Robert Pontius

Strzempko, J., & Pontius, R. G. (2023). The Flow Matrix Offers a Straightforward Alternative to the Problematic Markov Matrix. Land, 12(7), 1471. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12071471

Harati, S., Perez, L., Molowny-Horas, R., & Pontius, R. G. (2021). Validating models of one-way land change: an example case of forest insect disturbance. Landscape Ecology, 36(10), 2919–2935. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-021-01272-0

Khallaghi, S., & Pontius, R. G. (2021). Area method compared with Transect method to measure shoreline movement. Geocarto International, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2021.1926556

Sangermano, F., Pontius, R. G., Chaitman, J., & Meneghini, A. (2021). Linking land change model evaluation to model objective for the assessment of land cover change impacts on biodiversity. Landscape Ecology, 36(9), 2707–2723. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-021-01251-5

Quan, B., Pontius, R. G., & Song, H. (2020). Intensity Analysis to communicate land change during three time intervals in two regions of Quanzhou City, China. GIScience & Remote Sensing, 57(1), 21–36. https://doi.org/10.1080/15481603.2019.1658420

Pontius, Jr., R. G. (2019). Component intensities to relate difference by category with difference overall. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2018.07.024

Shafizadeh-Moghadam, H., Minaei, M., Feng, Y., & Pontius, Jr., R. G. (2019). GlobeLand30 maps show four times larger gross than net land change from 2000 to 2010 in Asia. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2019.01.003

Varga, O. G., Pontius, Jr., R. G., Singh, S. K., & Szabo, S. (2019). Intensity Analysis and the Figure of Merit’s components for assessment of a Cellular Automata – Markov simulation model. Ecological Indicators. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.01.057

Pontius, Jr., R. G. (2018). Criteria to Confirm Models that Simulate Deforestation and Carbon Disturbance. Landscape and Ecological Engineering. https://doi.org/10.3390/land7030105

Quan, B., Ren, H., Pontius, Jr., R. G., & Liu, P. (2018). Quantifying spatiotemporal patterns concerning land change in Changsha, China. Landscape and Ecological Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11355-018-0349-y

Ye, S., Pontius, Jr., R. G., & Rakshit, R. (2018). A review of accuracy assessment for object-based image analysis: from per-pixel to per-polygon approaches. Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 141, 137–147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2018.04.002

Pontius, Jr., R. G., Krithivasan, R., Sauls, L., Yan, Y., & Zhang, Y. (2017). Methods to summarize change among land categories across time intervals. Journal of Land Use Science, 12(4), 218–230. https://doi.org/10.1080/1747423X.2017.1338768

Pontius, Jr., R. G., Huang, J., Jiang, W., Khallaghi, S., Lin, Y., Liu, J., Quan, B., & Ye, S. (2017). Rules to write mathematics to clarify metrics such as the land use dynamic degrees. Landscape Ecology, 32(12), 2249–2260. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-017-0584-x

Bradley, A. V., Rosa, I. M. D., Pontius, Jr., R. G., Ahmed, S. E., Araujo, M. B., Brown, D. G., Brandao Jr, A., Carnerio, T. G. S., Hartley, A. J., Smith, M. J., & Ewers, R. M. (2016). SimiVal, a multi-criteria map comparison tool for land-change model projections. Environmental Modelling & Software. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2016.04.016

Aldwaik, S. Z., Onsted, J. A., & Pontius, Jr., R. G. (2015). Behavior-based aggregation of land categories for temporal change analysis. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 35, 229–238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2014.09.007

Blanchard, S., Pontius, Jr., R. G., & Urban, K. M. (2015). Implications of using 2m versus 30 m spatial resolution data for suburban residential land change modeling. Journal of Environmental Informatics, 25(1), 1–13. https://doi.org/0.3808/jei.201400284

Giner, N. M., Polsky, C., Pontius, Jr., R. G., Runfola, D. M., & S.J, R. (2014). Creating spatially-explicit lawn maps without classifying remotely sensed imagery: The case of suburban Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Cities and the Environment, 7(1).

Pontius, Jr., R. G., & Parmentier, B. (2014). Recommendations for using the Relative Operating Characteristic (ROC). Landscape Ecology, 29(3), 367–382. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-013-9984-8

Pontius, Jr., R. G., & Santacruz, A. (2014). Quantity, Exchange and Shift Components of Differences in a Square Contingency Table. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 35(21), 7543–7554. https://doi.org/10.1080/2150704X.2014.969814

Pontius, Jr., R. G., & Si, K. (2014). The Total Operating Characteristic to measure diagnostic ability for multiple thresholds. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 28(3), 570–583. https://doi.org/10.1080/13658816.2013.862623

Runfola, D. M., Hamill, T. A., Pontius, Jr., R. G., Rogan, J., Giner, N., Decatur, A., & Ratick, S. (2014). Using Fine Resolution Orthoimagery and Spatial Interpolation to Rapidly Map Turf Grass in Suburban Massachusetts. International Journal of Geospatial and Environmental Research, 1(1).

Aldwaik, S., & Pontius, Jr., R. G. (2013). Map errors that could account for deviations from a uniform intensity of land change. International Journal of Geographical Information Science. https://doi.org/10.1080/13658816.2013.787618

Giner, N. M., Polsky, C., Pontius, Jr., R. G., & Runfola, D. M. (2013). Understanding the social determinants of lawn landscapes: A fine-resolution spatial statistical analysis in suburban Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Landscape and Urban Planning, 111, 25–33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2012.12.006

Runfola, D. M., Polsky, C., Giner, N., Pontius, Jr., R. G., & Nicolson, C. (2013). Future Suburban Development and the Environmental Implications of Lawns: A Case Study in New England, USA. In D. Czamanski, I. Benenson, & D. Malkinson (Eds.), Modeling of Land-use and Ecological Dynamics (pp. 119–141). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40199-2_7

Runfola, D. M., Polsky, C., Nicolson, C., Giner, N. M., Pontius, Jr., R. G., Krahe, J., & Decatur, A. (2013). A growing concern? Examining the influence of lawn size on residential water use in suburban Boston, MA, USA. Landscape and Urban Planning, 119, 113–123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2013.07.006

Runfola, D. S. M., & Pontius, Jr., R. G. (2013). Measuring the temporal instability of land change using the Flow matrix. International Journal of Geographical Information Science. https://doi.org/10.1080/13658816.2013.792344

Aldwaik, S., & Pontius, Jr., R. G. (2012). Intensity Analysis to Unify Measurements of Size and Stationarity of Land Changes by Interval, Category, and Transition. Landscape and Urban Planning, 106(1), 103–114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2012.02.010

Polsky, C., Pontius, Jr., R. G., Giner, N., Decatur, A., Runfola, D. M., & Rakshit, R. (2012). HERO Object-based Lawn Mapping Exploration of Suburbia: Rationale, Methods and Results for the NSF Plum Island Ecosystems Long-Term Ecological Research Site (Nos. 2012–24). Clark University.

Pontius, Jr., R. G., & Millones, M. (2011). Death to Kappa: birth of quantity disagreement and allocation disagreement for accuracy assessment. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 32, 4407–4429. https://doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2011.552923

Chen, H., & Pontius, Jr., R. G. (2011). Sensitivity of a land change model to pixel resolution and precision of the independent variable. Environmental Modeling & Assessment, 16, 37–52. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10666-010-9233-3

McConnell, W. J., Millington, J. D. A., Reo, N. J., Alberti, M., Asbjornsen, H., Baker, L. A., Brozović, N., Drinkwater, L. E., Drzyzga, S. A., Fragoso, J., Holland, D. S., Jantz, C. A., Kohler, T. A., Maschner, H. D. G., Monticino, M., Podestá, G., Pontius, Jr., R. G., Redman, C. L., Sailor, D., … Liu, J. (2011). Research on coupled human and natural Systems (CHANS): Approach, challenges and strategies. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, 92(2), 218–228. https://doi.org/10.1890/0012-9623-92.2.218

Chen, H., & Pontius, Jr., R. G. (2010). Diagnostic tools to evaluate a spatial land change projection along a gradient of an explanatory variable. Landscape Ecology, 25, 1319–1331. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-010-9519-5

Pontius, Jr., R. G., & Li, X. (2010). Land transition estimates from erroneous maps. Journal of Land Use Science, 5(1), 31–44. https://doi.org/10.1080/17474230903222473

Pontius, Jr., R. G., & Petrova, S. (2010). Assessing a predictive model of land change using uncertain data. Environmental Modeling & Software, 25(3), 299–309. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2009.09.005

Pontius, Jr., R. G., & Neeti, N. (2010). Uncertainty in the difference between maps of future land change scenarios. Sustainability Science, 5, 39–50. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-009-0095-z

Pontius, Jr., R. G., & Connors, J. (2009). Range of categorical associations for comparison of maps with mixed pixels. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, 75(8), 963–969. https://doi.org/10.14358/PERS.75.8.963

Polsky, C., Assefa, S., Del Vecchio, K., Hill, T., Merner, L., Tercero, I., & Pontius, Jr., R. G. (2009). The Mounting Risk of Drought in a Humid Landscape: Structure and Agency in Suburbanizing Massachusetts. In B. Yarnal, C. Polsky, & J. O’Brien (Eds.), Sustainable Communities on a Sustainable Planet: The Human-Environment Regional Observatory Project. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511635694.011

Pontius, Jr., R. G., & Li, X. (2008). Estimating the land transition matrix based on erroneous maps.

Parmentier, B., & Pontius, Jr., R. G. (2007). Improvements in the use of the ROC statistic for landscape ecology. Conference Proceedings of the World Congress of the International Association for Landscape Ecology, 2.

Pontius, Jr., R. G., & Connors, J. (2006). Expanding the conceptual, mathematical, and practical methods for map comparison. Conference Proceedings of the Meeting of Spatial Accuracy 2006, 16.

Pontius, Jr., R. G., Versluis, A. J., & Malizia, N. R. (2006). Visualizing certainty of extrapolations from models of land change. Landscape Ecology, 21, 1151–1166. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-006-7285-1

Fedorko, E. J., Pontius, Jr., R. G., Aldrich, S. P., Claessens, L., Hopkinson, C., & Wollheim, W. M. (2005). Spatial distribution of land type in regression models of pollutant loading. Journal of Spatial Hydrology, 5(2), 60–80. https://doi.org/10.1086/BBLv207n2p173

Pontius, Jr., R. G., Versluis, A. J., & Malizia, N. R. (2005). Visualizing the certainty for extrapolations from models of landscape change. Conference Proceedings of the Meeting of Geocomputation, 6.

Pontius, Jr., R. G., Huffaker, D., & Denman, K. (2004). Useful techniques of validation for spatially explicit land-change models. Ecological Modeling, 179, 445–461. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2004.05.010