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Example 6 (Longleaf P<strong>in</strong>es) In a forest of Longleaf P<strong>in</strong>e trees <strong>in</strong> Georgia, USA, the locations<br />

of 584 trees were recorded along with their diameter at breast height (dbh), a convenient surrogate<br />

measure of size and age.<br />

Ma<strong>in</strong> question: expla<strong>in</strong> any <strong>spatial</strong> variation <strong>in</strong> the density and age of trees.<br />

Longleaf P<strong>in</strong>es<br />

1.2.5 Dependence between <strong>po<strong>in</strong>t</strong>s of different types<br />

In a <strong>po<strong>in</strong>t</strong> pattern dataset with categorical marks, (aka multitype <strong>po<strong>in</strong>t</strong> pattern), dependence<br />

between the different types may be formulated either as<br />

<strong>in</strong>teraction between the sub-pattern of <strong>po<strong>in</strong>t</strong>s of type i and the sub-pattern of <strong>po<strong>in</strong>t</strong>s of<br />

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dependence between the mark values of <strong>po<strong>in</strong>t</strong>s at two specified locations.<br />

Example 7 (Amacr<strong>in</strong>e cells) The ret<strong>in</strong>a is a flat sheet conta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g several layers of cells.<br />

Amacr<strong>in</strong>e cells occupy two adjacent layers, the ‘on’ and ‘off’ layers. In a microscope field<br />

of view, the locations of all amacr<strong>in</strong>e cells were mapped, and classified <strong>in</strong>to ‘on’ and ‘off’.<br />

Ma<strong>in</strong> question: is there evidence that the ‘on’ and ‘off’ layers grew <strong>in</strong>dependently of one<br />

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