thomasestK           package:InhomCluster           R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Minimum contrast estimation based on K-function for Thomas
     process.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     thomasestK=function(t,K,startpar)

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

       t: vector of distances for which nonparametric estimate of K is
          evaluated

       K: vector of corresponding values of nonparametric estimate of K

startpar: starting values (kappa,omega) for parameter estimation  where
          kappa is `mother' and omega is standard deviation for
          Gaussian kernel.

_D_e_t_a_i_l_s:

     This function computes minimum contrast estimates of clustering
     parameters for the Thomas process. The contrast is the integrated 
     squared distance between the fourth root of a nonparametric
     estimate of K and the fourth root of the theoretical expression
     for K.

_V_a_l_u_e:

     A list with two components 'minimum' and 'Ktheoret'. The first
     components is as provided by the output of 'optim' and the
     estimate is given by 'minimum$par'. The second component is the
     fitted theoretical K function evaluated at 't'.

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     Rasmus Waagepetersen rw@math.aau.dk <URL:
     http://www.math.aau.dk/~rw>

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     Waagepetersen, R. (2006) An estimation function approach to
     inference for inhomogeneous Neyman-Scott processes, submitted.

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'optim',  'inhom.thomas.asympcov',

