Bayesian analysis of spatial point processes in the neighbourhood of Voronoi networks

Statistics and Computing

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 369-379

  Skare, Øivind ^a   Møller, Jesper ^b   Jensen, Eva B Vedel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Delaunay tessellation; Inhomogeneous point processes; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Poisson process; Voronoi tessellation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548588315     PISSN: 09603174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11222-007-9029-8     Document Type: Article

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