Semiparametric approach to point source modelling in epidemiology and criminology

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 533-542

  Rodrigues, Alexandre ^a   Diggle, Peter ^a   Assuncao, Renato ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Point process; Point source intervention; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956007651     PISSN: 00359254     EISSN: 14679876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9876.2009.00708.x     Document Type: Article

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