A case study on point process modelling in disease mapping

Image Analysis and Stereology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 159-168

  Beneš, Viktor ^a,b   Bodlák, Karel ^a   Møller, Jesper ^c   Waagepetersen, Rasmus ^c  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION THEORY AND AUTOMATION   (Czech Republic)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Background intensity; Bayesian estimation; L function; Log Gaussian Cox spatial point process

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858491934     PISSN: 15803139     EISSN: 18545165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5566/ias.v24.p159-168     Document Type: Article

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