# G3est

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##### Nearest Neighbour Distance Distribution Function of a Three-Dimensional Point Pattern

Estimates the nearest-neighbour distance distribution function $G_3(r)$ from a three-dimensional point pattern.

Keywords
spatial, nonparametric
##### Usage
G3est(X, ..., rmax = NULL, nrval = 128, correction = c("rs", "km", "Hanisch"))
##### Arguments
X
Three-dimensional point pattern (object of class "pp3").
...
Ignored.
rmax
Optional. Maximum value of argument $r$ for which $G_3(r)$ will be estimated.
nrval
Optional. Number of values of $r$ for which $G_3(r)$ will be estimated. A large value of nrval is required to avoid discretisation effects.
correction
Optional. Character vector specifying the edge correction(s) to be applied. See Details.
##### Details

For a stationary point process $\Phi$ in three-dimensional space, the nearest-neighbour function is $$G_3(r) = P(d^\ast(x,\Phi) \le r \mid x \in \Phi)$$ the cumulative distribution function of the distance $d^\ast(x,\Phi)$ from a typical point $x$ in $\Phi$ to its nearest neighbour, i.e. to the nearest other point of $\Phi$. The three-dimensional point pattern X is assumed to be a partial realisation of a stationary point process $\Phi$. The nearest neighbour function of $\Phi$ can then be estimated using techniques described in the References. For each data point, the distance to the nearest neighbour is computed. The empirical cumulative distribution function of these values, with appropriate edge corrections, is the estimate of $G_3(r)$.

The available edge corrections are: [object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

##### Value

• A function value table (object of class "fv") that can be plotted, printed or coerced to a data frame containing the function values.

##### Warnings

A large value of nrval is required in order to avoid discretisation effects (due to the use of histograms in the calculation).

##### References

Baddeley, A.J, Moyeed, R.A., Howard, C.V. and Boyde, A. (1993) Analysis of a three-dimensional point pattern with replication. Applied Statistics 42, 641--668.

Baddeley, A.J. and Gill, R.D. (1997) Kaplan-Meier estimators of interpoint distance distributions for spatial point processes. Annals of Statistics 25, 263--292.

Hanisch, K.-H. (1984) Some remarks on estimators of the distribution function of nearest neighbour distance in stationary spatial point patterns. Mathematische Operationsforschung und Statistik, series Statistics 15, 409--412.

F3est, K3est, pcf3est

• G3est
##### Examples
X <- rpoispp3(42)
Z <- G3est(X)
if(interactive()) plot(Z)
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