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<journal-id>0186-7210</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Estudios demográficos y urbanos]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Estud. demogr. urbanos]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0186-7210</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[El Colegio de México A.C.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S0186-72102016000200385</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Revisando los métodos de agregación de unidades espaciales: MAUP, algoritmos y un breve ejemplo]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Reviewing spatial unit aggregation methods: MAUP, algorithms and a brief example]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sáenz Vela]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Hada Melissa]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila Centro de Investigaciones Socioeconómicas ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Saltillo Coahuila]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>31</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>385</fpage>
<lpage>411</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0186-72102016000200385&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0186-72102016000200385&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0186-72102016000200385&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Los métodos de agregación espacial han generado interés en los últimos años debido a su fácil adecuación a diferentes objetivos. Más allá de eso existen razones estadísticas para aconsejar su aplicación: reducen el sesgo generado por el problema de unidad de área modificable (MAUP). En este artículo se presenta una revisión bibliográfica de este problema y de los diferentes métodos de agregación, así como la aplicación de un algoritmo a datos de la Zona Metropolitana del Valle de México.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Spatial aggregation methods have generated interest in recent years due to their ease of adaptation to different objectives. Moreover, there are statistical reasons to support their use: they reduce the bias caused by the modifiable area unit problem (MAUP). This article presents a bibliographical review of this issue and the different aggregation methods, together with the application of an algorithm to data from the Metropolitan Area of the Valley of Mexico.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[agregación espacial]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[algoritmos computacionales]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[MAUP]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[problema de unidad de área modificable]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[spatial aggregation]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[computational algorithms]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[MAUP]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[modifiable area unit problem]]></kwd>
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