Likelihood inference for Gibbs processes in the analysis of spatial point patterns

International Statistical Review

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 81-104

  Mateu, Jorge ^a   Montes, Francisco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gibbs point processes; Maximum likelihood; Monte Carlo inference; Stochastic approximation; Strauss process; Triplets process

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035297749     PISSN: 03067734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-5823.2001.tb00481.x     Document Type: Review

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