Spatial logistic regression and change-of-support in poisson point processes

Electronic Journal of Statistics

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages 1151-1201

  Turner, R ^e   Berman, M ^a   Fisher, N I ^c   Hardegen, A ^b   Milne, R K ^b   Schuhmacher, D ^d   Shah, R ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Change of support; Complementary log log regression; Ecological fallacy; Exponential family; Generalized linear models; Geographical information systems; Likelihood; Logistic regression; Missing information principle; Mixed pixels; Mixels; Modifiable area unit problem; Modulated poisson process; Poisson point process; Prospective geology; Prospectivity; Spatial point process; Spatial statistics; Split pixels; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901461255     PISSN: 19357524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/10-EJS581     Document Type: Article

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