spatstat (version 1.21-0)

istat: Point and Click Interface for Exploratory Analysis of Point Pattern

Description

Compute various summary functions for a point pattern using a point-and-click interface.

Usage

istat(x, xname)

Arguments

x

The spatial point pattern to be analysed. An object of class "ppp".

xname

Optional. Character string to use as the title of the dataset.

Value

• NULL.

Note

Before adjusting the bandwidth parameter bw, it is advisable to select No simulation envelopes to save a lot of computation time.

Details

This command launches an interactive (point-and-click) interface which offers a choice of spatial summary functions that can be applied to the point pattern x.

The selected summary function is computed for the point pattern x and plotted in a popup window.

The selection of functions includes Kest, Lest, pcf, Fest ,Gest and Jest. For the function pcf it is possible to control the bandwidth parameter bw. There is also an option to show simulation envelopes of the summary function.

See Also

iplot

Examples

if(interactive()) {
      data(swedishpines)
      istat(swedishpines)
   }