A hybrid (Baddeley, Turner, Mateu and Bevan, 2013)
is a point process model created by combining two or more
point process models, or an interpoint interaction created by combining
two or more interpoint interactions.
The hybrid of two point processes, with probability densities
\(f(x)\) and \(g(x)\) respectively,
is the point process with probability density
$$h(x) = c \, f(x) \, g(x)$$
where \(c\) is a normalising constant.
Equivalently, the hybrid of two point processes with conditional intensities
\(\lambda(u,x)\) and \(\kappa(u,x)\)
is the point process with conditional intensity
$$
\phi(u,x) = \lambda(u,x) \, \kappa(u,x).
$$
The hybrid of \(m > 3\) point processes is defined in a similar way.
The function ppm
, which fits point process models to
point pattern data, requires an argument
of class "interact"
describing the interpoint interaction
structure of the model to be fitted.
The appropriate description of a hybrid interaction is
yielded by the function Hybrid()
.
The arguments …
will be interpreted as interpoint interactions
(objects of class "interact"
) and the result will be the hybrid
of these interactions. Each argument must either be an
interpoint interaction (object of class "interact"
),
or a point process model (object of class "ppm"
) from which the
interpoint interaction will be extracted.
The arguments …
may also be given in the form
name=value
. This is purely cosmetic: it can be used to attach
simple mnemonic names to the component interactions, and makes the
printed output from print.ppm
neater.