Parameter estimation for marked Gibbs point processes through the maximum pseudo-likelihood method

Scandinavian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 365-379

  Goulard, Michel ^a   Särkkä, Aila ^a   Grabarnik, Pavel ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b PUSHCHINO STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Bivariate Gibbs point process; Mark chemical activity; Mark pair potential; Pseudo likelihood function; Simulation experiment; Strauss disc process

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040304544     PISSN: 03036898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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