Fast computation of spatially adaptive kernel estimates

© 2017 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC Kernel smoothing of spatial point data can often be improved using an adaptive, spatially varying bandwidth instead of a fixed bandwidth. However, computation with a varying bandwidth is much more demanding, especially when edge correction and bandwidth se...

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Main Authors: Davies, T., Baddeley, Adrian
Format: Journal Article
Published: Springer Science+Business Media BV 2017
Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP130104470
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/62393
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description © 2017 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC Kernel smoothing of spatial point data can often be improved using an adaptive, spatially varying bandwidth instead of a fixed bandwidth. However, computation with a varying bandwidth is much more demanding, especially when edge correction and bandwidth selection are involved. This paper proposes several new computational methods for adaptive kernel estimation from spatial point pattern data. A key idea is that a variable-bandwidth kernel estimator for d-dimensional spatial data can be represented as a slice of a fixed-bandwidth kernel estimator in (Formula presented.)-dimensional scale space, enabling fast computation using Fourier transforms. Edge correction factors have a similar representation. Different values of global bandwidth correspond to different slices of the scale space, so that bandwidth selection is greatly accelerated. Potential applications include estimation of multivariate probability density and spatial or spatiotemporal point process intensity, relative risk, and regression functions. The new methods perform well in simulations and in two real applications concerning the spatial epidemiology of primary biliary cirrhosis and the alarm calls of capuchin monkeys.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-623932023-06-07T02:11:47Z Fast computation of spatially adaptive kernel estimates Davies, T. Baddeley, Adrian © 2017 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC Kernel smoothing of spatial point data can often be improved using an adaptive, spatially varying bandwidth instead of a fixed bandwidth. However, computation with a varying bandwidth is much more demanding, especially when edge correction and bandwidth selection are involved. This paper proposes several new computational methods for adaptive kernel estimation from spatial point pattern data. A key idea is that a variable-bandwidth kernel estimator for d-dimensional spatial data can be represented as a slice of a fixed-bandwidth kernel estimator in (Formula presented.)-dimensional scale space, enabling fast computation using Fourier transforms. Edge correction factors have a similar representation. Different values of global bandwidth correspond to different slices of the scale space, so that bandwidth selection is greatly accelerated. Potential applications include estimation of multivariate probability density and spatial or spatiotemporal point process intensity, relative risk, and regression functions. The new methods perform well in simulations and in two real applications concerning the spatial epidemiology of primary biliary cirrhosis and the alarm calls of capuchin monkeys. 2017 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/62393 10.1007/s11222-017-9772-4 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP130104470 Springer Science+Business Media BV fulltext
spellingShingle Davies, T.
Baddeley, Adrian
Fast computation of spatially adaptive kernel estimates
title Fast computation of spatially adaptive kernel estimates
title_full Fast computation of spatially adaptive kernel estimates
title_fullStr Fast computation of spatially adaptive kernel estimates
title_full_unstemmed Fast computation of spatially adaptive kernel estimates
title_short Fast computation of spatially adaptive kernel estimates
title_sort fast computation of spatially adaptive kernel estimates
url http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP130104470
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/62393