Multitype K Function (Cross-type)
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 K function Kij(r) will be computed. It must be a multitype point pattern (a marked point pattern whose marks are a factor). See under Details. |
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 r at which the distribution function Kij(r) should be evaluated. There is a sensible default. First-time users are strongly advised not to specify this argument. See below for important conditions on r. |
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 |
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] Kij(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 Kij is determined by the second order moment properties of X.
An estimate of Kij(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 Kij(r) would equal pi * r^2. Deviations between the empirical Kij 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 Kij(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 Kij(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 r at which the function Kij(r) has been estimated |
theo |
the theoretical value of Kij(r) for a marked Poisson process, namely pi * r^2 |
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 Kij(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.
Adrian Baddeley Adrian.Baddeley@curtin.edu.au
and Rolf Turner r.turner@auckland.ac.nz
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# amacrine cells data
K01 <- Kcross(amacrine, "off", "on")
plot(K01)
## K10 <- Kcross(amacrine, "on", "off")
# 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) # equivalentPlease choose more modern alternatives, such as Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox.