A J-function for marked point patterns

Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 235-259

  Van Lieshout, M N M ^a  

^a CWI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Empty space function; J function; Mark correlation function; Marked point pattern; Nearest neighbour distance distribution function; Product density; Random labelling; Reduced second moment measure; Spatial interaction; Spatial statistics

Indexed keywords

DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOM PROCESSES; STATE SPACE METHODS;

EMPTY SPACE FUNCTION; J-FUNCTION; MARK CORRELATION FUNCTION; MARKED POINT PATTERN; NEAREST NEIGHBOUR DISTANCE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; PRODUCT DENSITY; RANDOM LABELLING; REDUCED SECOND MOMENT MEASURE; SPATIAL INTERACTION; SPATIAL STATISTICS;

STATISTICS;

EID: 33745132181     PISSN: 00203157     EISSN: 15729052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10463-005-0015-7     Document Type: Article

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