On Parameter Estimation for Pairwise Interaction Point Processes

• DOI: 10.2307/1403548
• Publication Date: 2006-04-18T14:17:48Z
• Authors: Peter J. Diggle; Thomas Fiksel; Pavel Grabarnik; Yosihiko Ogata; Dietrich Stoyan; Masaharu Tanemura
• Keywords: Point estimation

Summary Pairwise interaction point processes form a useful class of models for spatial patterns, especially patterns which the distribution points is more regular than homogeneous planar Poisson process. Several authors have proposed methods estimating parameters pairwise However, there appears to be no general theory provides grounds preferring particular method, nor any extensive empirical comparisons been published. In this paper, we review three estimation in literature and present results comparative simulation study methods.