The argument object must be a fitted point process model
(object of class "ppm"). Such objects are produced by the
model-fitting algorithm ppm). This function evaluates the conditional intensity
$\hat\lambda(u, x)$
or spatial trend $\hat b(u)$ of the fitted point process
model for certain locations $u$,
where x is the original point pattern dataset to which
the model was fitted.
The locations $u$ at which the fitted conditional intensity/trend
is evaluated, are the points of the
quadrature scheme used to fit the model in ppm.
They include the data points (the points of the original point pattern
dataset x) and other ``dummy'' points
in the window of observation.
The argument drop is explained in quad.ppm.
Use predict.ppm to compute the fitted conditional
intensity at other locations or with other values of the
explanatory variables.