Investigating tropical deforestation using two-stage spatially misaligned regression models

Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 420-439

  Agarwal, Deepak K ^a   Gelfand, Alan E ^b   Silander Jr , John A ^c  

^a AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Department of Statistics ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Binomial regression; Conditionally autoregressive prior; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Poisson regression; Rasterization; Spatial resolution

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; LAND USE; POPULATION MODELING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

EID: 5444220560     PISSN: 10857117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/108571102348     Document Type: Article

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