Spatial and spatio-temporal log-gaussian cox processes: Extending the geostatistical paradigm

Statistical Science

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 542-563

  Diggle, Peter J ^a,b   Moraga, Paula ^a   Rowlingson, Barry ^a   Taylor, Benjamin M ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cox process; Epidemiology; Gaussian process; Geostatistics; Spatial point process

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891815136     PISSN: 08834237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/13-STS441     Document Type: Article

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