On the Estimation of the Nearest Neighbour Distribution, G(t), for Point Processes

1 January 1990

journal article
research article
Published by Wiley in Biometrical Journal

Vol. 32 (7) , 863-876
https://doi.org/10.1002/bimj.4710320715

Abstract

A new method is proposed for estimating G(t), the distribution function of the distance from an object to its nearest neighbour in a spatial point process. The new method makes more complete use of the information available and has a smaller mean squared error than that of the existing alternatives. The method appears equally effective with random, clustered and regular patterns.

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