A comparative study on the power of Van Lieshout and Baddeley's J-function

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 721-734

  Thönnes, Elke ^a,c   Van Lieshout, Marie Colette ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b CWI   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Area interaction process; Cluster process; Empty space function; Hard core process; J function; Monte Carlo test; Nearest neighbour distance distribution function; Power

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS;

AREA-INTERACTION PROCESS; CLUSTER PROCESS; DISTANCE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; EMPTY SPACE; EMPTY SPACE FUNCTION; HARD CORE PROCESS; HARD CORES; J-FUNCTIONS; MONTE CARLO TESTS; NEAR NEIGHBOR DISTANCE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; NEAREST NEIGHBOR DISTANCE; POWER; SPACE FUNCTIONS;

STATISTICAL TESTS;

EID: 0038933012     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4036(199910)41:6<721::AID-BIMJ721>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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