Nonparametric measures of association between a spatial point process and a random set, with geological applications

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 165-182

  Foxall, Rob ^a   Baddeley, Adrian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Empty space function; First contact distribution; Geological lineaments; Goodnessof fit testing; J function; Line segment process; Marked point process; Monte Carlo tests; Ore deposits; Palm distribution; Point processes; Random sets; Spatial statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036420920     PISSN: 00359254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9876.00261     Document Type: Article

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