Abstract
Diggle's test for complete spatial randomness of a given point pattern uses the discrepancy between the estimated and the theoretical form of a summary function as the test statistic. One commonly used discrepancy measure is the supremum of the pointwise differences over a suitably chosen range; the upper bound of the range is an arbitrary but sometimes crucial parameter. This paper shows that when we use Ripley's K -function as the summary function, it is possible to avoid using an arbitrary upper bound by using adapted distance dependent intensity estimators.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 585-591 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation |
Volume | 76 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jul 2006 |
Scopus Subject Areas
- Statistics and Probability
- Modelling and Simulation
- Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
- Applied Mathematics
User-Defined Keywords
- Complete spatial randomness
- Edge-correction
- Intensity estimator
- K -function
- Spatial point pattern