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  1. [geodesy, spatial analysis] A model that assumes that the influence of phenomena or populations on each other varies inversely with the distance between them.

  2. [social GIS] The idea that the probability of a given consumer visiting and purchasing at a given site is some function of the distance to that site, the site's attractiveness, and the distance and attractiveness of competing sites.

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