Table 1

Variation in estimated travel time compared to the true travel time for Arizona and New Hampshire.

Method
OVERALL
URBAN
RURAL



AVERAGE TIME
(min)
MAE1
RMSE2
AVERAGE TIME (min)
MAE1
RMSE2
AVERAGE TIME (min)
MAE1
RMSE2

ARIZONA

Actual Time
185


98.1


197.4



Population Centroid
185.8
5.2
8.9
97.5
2.3
4.5
198.4
5.6
9.3

Geometric Centroid
201.4
21.1
34.4
99.3
3.5
7.1
215.9
23.6
36.7

Service area based on LandScan
187.8
5.4
13.2
98.5
2.1
3.4
200.6
5.8
14.1

Service area based on area
202.5
20.7
34.7
100.9
4.0
9.3
216.9
23.1
37.0

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Actual Time
41.1


12.6


42.6



Population Centroid
40.7
2.3
12.0
12.6
1.5
4
42.2
2.4
12.5

Geometric Centroid
41.9
3.0
18.1
13.7
2.1
13.1
43.5
3.0
18.4

Service area based on LandScan
41.6
2.0
11.5
12.8
1.5
4.3
43.1
2.0
11.9

Service area based on area
43.3
3.1
27.8
14.4
2.5
14.2
44.9
3.1
28.5

(1) MAE: Mean Absolute Error; (2) RMSE: Root mean square error

Berke and Shi International Journal of Health Geographics 2009 8:23   doi:10.1186/1476-072X-8-23

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