spatstat (version 1.46-1)

rcellnumber: Generate Random Numbers of Points for Cell Process

Description

Generates random integers for the Baddeley-Silverman counterexample.

Usage

rcellnumber(n, N = 10)

Arguments

n
Number of random integers to be generated.
N
Distributional parameter: the largest possible value. An integer greater than 1.

Value

An integer vector of length n.

Details

This function generates random integers which have mean and variance equal to 1, but which do not have a Poisson distribution. The random integers take the values $0$, $1$ and $N$ with probabilities $1/N$, $(N-2)/(N-1)$ and $1/(N(N-1))$ respectively. See Baddeley and Silverman (1984).

References

Baddeley, A.J. and Silverman, B.W. (1984) A cautionary example on the use of second-order methods for analyzing point patterns. Biometrics 40, 1089-1094.

See Also

rcell

Examples

Run this code
   rcellnumber(30, 3)

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