Tests of spatial randomness adjusted for an inhomogeneity: A general framework

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 101, Issue 475, 2006, Pages 1289-1305

  Kulldorff, Martin ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster; Clustering; Geographical Information System; Overlap; Point pattern; Segregation; Spatial statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748861407     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/016214506000000618     Document Type: Review

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