Abstract
Summary The formulation of conditional probability models for finite systems of spatially interacting random variables is examined. A simple alternative proof of the Hammersley–Clifford theorem is presented and the theorem is then used to construct specific spatial schemes on and off the lattice. Particular emphasis is placed upon practical applications of the models in plant ecology when the variates are binary or Gaussian. Some aspects of infinite lattice Gaussian processes are discussed. Methods of statistical analysis for lattice schemes are proposed, including a very flexible coding technique. The methods are illustrated by two numerical examples. It is maintained throughout that the conditional probability approach to the specification and analysis of spatial interaction is more attractive than the alternative joint probability approach.
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Lattice (music)GaussianMathematicsStatistical physicsBinary numberJoint probability distributionComputer scienceAlgorithmApplied mathematicsTheoretical computer scienceStatisticsPhysics
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- 1974
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- 36
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- 2
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- 192-225
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Julian Besag
(1974).
Spatial Interaction and the Statistical Analysis of Lattice Systems.
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B (Statistical Methodology)
, 36
(2)
, 192-225.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2517-6161.1974.tb00999.x
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- 10.1111/j.2517-6161.1974.tb00999.x