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row standardization

See Also: spatial weights matrix, weight

  1. [spatial statistics (use for geostatistics)] A technique for adjusting the weights in a spatial weights matrix. When weights are row standardized, each weight is divided by its row sum. The row sum is the sum of weights for a feature’s neighbors.