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In order to verify the method based on vector calculus proposed in the present publication, an attempt was made to classify 314 counties with reference to their regional development in the period from 2002 to 2005.1
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Counties had been adopted as a subject matter of the research as there was no comprehensive and homogenous data available for communes for the time horizon under examination. On the other hand, the number of voivodships is too small to verify the method suggested thoroughly.
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To find more information about Regional Database see: chapter 1, section 1.2 of the present publication.
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To find more about intervallic calculus consult the following sources: R.E. Moore: Interval Analysis. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey 1966.
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Research conducted with the use of this representation has been discussed in: K. Nermend: Using Average-Variance Representation for Supporting the Classification of Communes. [In Polish] In: New…; K. Nermend, M. Borawski: Using Average-Variance…; K. Nermend: Using Average-Variance Representation in Economic Analyses. “Polish Journal of Environmental Studies” 2006, Vol. 15, No 4c, pp. 123–126.
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Definitions of a quartile have been presented in: A.D. Aczel: Statistics in Management. [In Polish] Wyd. Naukowe PWN, Warszawa 2000, p. 18. Quartiles are also called quarter values. Cf. K. Zając: Outline of Statistical Methods. [In Polish] PWE, Warszawa 1971, p. 188. The first and third quartiles are also called lower and upper quartiles. Cf. N.W. Smirnow, I.W. Dunin-Barkowski: Crash Course of Mathematical Statistics for Technical Purposes. [In Polish] PWN, Warszawa 1966, p. 121.
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M. Borawski: op.cit., p. 139; K. Nermend: Object recognition …
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Two-dimensional correlation coefficient is also know as spatial correlation. See: G.S. Maddala: Econometrics. [In Polish] Wyd. Naukowe PWN, Warszawa 2006, p. 271.
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Nerm, i.K. (2009). Taxonomic Synthetic Vector Measure in the Assessment of Regional Development: Results of Empirical Research. In: Vector Calculus in Regional Development Analysis. Contributions to Economics. Physica-Verlag HD. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-2179-6_5
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