A Modular Spatial–Temporal Approach for Territorial Segmentation and Short-Term Crime Prediction

AudienciaPúblico en generales_ES
CoberturaMéxicoes_ES
Fecha de ingreso2026-09-15T00:29:44Z
Fecha de publicación2026-01-01
ResumenCrime forecasting in heterogeneous urban contexts remains challenging due to the combined effects of territorial heterogeneity and complex temporal dynamics. However, a large portion of the existing literature tends to address territorial segmentation and predictive modeling separately, or to combine them within unified workflows that may obscure their distinct analytical roles. This study presents a modular spatial–temporal analytical approach that treats territorial segmentation and short-term crime prediction as complementary but methodologically independent components. Unsupervised segmentation captures territorial heterogeneity, while a supervised ensemble model estimates short-term crime occurrence. A chronological expanding-window validation scheme is implemented, reserving the most recent period as a blind test set to prevent temporal leakage. Across municipalities, recall values in 2022 range from 0.36 to 0.77, with corresponding F1-scores ranging from 0.174 to 0.696, while blind-test recall ranges from 0.184 to 0.856, with F1-scores ranging from 0.000 to 0.784, and AUC values up to 0.88, indicating that predictive performance is context-dependent rather than uniform. The proposed approach provides a replicable and context-aware analytical approach for spatially differentiated crime risk estimation under strict forward-looking evaluation.es_ES
Doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/appliedmath6050064es_ES
URIhttps://riuat.uat.edu.mx/handle/123456789/1733
Idiomaeses_ES
EditorialMDPI AGes_ES
RelaciónAppliedMathes_ES
URL relacionadohttps://doi.org/10.3390/appliedmath6050064es_ES
DerechosAcceso abierto (Metadatos de producción científica)es_ES
Licenciahttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2es_ES
FuenteAppliedMath
TítuloA Modular Spatial–Temporal Approach for Territorial Segmentation and Short-Term Crime Predictiones_ES
TipoArtículoes_ES
ArbitradoHa sido Arbitradoes_ES
AutorRolón, Elvira
AutorMéndez, José G.
AutorPichardo, Roberto
AutorRolón, Elviraes_ES
AutorMéndez, José G.es_ES
AutorPichardo, Robertoes_ES
InstituciónUniversidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas
InstituciónUniversidad Autónoma de Tamaulipases_ES
Número5es_ES
Rango de páginas64es_ES
URL relacionadahttps://doi.org/10.3390/appliedmath6050064
Tipo de artículoIndexado
Tipo de artículoIndexadoes_ES
Volumen6es_ES

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