Detecting randomness in spatial point patterns: A "stat-geometrical" alternative

Mathematical Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 79-99

  Lucio, Paulo Sérgio ^a   de Brito, Nilson Luiz Castelucio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Barycentric interpolation; Kolmogorov Smirnov test; Spatial clusters; Spatial pattern analysis; Triangulation

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; NUMERICAL METHOD; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 1842511710     PISSN: 08828121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:MATG.0000016231.05785.e4     Document Type: Article

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