The role of simulation in modelling spatially correlated data

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Augustin, N. H., Mugglestone, M. A. and Buckland, S. T. 1998. The role of simulation in modelling spatially correlated data. Environmetrics. 9 (2), pp. 175-196. https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-095X(199803/04)9:2<175::AID-ENV294>3.0.CO;2-2

AuthorsAugustin, N. H., Mugglestone, M. A. and Buckland, S. T.
Abstract

Three approaches to modelling spatial data in which simulation plays a vital role are described and illustrated with examples. The first approach uses flexible regression models, such as generalized additive models, together with locational covariates to fit a surface to spatial data. We show how the bootstrap can be used to quantify the effects of model selection uncertainty and to avoid oversmoothing. The second approach, which is appropriate for binary data, allows for local spatial correlation by the inclusion in a logistic regression model of a covariate derived from neighbouring values of the response variable. The resulting autologistic model can be fitted to survey data obtained from a random sample of sites by incorporating the Gibbs sampler into the modelling procedure. We show how this modelling strategy can be used not only to fit the autologistic model to sites included in the survey, but also to estimate the probability that a certain species is present in the unsurveyed sites. Our third approach relates to the analysis of spatio-temporal data. Here we model the distribution of a plant or animal species as a function of the distribution at an earlier time point. The bootstrap is used to estimate parameters and quantify their precision. (C) 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

KeywordsEnvironmental Sciences; Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications; Statistics & Probability
Year of Publication1998
JournalEnvironmetrics
Journal citation9 (2), pp. 175-196
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-095X(199803/04)9:2<175::AID-ENV294>3.0.CO;2-2
Open accessPublished as non-open access
Funder project or code101
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Project: 141322
ISSN11804009
PublisherWiley

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