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title: 'spatialRegroup: Iterative Spatial Regrouping of Administrative Units by Attributive
  Affinity'
version: 0.1.0
abstract: 'Evaluates the statistical coherence of existing administrative partitions
  (e.g. inter-municipal groupings, districts) by identifying spatial units whose attributive
  profile is more similar to a neighbouring group than to their own. Border units
  are iteratively reassigned to the group they are most affine with, based on Euclidean
  or Mahalanobis distance computed on user-supplied numeric variables, with optional
  per-variable weighting and standardisation. Spatial contiguity is enforced throughout:
  isolated candidates are reintegrated into their original group, disconnected fragments
  are resolved, and empty groups are restored. Convergence is monitored via an eta-squared
  cohesion criterion. The resulting partition can be compared to the original administrative
  delineation using multilevel models, providing a quantitative measure of boundary
  inefficiency.'
authors:
- family-names: Ausello
  given-names: Nicolas
  email: nicolasausello@yahoo.fr
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3843-0463
repository: https://cran.r-universe.dev
commit: dc61ccf871823e0fd1224f66140269bff63d7686
date-released: '2026-05-11'
contact:
- family-names: Ausello
  given-names: Nicolas
  email: nicolasausello@yahoo.fr
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3843-0463