Conduct an experiment using simulation techniques from an activity perspective
Explain how a simulation from an activity perspective can be used in transportation
Discuss important computational laboratory tools for creating new models and visualizing model simulations and model outcomes
Discuss whether, when prior information is absent, repeatedly generating random synthetic datasets can be used to provide statistical significance
Discuss Monte Carlo simulation use in GIS&T
Discuss effective scientific use of supervisory genetic algorithms with agent-based simulation models
Describe how supervisory search and optimization methods can be used to analyze key characteristics of initial conditions and results and to optimize results based on systematic targeted search through the parameter and random seed spaces
Explain the argument that, throughout history, maps have been used to depict social relations
Explain the argument that GIS is “socially constructed”
Describe the use of GIS from a political ecology point of view (e.g., consider the use of GIS for resource identification, conservation, and allocation by an NGO in Sub-Saharan Africa)
Defend or refute the contention that critical studies have an identifiable influence on the development of the information society in general and GIScience in particular
Discuss the production, maintenance, and use of geospatial data by a government agency or private firm from the perspectives of a taxpayer, a community organization, and a member of a minority group
Explain how a tax assessor’s office adoption of GIS&T may affect power relations within a community
Recognize the unique constraints or opportunities of the social or cultural context of a potential application
Compare and contrast the needs, constraints, and opportunities of different types of institutions, such as corporations, non-profit organizations, government agencies, and educational institutions
Describe the major geospatial software architectures available currently, including desktop GIS, server-based, Internet, and component-based custom applications
Describe non-spatial software that can be used in geospatial applications, such as databases, Web services, and programming environments
Compare and contrast the primary sources of geospatial software, including major and minor commercial vendors and open-source options
List the major functionality needed from off-the-shelf software based on a requirements report
Identify software options that meet functionality needs for a given task or enterprise
Evaluate software options that meet functionality needs for a given task or enterprise
Differentiate between absolute and relative descriptions of location
Define the four basic dimensions or shapes used to describe spatial objects (i.e., points, lines, regions, volumes)
Discuss the contributions that different perspectives on the nature of space bring to an understanding of geographic phenomenon
Justify the discrepancies between the nature of locations in the real world and representations thereof (e.g., towns as points)
Select appropriate spatial metaphors and models of phenomena to be represented in GIS
Develop methods for representing non-cartesian models of space in GIS
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the use of cartesian/metric space as a basis for GIS and related technologies
Differentiate between common-sense, Cartesian/metric, relational, relativistic, phenomenological, social constructivist, and other theories of the nature of space
AM-28 - Semi-variogram modeling