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Analysing spatial point patterns in R - CSIRO

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124 Distance methods for <strong>po<strong>in</strong>t</strong> <strong>patterns</strong><br />

> par(pty = "s")<br />

> plot(Gest(cells))<br />

Gest(cells)<br />

G(r)<br />

0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8<br />

km<br />

rs<br />

han<br />

theo<br />

0.00 0.05 0.10 0.15<br />

r<br />

The estimate of G(r) suggests strongly that the pattern is regular. Indeed, Ĝ(r) is zero for<br />

r ≤ 0.07 which <strong>in</strong>dicates that there are no nearest-neighbour distances shorter than 0.07.<br />

Common ways of plott<strong>in</strong>g Ĝ <strong>in</strong>clude:<br />

Ĝ(r) and G pois (r) plotted aga<strong>in</strong>st r plot(Gest(X))<br />

Ĝ(r) − G pois (r) plotted aga<strong>in</strong>st r plot(Gest(X), . - theo ~ r)<br />

Ĝ(r) plotted aga<strong>in</strong>st G pois (r) <strong>in</strong> P–P style plot(Gest(X), . ~ theo)<br />

and Fisher’s variance-stabilis<strong>in</strong>g transformation φ(G(t)) = s<strong>in</strong> −1 ( √ G(t)) applied to the P–P<br />

plot:<br />

> fisher plot(Gest(cells), fisher(.) ~ fisher(theo))<br />

Gest(cells)<br />

fisher(G(r))<br />

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5<br />

km<br />

rs<br />

han<br />

theo<br />

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5<br />

fisher(G pois(r))<br />

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