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Non-parametric estimation of spatial segregation in a multivariate point process: bovine tuberculosis in Cornwall, UK.

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<mark>Journal publication date</mark>2005
<mark>Journal</mark>Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series C (Applied Statistics)
Issue number3
Volume54
Number of pages14
Pages (from-to)645-658
Publication StatusPublished
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

The paper is motivated by a problem in veterinary epidemiology, in which spatially referenced breakdowns of bovine tuberculosis are classified according to their genotype and year of occurrence. We develop a nonparametric method for addressing spatial segregation in the resulting multivariate spatial point process, with associated Monte Carlo tests for the null hypothesis that different genotypes are randomly intermingled and no temporal changes in spatial segregation. Our spatial segregation estimates use a kernel regression method with bandwidth selected by a multivariate cross-validated likelihood criterion.