Estimation of Poisson intensity using partially observed concomitant variables

Biometrics

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 226-242

  Rathbun, Stephen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gaussian random field; Inhomogeneous Poisson process; Modulated Poisson process; Spatial point process; Spatial prediction

Indexed keywords

GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; GAUSSIAN RANDOM FIELDS; INHOMOGENEOUS POISSON PROCESS; LIGHT INTENSITY; MODULATED POISSON PROCESS; POISSON PROCESS; SPATIAL POINT PATTERN; SPATIAL POINT PROCESS; SPATIAL PREDICTION; SPATIAL VARIABLES;

SOIL MOISTURE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ENVIRONMENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREE;

ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLE; MODULATED POISSON PROCESS; POISSON INTENSITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL POINT PATTERN;

EID: 0029663474     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2533158     Document Type: Article

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