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'''Roger Simon Bivand''' (born 5 April 1951) is a British [[geographer]], [[economist]] and professor at the [[Norwegian School of Economics]]. He specialises in [[Open-source software|open source software]] for [[spatial analysis]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Roger Bivand|url=https://www.nhh.no/en/employees/faculty/roger-bivand/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-02|website=|publisher=[[Norwegian School of Economics]]|language=en}}</ref> and played a major role in developing functions for spatial data in the [[R (programming language)|R statistical programming language]], including the [[R packages]] sp, rgdal, maptools and rgrass7.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Lovelace|first=Robin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0y6ODwAAQBAJ|title=Geocomputation with R|last2=Nowosad|first2=Jakub|last3=Muenchow|first3=Jannes|date=2019-03-22|publisher=CRC Press|year=|isbn=978-1-351-39689-9|location=|pages=5–7|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Roger Bivand|url=https://opengeohub.org/people/roger-bivand|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-02|website=OpenGeoHub Foundation}}</ref>
'''Roger Simon Bivand''' (born 5 April 1951) is a British [[geographer]], [[economist]] and professor at the [[Norwegian School of Economics]]. He specialises in [[Open-source software|open source software]] for [[spatial analysis]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Roger Bivand|url=https://www.nhh.no/en/employees/faculty/roger-bivand/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-02|website=|publisher=[[Norwegian School of Economics]]|language=en}}</ref> and played a major role in developing functions for spatial data in the [[R (programming language)|R statistical programming language]], including the [[R packages]] sp, rgdal, maptools and rgrass7.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Lovelace|first=Robin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0y6ODwAAQBAJ|title=Geocomputation with R|last2=Nowosad|first2=Jakub|last3=Muenchow|first3=Jannes|date=2019-03-22|publisher=CRC Press|year=|isbn=978-1-351-39689-9|location=|pages=5–7|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Roger Bivand|url=https://opengeohub.org/people/roger-bivand|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-02|website=OpenGeoHub Foundation}}</ref> His book ''Applied Spatial Data Analysis with R'' (2008), coauthored with [[Edzer Pebesma]] and [[Virgilio Gómez-Rubio]], is considered "the authoritative resource on R's spatial capabilities".<ref name="Lovelace 2015">{{cite journal |last1=Lovelace |first1=Robin |title=Book Review: Advanced Spatial Data Analysis with R, R. Bivand, E. Pebesma and V. Gomez-Rubio, Second Edition, Springer, Softcover and eBook, 405 pages, 2013 |journal=Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy |date=1 March 2015 |volume=8 |issue=1 |pages=85–87 |doi=10.1007/s12061-014-9118-y |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12061-014-9118-y |language=en |issn=1874-4621}}</ref>


Bivand was born in [[Bristol]] on 5 April 1951.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Brunstad|first=Rolf|last2=Vatne|first2=Eirik|date=2011-04-05|title=Roger S. Bivand 60 år|url=http://paraplyen.nhh.no/paraplyen/arkiv/2011/april/roger-s-bi/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306012357/http://paraplyen.nhh.no/paraplyen/arkiv/2011/april/roger-s-bi/|archive-date=2016-03-06|access-date=2020-11-02|website=Paraplyen|publisher=[[Norwegian School of Economics]]|language=no}}</ref> He studied geography at the [[University of Cambridge]], obtained his PhD from the [[London School of Economics]] in 1975, and a [[habilitation]] from the [[Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań]] in 1982. He joined the Norwegian School of Economics in 1988 and was appointed a professor in 1996.<ref name=":0" /> He is been an editor of several academic journals, including the ''[[Journal of Statistical Software]]'', ''[[The R Journal]]'', the ''[[Journal of Geographical Systems]]'', ''[[Geographical Analysis (journal)|Geographical Analysis]]'' and the ''[[Norwegian Journal of Geography]]''.<ref name=":0" /> In 2018 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the OpenGeoHub Foundation.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2018-08-24|title=Life Achievement Award for prof. dr. Roger Bivand|url=https://opengeohub.org/life-achievement-award-prof-dr-roger-bivand|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-02|website=OpenGeoHub Foundation}}</ref>
Bivand was born in [[Bristol]] on 5 April 1951.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Brunstad|first=Rolf|last2=Vatne|first2=Eirik|date=2011-04-05|title=Roger S. Bivand 60 år|url=http://paraplyen.nhh.no/paraplyen/arkiv/2011/april/roger-s-bi/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306012357/http://paraplyen.nhh.no/paraplyen/arkiv/2011/april/roger-s-bi/|archive-date=2016-03-06|access-date=2020-11-02|website=Paraplyen|publisher=[[Norwegian School of Economics]]|language=no}}</ref> He studied geography at the [[University of Cambridge]], obtained his PhD from the [[London School of Economics]] in 1975, and a [[habilitation]] from the [[Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań]] in 1982. He joined the Norwegian School of Economics in 1988 and was appointed a professor in 1996.<ref name=":0" /> He is been an editor of several academic journals, including the ''[[Journal of Statistical Software]]'', ''[[The R Journal]]'', the ''[[Journal of Geographical Systems]]'', ''[[Geographical Analysis (journal)|Geographical Analysis]]'' and the ''[[Norwegian Journal of Geography]]''.<ref name=":0" /> In 2018 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the OpenGeoHub Foundation.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2018-08-24|title=Life Achievement Award for prof. dr. Roger Bivand|url=https://opengeohub.org/life-achievement-award-prof-dr-roger-bivand|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-02|website=OpenGeoHub Foundation}}</ref>

== Selected publications ==
* {{cite book |last1=Bivand |first1=Roger |last2=Pebesma |first2=Edzer |last3=Gómez-Rubio |first3=Virgilio |title=Applied Spatial Data Analysis with R |date=2013 |publisher=Springer |location=New York, NY |isbn=978-1-4614-7618-4 |edition=2nd}}<ref name="Lovelace 2015" /><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hoef |first1=Jay M. Ver |title=Applied Spatial Data Analysis with R. by BIVAND, R. S., PEBESMA, E. J., and GOMEZ-RUBIO, V. |journal=Biometrics |date=2009 |volume=65 |issue=2 |pages=660–661 |doi=10.1111/j.1541-0420.2009.01247_1.x |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1541-0420.2009.01247_1.x |language=en |issn=1541-0420}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==

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Roger Simon Bivand (born 5 April 1951) is a British geographer, economist and professor at the Norwegian School of Economics. He specialises in open source software for spatial analysis,[1] and played a major role in developing functions for spatial data in the R statistical programming language, including the R packages sp, rgdal, maptools and rgrass7.[2][3] His book Applied Spatial Data Analysis with R (2008), coauthored with Edzer Pebesma and Virgilio Gómez-Rubio, is considered "the authoritative resource on R's spatial capabilities".[4]

Bivand was born in Bristol on 5 April 1951.[5] He studied geography at the University of Cambridge, obtained his PhD from the London School of Economics in 1975, and a habilitation from the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań in 1982. He joined the Norwegian School of Economics in 1988 and was appointed a professor in 1996.[1] He is been an editor of several academic journals, including the Journal of Statistical Software, The R Journal, the Journal of Geographical Systems, Geographical Analysis and the Norwegian Journal of Geography.[1] In 2018 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the OpenGeoHub Foundation.[6]

Selected publications

  • Bivand, Roger; Pebesma, Edzer; Gómez-Rubio, Virgilio (2013). Applied Spatial Data Analysis with R (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Springer. ISBN 978-1-4614-7618-4.[4][7]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Roger Bivand". Norwegian School of Economics. Retrieved 2020-11-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ Lovelace, Robin; Nowosad, Jakub; Muenchow, Jannes (2019-03-22). Geocomputation with R. CRC Press. pp. 5–7. ISBN 978-1-351-39689-9.
  3. ^ "Roger Bivand". OpenGeoHub Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ a b Lovelace, Robin (1 March 2015). "Book Review: Advanced Spatial Data Analysis with R, R. Bivand, E. Pebesma and V. Gomez-Rubio, Second Edition, Springer, Softcover and eBook, 405 pages, 2013". Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy. 8 (1): 85–87. doi:10.1007/s12061-014-9118-y. ISSN 1874-4621.
  5. ^ Brunstad, Rolf; Vatne, Eirik (2011-04-05). "Roger S. Bivand 60 år". Paraplyen (in Norwegian). Norwegian School of Economics. Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
  6. ^ "Life Achievement Award for prof. dr. Roger Bivand". OpenGeoHub Foundation. 2018-08-24. Retrieved 2020-11-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ Hoef, Jay M. Ver (2009). "Applied Spatial Data Analysis with R. by BIVAND, R. S., PEBESMA, E. J., and GOMEZ-RUBIO, V." Biometrics. 65 (2): 660–661. doi:10.1111/j.1541-0420.2009.01247_1.x. ISSN 1541-0420.

External links

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