This book contains refereed papers from the 13th International Conference on GeoComputation held at the University of Texas, Dallas, May 20-23, 2015. Since 1996, the members of the GeoComputation (the art and science of solving complex spatial problems with computers) community have joined together to develop a series of conferences in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia, Ireland and the United States of America. The conference encourages diverse topics related to novel methodologies and technologies to enrich the future development of GeoComputation research.

Dr. Daniel A. Griffith is an Ashbel Smith Professor of Geospatial Information Sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas, chair of the International Spatial Accuracy Research Association (ISARA) Steering Committee, a Committee member of the International Geographical Union (IGU) Commission on Modeling Geographical Systems Steering, an elected Regional Science Association International (RSAI) Councilor, a two-appointment Fulbright Senior Specialist, and an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the American Statistical Association (ASA), the Spatial Econometrics Association, the RSAI, and the New York Academy of Sciences. He also is a former Guggenheim fellow, and has been awarded distinguish scholarship honors by the Association of American Geographers. Dr. Griffith has published nearly two dozen books and over 200 papers, and is a previous editor of Geographical Analysis.