polish up docstrings, etc. in skater.py (#335)

* skater f-strings, etc. formatting

* minor formatting in region/base.py

* update skater reference

* notebook work

* start skater doc work

* cahnge Exception to ValueError

docs/_static/references.bib

@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
-
-%% Saved with string encoding Unicode (UTF-8) 
-
-
 @article{assunccao2006efficient,
   title={Efficient Regionalization Techniques for Socio-economic Geographical Units Using Minimum Spanning Trees},
   author={Assunção, RM and Neves, MC and Câmara, G and da Costa Freitas, C},
-  journal={IJGIS},
+  journal={{International Journal of Geographical Information Science}},
   volume={20},
   number={7},
   pages={797--811},
@@ -16,7 +12,7 @@ @article{assunccao2006efficient
 
 
 @article{calik_labbé_yaman_2015, 
-  author={Calik, Hatice and Labbé, Martine and Yaman, Hande},
+  author={Calik, H and Labbé, M and Yaman, H},
   title={p-Center Problems}, 
   journal={Location Science},
   pages={79–92},
@@ -26,7 +22,7 @@ @article{calik_labbé_yaman_2015
 
 
 @article{chen_murray_jiang_2021,
-  author={Chen, Huanfa and Murray, Alan T. and Jiang, Rui},
+  author={Chen, H and Murray, AT and Jiang, R},
   title={Open-source approaches for location cover models: capabilities and efficiency},
   journal={Journal of Geographical Systems},
   doi={10.1007/s10109-021-00350-w},
@@ -35,15 +31,15 @@ @article{chen_murray_jiang_2021
 
 
 @book{church_murray_2018, 
-  author={Church, Richard L. and Murray, Alan T.},
+  author={Church, RL and Murray, AT},
   title={Location covering models: history, applications and advancements}, 
-  publisher={Springer},  
+  publisher={Springer},
   year={2018},
 }
 
 
 @article{daskin_stern_edmund_1981,
-author = {Daskin, Mark S. and Stern, Edmund H.},
+author = {Daskin, MS and Stern, EH},
 title = {A Hierarchical Objective Set Covering Model for Emergency Medical Service Vehicle Deployment},
 journal = {Transportation Science},
 doi = {10.1287/trsc.15.2.137},
@@ -52,7 +48,7 @@ @article{daskin_stern_edmund_1981
 
 
 @book{daskin_2013, 
-  author={Daskin, Mark S.},
+  author={Daskin, MS},
   title={Network and discrete location: models, algorithms, and applications}, 
   publisher={John Wiley & Sons, Inc.}, 
   year={2013},
@@ -85,7 +81,7 @@ @article{duque2012max
 
 
 @article{hakimi_1964, 
-  author={Hakimi, S. L.},
+  author={Hakimi, SL},
   title={Optimum Locations of Switching Centers and the Absolute Centers and Medians of a Graph}, 
   journal={Operations Research},
   volume={12}, 
@@ -96,7 +92,7 @@ @article{hakimi_1964
 }
 
 @article{hakimi_1965, 
-  author={Hakimi, S. L.},
+  author={Hakimi, SL},
   title={Optimum Distribution of Switching Centers in a Communication Network and Some Related Graph Theoretic Problems}, 
   journal={Operations Research},
   number={3},
@@ -108,7 +104,7 @@ @article{hakimi_1965
 
 
 @article{kuby_1987,
-author = {Kuby, Michael J.},
+author = {Kuby, MJ},
 title = {Programming Models for Facility Dispersion: The p-Dispersion and Maxisum Dispersion Problems},
 journal = {Geographical Analysis},
 doi = {10.1111/j.1538-4632.1987.tb00133.x},
@@ -117,7 +113,7 @@ @article{kuby_1987
 
 
 @article{MALISZEWSKI2012331,
-author = {Paul J. Maliszewski and Michael J. Kuby and Mark W. Horner},
+author = {Maliszewski, PJ and Kuby, MJ and Horner, MW},
 title = {A comparison of multi-objective spatial dispersion models for managing critical assets in urban areas},
 journal = {Computers, Environment and Urban Systems},
 doi = {10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2011.12.006},

notebooks/randomregion.ipynb

@@ -2254,7 +2254,7 @@
    "name": "python",
    "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
    "pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
-   "version": "3.10.6"
+   "version": "3.10.8"
   }
  },
  "nbformat": 4,

notebooks/reg-k-means.ipynb

@@ -1215,7 +1215,7 @@
    "name": "python",
    "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
    "pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
-   "version": "3.10.6"
+   "version": "3.10.8"
   }
  },
  "nbformat": 4,