Kcross | R Documentation |
For a multitype point pattern,
estimate the multitype K
function
which counts the expected number of points of type j
within a given distance of a point of type i
.
Kcross(X, i, j, r=NULL, breaks=NULL, correction,
..., ratio=FALSE, from, to )
X |
The observed point pattern,
from which an estimate of the cross type |
i |
The type (mark value)
of the points in |
j |
The type (mark value)
of the points in |
r |
numeric vector. The values of the argument |
breaks |
This argument is for internal use only. |
correction |
A character vector containing any selection of the
options |
... |
Ignored. |
ratio |
Logical.
If |
from , to |
An alternative way to specify |
This function Kcross
and its companions
Kdot
and Kmulti
are generalisations of the function Kest
to multitype point patterns.
A multitype point pattern is a spatial pattern of points classified into a finite number of possible “colours” or “types”. In the spatstat package, a multitype pattern is represented as a single point pattern object in which the points carry marks, and the mark value attached to each point determines the type of that point.
The argument X
must be a point pattern (object of class
"ppp"
) or any data that are acceptable to as.ppp
.
It must be a marked point pattern, and the mark vector
X$marks
must be a factor.
The arguments i
and j
will be interpreted as
levels of the factor X$marks
.
If i
and j
are missing, they default to the first
and second level of the marks factor, respectively.
The “cross-type” (type i
to type j
)
K
function
of a stationary multitype point process X
is defined so that
\lambda_j K_{ij}(r)
equals the expected number of
additional random points of type j
within a distance r
of a
typical point of type i
in the process X
.
Here \lambda_j
is the intensity of the type j
points,
i.e. the expected number of points of type j
per unit area.
The function K_{ij}
is determined by the
second order moment properties of X
.
An estimate of K_{ij}(r)
is a useful summary statistic in exploratory data analysis
of a multitype point pattern.
If the process of type i
points
were independent of the process of type j
points,
then K_{ij}(r)
would equal \pi r^2
.
Deviations between the empirical K_{ij}
curve
and the theoretical curve \pi r^2
may suggest dependence between the points of types i
and j
.
This algorithm estimates the distribution function K_{ij}(r)
from the point pattern X
. It assumes that X
can be treated
as a realisation of a stationary (spatially homogeneous)
random spatial point process in the plane, observed through
a bounded window.
The window (which is specified in X
as Window(X)
)
may have arbitrary shape.
Biases due to edge effects are
treated in the same manner as in Kest
,
using the border correction.
The argument r
is the vector of values for the
distance r
at which K_{ij}(r)
should be evaluated.
The values of r
must be increasing nonnegative numbers
and the maximum r
value must not exceed the radius of the
largest disc contained in the window.
The pair correlation function can also be applied to the
result of Kcross
; see pcf
.
An object of class "fv"
(see fv.object
).
Essentially a data frame containing numeric columns
r |
the values of the argument |
theo |
the theoretical value of |
together with a column or columns named
"border"
, "bord.modif"
,
"iso"
and/or "trans"
,
according to the selected edge corrections. These columns contain
estimates of the function K_{ij}(r)
obtained by the edge corrections named.
If ratio=TRUE
then the return value also has two
attributes called "numerator"
and "denominator"
which are "fv"
objects
containing the numerators and denominators of each
estimate of K(r)
.
The arguments i
and j
are always interpreted as
levels of the factor X$marks
. They are converted to character
strings if they are not already character strings.
The value i=1
does not
refer to the first level of the factor.
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Kdot
,
Kest
,
Kmulti
,
pcf
# amacrine cells data
K01 <- Kcross(amacrine, "off", "on")
plot(K01)
# synthetic example: point pattern with marks 0 and 1
pp <- runifpoispp(50)
pp <- pp %mark% factor(sample(0:1, npoints(pp), replace=TRUE))
K <- Kcross(pp, "0", "1")
K <- Kcross(pp, 0, 1) # equivalent
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