lgcpestK(InhomCluster)R Documentation

Minimum contrast estimation for log Gaussian Cox process.

Description

Minimum contrast estimation based on K-function for log Gaussian Cox process with exponential covariance function.

Usage

lgcpestK=function(t,K,startpar)

Arguments

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 (sigma^2,alfa) for parameter estimation where sigma^2 is variance of Gaussian field and alfa is correlation scale parameter.

Details

This function computes minimum contrast estimates of clustering parameters for a log Gaussian Cox process with covariance function sigma^2 exp(-d/alpha). 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.

Value

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.

Author(s)

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

References

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

See Also

optim


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