"Books such as this that bring together, clarify, and summarize
recent research can lead to a great increase of interest in the
area. . . . a major achievement in describing many aspects of
spatial data and discussing, with examples, different methods of
–Royal Statistical Society
"Dr. Ripley’s book is an excellent survey of the spatial
statistical methodology. It is very well illustrated with examples
[that] give a clear view of the wide scope of the subject, the way
in which techniques often have to be tailored to particular
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–The Bulletin of the London Mathematics Society
Spatial Statistics provides a comprehensive guide to the analysis of spatial data. Each chapter covers a particular data format and the associated class of problems, introducing theory, giving computational suggestions, and providing examples. Methods are illustrated by computer-drawn figures. The book serves as an introduction to this rapidly growing research area for mathematicians and statisticians, and as a reference to new computer methods for researchers in ecology, geology, archaeology, and the earth sciences.
2. Basic Stochastic Processes.
3. Spatial Sampling.
4. Smoothing and Interpolation.
5. Regional and Lattice Data.
6. Quadrat Counts.
7. Field Methods for Point Patterns.
8. Mapped Point Patterns.
9. Image Analysis and Stereology.