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The likelihood method is developed for the analysis of socalled regular point patterns. Approximating the normalizing factor of Gibbs canonical distribution, we simultaneously estimate two parameters, one for the scale and the other which measures the softness (or hardness), of repulsive interactions between points. The approximations are useful up to a considerably high density. Some real data are analyzed to illustrate the utility of the parameters for characterizing the regular point pattern.
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Ogata, Y., Tanemura, M. Likelihood estimation of soft-core interaction potentials for Gibbsian point patterns. Ann Inst Stat Math 41, 583–600 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00050670
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