spatstat (version 1.15-3)
Spatial Point Pattern analysis, model-fitting, simulation, tests
Description
A package for analysing spatial data, mainly Spatial Point
Patterns, including multitype/marked points and spatial
covariates, in any two-dimensional spatial region. Contains
functions for plotting spatial data, exploratory data analysis,
model-fitting, simulation, spatial sampling, model diagnostics,
and formal inference. Data types include point patterns, line
segment patterns, spatial windows, and pixel images. Point
process models can be fitted to point pattern data. Cluster
type models are fitted by the method of minimum contrast. Very
general Gibbs point process models can be fitted to point
pattern data using a function ppm similar to lm or glm. Models
may include dependence on covariates, interpoint interaction
and dependence on marks. Fitted models can be simulated
automatically. Also provides facilities for formal inference
(such as chi-squared tests) and model diagnostics (including
simulation envelopes, residuals, residual plots and Q-Q plots).