Hierarchical second-order analysis of replicated spatial point patterns with non-spatial covariates

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School of Science | A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä
Date
2014
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Language
en
Pages
104-121
Series
Spatial Statistics, Volume 8
Abstract
In this paper we propose a method for incorporating the effect of non-spatial covariates into the spatial second-order analysis of replicated point patterns. The variance stabilizing transformation of Ripley’s K function is used to summarize the spatial arrangement of points, and the relationship between this summary function and covariates is modelled by hierarchical Gaussian process regression. In particular, we investigate how disease status and some other covariates affect the level and scale of clustering of epidermal nerve fibres. The data are point patterns with replicates extracted from skin blister samples taken from 47 subjects.
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Epidermal nerve fibre, Functional data analysis, Gaussian process, K function, Replicated point pattern, Spatial point process
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Myllymäki, Mari & Särkkä, Aila & Vehtari, Aki. 2014. Hierarchical second-order analysis of replicated spatial point patterns with non-spatial covariates. Spatial Statistics. Volume 8. 104-121. ISSN 2211-6753 (printed). DOI: 10.1016/j.spasta.2013.07.006.