Adjunct Associate Professor Robert Baker

Qualifications

BSc(Hons) (Syd), MSc, PhD (NSW), DipEd (Syd)

Research Interests

Associate Professor Baker's main research interests are in Holocene marine environments, Internet traffic, the geography of retailing and the development of applied mathematical geography. He is also interested in coastal geomorphology.

Research Supervision Experience

Holocene marine environments; Internet traffic; The geography of retailing and the development of applied mathematical geography; Coastal geomorphology

Publications

Books

Baker R. G. V. (2006) Dynamic Trip Modelling: From Shopping Centres to the Internet, Springer ISBN-10 1-4020-4345-7 (HB) 360pp.

Journal Articles

Baker, R. G. V & D.C Marshall (2005) "Modelling gambling time and economic assignments to weekly trip behaviour to gambling venues? ", Journal of Geographical System, 7, 381-402.

Baker, R. G. V & B .Boots (2005) "The quantitative revolution plus 55 years: relevant, testable and reproducible modelling ?", Journal of Geographical System, 7, 269-272.

Baker, R. G. V. (2005) "Instantaneous global spatial interaction?: Exploring the Gaussian inequality, distance and internet pings in a global network" Journal of Geographical System, .7, 361-379.

Baker R. G. V, Haworth R J & Flood P.G (2005) "An Oscillating Holocene Sea-level?: Revisiting Rottnest Island, Western Australia and the Fairbridge Eustatic Hypothesis, Journal of Coastal Research ,SI 42, 3-14.

Mackay T.D. & Baker R.G.V (2005) "Classifying Internet Traffic using Linear Regression" in Computational Science and its Applications ICCSA 2005 Lecturer Notes in Computer Science, 3, 143-151

Haworth R. J., Baker R. G. V., & Flood P. J. (2004) "A 6000 year-old fossil dugong from Botany Bay: Inferences about changes in Sydneys climate, sea levels and waterways", Australian Geographical Studies 42, 46-59.

Memberships

Immediate past Chair of the International Geographical Union Commission on 'Modelling Geographic Systems'.