Estimation of relative risk for events on a linear network

Motivated by the study of traffic accidents on a road network, we discuss the estimation of the relative risk, the ratio of rates of occurrence of different types of events occurring on a network of lines. Methods developed for two-dimensional spatial point patterns can be adapted to a linear networ...

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Main Authors: McSwiggan, G., Baddeley, Adrian, Nair, G.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: SPRINGER 2020
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Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP130102322
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/91580
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Baddeley, Adrian
Nair, G.
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description Motivated by the study of traffic accidents on a road network, we discuss the estimation of the relative risk, the ratio of rates of occurrence of different types of events occurring on a network of lines. Methods developed for two-dimensional spatial point patterns can be adapted to a linear network, but their requirements and performance are very different on a network. Computation is slow and we introduce new techniques to accelerate it. Intensities (occurrence rates) are estimated by kernel smoothing using the heat kernel on the network. The main methodological problem is bandwidth selection. Binary regression methods, such as likelihood cross-validation and least squares cross-validation, perform tolerably well in our simulation experiments, but the Kelsall–Diggle density-ratio cross-validation method does not. We find a theoretical explanation, and propose a modification of the Kelsall–Diggle method which has better performance. The methods are applied to traffic accidents in a regional city, and to protrusions on the dendritic tree of a neuron.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-915802023-05-16T06:49:59Z Estimation of relative risk for events on a linear network McSwiggan, G. Baddeley, Adrian Nair, G. Science & Technology Technology Physical Sciences Computer Science, Theory & Methods Statistics & Probability Computer Science Mathematics Bandwidth selection Cross-validation Dendritic spines Density ratio Heat kernel Kelsall-Diggle cross-validation Road traffic accidents KERNEL DENSITY-ESTIMATION BANDWIDTH SELECTION CROSS-VALIDATION NONPARAMETRIC-ESTIMATION SPATIAL VARIATION POINT PATTERNS REGRESSION MATRICES DISEASE Motivated by the study of traffic accidents on a road network, we discuss the estimation of the relative risk, the ratio of rates of occurrence of different types of events occurring on a network of lines. Methods developed for two-dimensional spatial point patterns can be adapted to a linear network, but their requirements and performance are very different on a network. Computation is slow and we introduce new techniques to accelerate it. Intensities (occurrence rates) are estimated by kernel smoothing using the heat kernel on the network. The main methodological problem is bandwidth selection. Binary regression methods, such as likelihood cross-validation and least squares cross-validation, perform tolerably well in our simulation experiments, but the Kelsall–Diggle density-ratio cross-validation method does not. We find a theoretical explanation, and propose a modification of the Kelsall–Diggle method which has better performance. The methods are applied to traffic accidents in a regional city, and to protrusions on the dendritic tree of a neuron. 2020 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/91580 10.1007/s11222-019-09889-7 English http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP130102322 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP130104470 SPRINGER fulltext
spellingShingle Science & Technology
Technology
Physical Sciences
Computer Science, Theory & Methods
Statistics & Probability
Computer Science
Mathematics
Bandwidth selection
Cross-validation
Dendritic spines
Density ratio
Heat kernel
Kelsall-Diggle cross-validation
Road traffic accidents
KERNEL DENSITY-ESTIMATION
BANDWIDTH SELECTION
CROSS-VALIDATION
NONPARAMETRIC-ESTIMATION
SPATIAL VARIATION
POINT PATTERNS
REGRESSION
MATRICES
DISEASE
McSwiggan, G.
Baddeley, Adrian
Nair, G.
Estimation of relative risk for events on a linear network
title Estimation of relative risk for events on a linear network
title_full Estimation of relative risk for events on a linear network
title_fullStr Estimation of relative risk for events on a linear network
title_full_unstemmed Estimation of relative risk for events on a linear network
title_short Estimation of relative risk for events on a linear network
title_sort estimation of relative risk for events on a linear network
topic Science & Technology
Technology
Physical Sciences
Computer Science, Theory & Methods
Statistics & Probability
Computer Science
Mathematics
Bandwidth selection
Cross-validation
Dendritic spines
Density ratio
Heat kernel
Kelsall-Diggle cross-validation
Road traffic accidents
KERNEL DENSITY-ESTIMATION
BANDWIDTH SELECTION
CROSS-VALIDATION
NONPARAMETRIC-ESTIMATION
SPATIAL VARIATION
POINT PATTERNS
REGRESSION
MATRICES
DISEASE
url http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP130102322
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP130102322
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/91580