Bayesian inference for pairwise interacting point processes

Statistics and Computing

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 109-117

  Bognar, Matthew A ^a   Cowles, Mary Kathryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian estimation; Grid based importance sampling; Metropolis Hastings algorithm; Pairwise interacting point process; Spatial point pattern; Swedish pine sapling data

Indexed keywords

EID: 3943075771     PISSN: 09603174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:STCO.0000021409.73461.b9     Document Type: Article

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