Bayesian inference and data augmentation schemes for spatial, spatiotemporal and multivariate log-gaussian cox processes in R

Journal of Statistical Software

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1-48

  Taylor, Benjamin M ^a   Davies, Tilman M ^b   Rowlingson, Barry S ^a   Diggle, Peter J ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Cox process; MCMC; Multivariate spatial process; R; Spatiotemporal point process

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922550674     PISSN: 15487660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18637/jss.v063.i07     Document Type: Article

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