SPRING 2009
Stat 694*, Introduction to Spatial Statistics| About the Course | ||||||
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This course provides an introduction to spatial statistical
methods based on the viewpoint that spatial data are a
realization from a random process.
Instructors:
Credits: 3 Lectures: T R 10-11:18 am Prerequisites: STAT 645, or GEOG 883.02, or permission of instructor |
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This course provides an introduction to spatial statistical methods.
Geostatistical data, regional data, and spatial point patterns
are studied using the viewpoint that these are realizations
from random processes. Among the topics considered are
spatial covariance functions, variograms, kriging, spatial
(simultaneous and conditional) autoregressive models, intensity
function, K function, and cluster statistics. Properties of
these quantities and their inference under frequentist and
Bayesian paradigms will be discussed. Applications will be
used to illustrate the methodologies.
________________ *Stat 694 is a generic number for "group studies" courses. Often a new course in Statistics runs one or two times as Stat 694 before it gets an official number. "Introduction to Spatial Statistics" will be offered in Spring 2009 as Stat 694, with the intention that it will get an official number the next time it is offered. |
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