"Spatial autocorrelation" is the term you want. I have a Ph.D. in geography, but I did one of the less employable flavors and my GIS knowledge doesn't extend much past knowing that term.
It's probably based on the square of the distance, so that negative distance still works.
1: thanks! That looks complicated!
It's probably based on the square of the distance, so that negative distance still works.
Pfft, typical maths jargon. Just say "closeness".
Pffft, typical investment banker. Just say "intimacy".
OT: I have honestly never been an investment banker, or anything similar.
You sure you weren't just not a typical one?
6: That's just what you'd expect an investment banker to say.
7: a typical investment banker is an investment banker, so I can confidently say that, in that respect, I was never a typical investment banker.
Typically I have no idea what you are all talking about.
It's like a regular banker, but instead of making loans, they make investments.