a log-linear approximation into the GWPR model to overcome these bottlenecks. Because the L-GWPR model is identical to the Gaussian GWR model, it is free from the identification problem, easily implemented, computationally efficient, and offers similar potential for extension. Specifically, L-GWPR does not require a double-loop algorithm, which makes GWPR slow for large samples. Furthermore, we extended L-GWPR by introducing ridge regularization to enhance its stability (regularized L-GWPR). The results of the Monte Carlo experiments confirmed that regularized L-GWPR estimates local coefficients accurately and computationally efficiently. Finally, we compared GWPR and regularized L-GWPR through a crime analysis in Tokyo.

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Daisuke Murakami, Narumasa Tsutsumida, Takahiro Yoshida, Tomoki Nakaya, Binbin Lu, Paul Harris. 2023-05-15. A linearization for stable and fast geographically weighted Poisson regression. https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.08443

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