We present a general comparison of punctual kriging based image restoration for different neighbourhood sizes. The formulation of the technique under consideration is based on punctual kriging and fuzzy concepts for image restoration in spatial domain. Three different neighbourhood windows are considered to estimate the semivariance at different lags for studying its effect in reduction of nega...

This article considers whether feelings of loneliness are associated with aspects of the home and neighbourhood of residence. Multinominal logistic regression models were used to explore associations between residential environment and loneliness in 4,000 residents across deprived areas of Glasgow. People who rated their neighbourhood environment of higher quality, and who used more local ameni...

Interviewer observations made during the process of data collection are currently used to inform responsive design decisions, to expand the set of covariates for nonresponse adjustments, to explain participation in surveys, and to assess nonresponse bias. However, little effort has been made to assess the quality of such interviewer observations. Using data from the Los Angeles Family and Neigh...

In recent years, analyses of neighbourhood externalities have grown with the perceived importance of their influence upon outcomes. Despite this growth, a clear understanding of the role of neighbourhoods in determining outcomes remains elusive. Various attempts have been made to quantify the role of neighbourhoods and limit problems of misspecification that have plagued this literature. Recent...

We test empirically whether people’s life satisfaction depends on their relative income position in the neighbourhood, drawing on a unique dataset, the German Socio-economic Panel Study (SOEP) matched with micro-marketing indicators of population characteristics. Relative deprivation theory suggests that individuals are happier the better their relative income position in the neighbourhood is. ...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the relation between perceived neighbourhood environment, social contact and support, and self efficacy, on the health of older people. DESIGN British cross sectional population survey of people aged 65 and over. PARTICIPANTS 999 people aged 65 plus living at home in Britain. RESULTS Regression modelling showed that high self efficacy had a strong independent ass...

The time complexity of a search depends on (1) the size of the neighbourhood and (2) the complexity in determining the cost of the moves. Therefore in order for the search to be effective and efficient, the neighbourhood must be highly constrained and it needs to be evaluated quickly, however without losing the ability to provide access to improved solutions. This paper investigates strategies ...

In this paper we consider the single machine earliness/tardiness scheduling problem with no idle time. We present heuristic algorithms based on the filtered and recovering beam search techniques and compare them with existing neighbourhood search and dispatch rule heuristics. Filtering procedures using both priority evaluation functions and problem-specific properties have been considered. Exte...

Little is known about the association between health and the quality of the residential environment. What is known is often based on subjective assessments of the environment rather than on measurements by independent observers. The aim of this study, therefore, was to determine the association between self-reported general health and an objectively assessed measure of the residential environme...

This paper employs a three-level hierarchical linear model (HLM) to examine the impacts that the quality of the environment and neighbourhood affluence have on housing prices. The empirical results suggest that there are significant variations in the average housing price for different neighbourhoods and administrative districts. The impact of building characteristics on housing prices is subje...