Sims: An interactive tool for geospatial matching and clustering

Akram Zaytar; Girmaw Abebe Tadesse; Caleb Robinson; Eduardo G. Bendito; Medha Devare; Meklit Chernet; Gilles Q. Hacheme; Rahul Dodhia; Juan M. Lavista Ferres

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0344525

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Sims: An interactive tool for geospatial matching and clustering

Akram Zaytar ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: akramzaytar@microsoft.com

Affiliation Microsoft AI for Good Research Lab, Nairobi, Kenya

https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7498-5260

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Girmaw Abebe Tadesse,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Microsoft AI for Good Research Lab, Nairobi, Kenya
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Caleb Robinson,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Microsoft AI for Good Research Lab, Redmond, Washington, United States of America
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Eduardo G. Bendito,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Nairobi, Kenya

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7351-3593

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Medha Devare,

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Montpellier, Occitanie, France
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Meklit Chernet,

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Nairobi, Kenya
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Gilles Q. Hacheme,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Microsoft AI for Good Research Lab, Nairobi, Kenya
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Rahul Dodhia,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Microsoft AI for Good Research Lab, Redmond, Washington, United States of America
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Juan M. Lavista Ferres

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Microsoft AI for Good Research Lab, Redmond, Washington, United States of America
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Sims: An interactive tool for geospatial matching and clustering

Akram Zaytar,
Girmaw Abebe Tadesse,
Caleb Robinson,
Eduardo G. Bendito,
Medha Devare,
Meklit Chernet,
Gilles Q. Hacheme,
Rahul Dodhia,
Juan M. Lavista Ferres

Published: April 8, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0344525

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