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An objective method is developed for estimations of both spatial intensity of the point locations and spatial variation of a characteristic parameter of the distributions for the attached marks. Its utility is demonstrated by means of analyses of seismological and ecological data sets.
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Ogata, Y., Katsura, K. Likelihood analysis of spatial inhomogeneity for marked point patterns. Ann Inst Stat Math 40, 29–39 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00053953
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00053953