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geographical analysis machine  

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  • A geographical analysis machine (GAM) is an exploratory method for the detection of the raised incidence of some phenomenon in an at-risk population. The name and its acronym were coined by Stan Openshaw and others in 1987. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geographic Information Science; Geographical Analysis Machine]

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