GeoDynamics. Atkinson, P.M., Foody, G.M., Darby, S.E., Wu, F. (eds), 2005, CRC Press. Brian G Lees, Professor, School of Physical, Environmental & Mathematical Sciences, The University of New South Wales, at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra ACT 2600, Australia This text is not so much the compilation of a set of conference papers, but a well-selected group of papers from keynote speakers and special sessions at GeComputation 2003. As such, it rises well above the usual run of post-conference publications and will earn its shelf space many times over. To have a preface, a foreword and an introduction seems a little like overkill. But when these are by such luminaries as Peter Burrough, Paul Longley and the editors themselves, they are interesting to read as each sees something slightly different in the compilation. This does tell us something about the state of the field. All note the attempts move away from aggregation and generalization, approaches to dealing with complexity which both simplify and generate error. Quite where these moves will lead is not yet clear, but this volume contains many pointers. e-mail: b.lees@adfa.edu.au |
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