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spatstat (version 1.6-12)

Spatial Point Pattern analysis, model-fitting and simulation

Description

Spatial Point Pattern data analysis, modelling and simulation including multitype/marked points and spatial covariates

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install.packages('spatstat')

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1.6-12

License

GPL version 2 or newer

Maintainer

Adrian Baddeley

Last Published

February 1st, 2026

Functions in spatstat (1.6-12)

ganglia

Beta Ganglion Cells in Cat Retina, Old Version
Softcore

The Soft Core Point Process Model
affine

Apply Affine Transformation
compatible.im

Test Whether Two Pixel Images Are Compatible
qqplot.ppm

Q-Q Plot of Residuals from Fitted Point Process Model
diagnose.ppm

Diagnostic Plots for Fitted Point Process Model
fv.object

Data Frames of Function Values
amacrine

Hughes' Amacrine Cell Data
Strauss

The Strauss Point Process Model
Gcross

Multitype Nearest Neighbour Distance Function (i-to-j)
affine.ppp

Apply Affine Transformation To Point Pattern
Kcross

Multitype K Function (Cross-type)
OrdThresh

Ord's Interaction model
Poisson

Poisson Point Process Model
nearest.raster.point

Find Pixel Nearest to a Given Point
as.im

Convert to Pixel Image
bounding.box

Bounding Box of a Window
affine.owin

Apply Affine Transformation To Window
spatstat-deprecated

Deprecated spatstat functions
ants

Harkness-Isham ants' nests data
eroded.areas

Areas of Morphological Erosions
crossdist

Pairwise distances between two different point patterns
nztrees

New Zealand Trees Point Pattern
Kest

K-function
quadratcount

Quadrat counting for a point pattern
is.ppp

Test Whether An Object Is A Point Pattern
allstats

Calculate four standard summary functions of a point pattern.
gridcentres

Rectangular grid of points
redwood

California Redwoods Point Pattern (Ripley's Subset)
Gest

Nearest Neighbour Distance Function G
intersect.owin

Intersection or Union of Two Windows
pairdist

Pairwise distances
nndist

Nearest neighbour distances
summary.quad

Summarizing a Quadrature Scheme
summary.im

Summarizing a Pixel Image
complement.owin

Take Complement of a Window
lurking

Lurking variable plot
Jcross

Multitype J Function (i-to-j)
print.quad

Print a Quadrature Scheme
Fest

Estimate the empty space function F
humberside

Humberside Data on Childhood Leukaemia and Lymphoma
quad.object

Class of Quadrature Schemes
concatxy

Concatenate x,y Coordinate Vectors
Kmeasure

Reduced Second Moment Measure
data.ppm

Extract Original Data from a Fitted Point Process Model
residualspaper

Data and Code From JRSS Discussion Paper on Residuals
bramblecanes

Hutchings' Bramble Canes data
applynbd

Apply Function to Every Neighbourhood in a Point Pattern
rMaternI

Simulate Matern Model I
Jest

Estimate the J-function
gridweights

Compute Quadrature Weights Based on Grid Counts
plot.owin

Plot a Spatial Window
shift.owin

Apply Vector Translation To Window
rNeymanScott

Simulate Neyman-Scott Process
is.subset.owin

Determine Whether One Window is Contained In Another
ppp

Create a Point Pattern
unmark

Remove Marks from a Marked Point Pattern
rotate.ppp

Rotate a Point Pattern
as.ppp

Convert Data To Class ppp
distmap

Distance Map
stratrand

Stratified random point pattern
coef.ppm

Coefficients of Fitted Point Process Model
alltypes

Calculate Statistic for All Types in a Multitype Point Pattern
plot.fv

Plot Function Valuesn
quadscheme

Generate a Quadrature Scheme from a Point Pattern
Gmulti

Marked Nearest Neighbour Distance Function
centroid.owin

Centroid of a window
rMaternII

Simulate Matern Model II
cells

Biological Cells Point Pattern
subset.fasp

Extract Subset of Function Array
rotate.owin

Rotate a Window
pcf.fasp

Pair Correlation Function obtained from array of K functions
corners

Corners of a rectangle
kaplan.meier

Kaplan-Meier Estimator using Histogram Data
print.im

Print Brief Details of an Image
area.owin

Area of a Window
fitted.ppm

Fitted Conditional Intensity for Point Process Model
distmap.ppp

Distance Map of Point Pattern
demopat

Artificial Data Point Pattern
Geyer

Geyer's Saturation Point Process Model
residuals.ppm

Residuals for Fitted Point Process Model
shift.ppp

Apply Vector Translation To Point Pattern
rpoint

Generate N Random Points
Ord

Generic Ord Interaction model
compatible.fv

Test Whether Two Function Objects Are Compatible
as.mask

Pixel Image Approximation of a Window
default.dummy

Generate a Default Pattern of Dummy Points
chorley

Chorley-Ribble Cancer Data
im.object

Class of Images
rmh.default

Simulate Point Process Models using the Metropolis-Hastings Algorithm.
Kdot

Multitype K Function (i-to-any)
spatstat-internal

Internal spatstat functions
LennardJones

The Lennard-Jones Potential
plot.ppp

plot a Spatial Point Pattern
rtoro

Random Toroidal Shift of Point Pattern
scanpp

Read Point Pattern From Data File
Jdot

Multitype J Function (i-to-any)
is.marked.ppm

Test Whether A Point Process Model is Marked
rpoispp

Generate Poisson Point Pattern
is.im

Test Whether An Object Is A Pixel Image
setmarks

Set or Reset the Marks in a Point Pattern
Jmulti

Marked J Function
Pairwise

Generic Pairwise Interaction model
MultiStraussHard

The Multitype/Hard Core Strauss Point Process Model
ppp.object

Class of Point Patterns
cut.ppp

Convert Point Pattern Marks from Numeric to Factor
hamster

Aherne's hamster tumour data
as.owin

Convert Data To Class owin
plot.im

Plot a Pixel Image
is.marked.ppp

Test Whether A Point Pattern is Marked
harmonic

Basis for Harmonic Functions
print.owin

Print Brief Details of a Spatial Window
owin.object

Class owin
japanesepines

Japanese Pines Point Pattern
ppm

Fit Point Process Model to Data
bdist.points

Distance to Boundary of Window
Gdot

Multitype Nearest Neighbour Distance Function (i-to-any)
pairwise.family

Pairwise Interaction Process Family
is.owin

Test Whether An Object Is A Window
spatstat.options

Internal Options in Spatstat Package
dirichlet.weights

Compute Quadrature Weights Based on Dirichlet Tessellation
reduced.sample

Reduced Sample Estimator using Histogram Data
identify.ppp

Identify Points in a Point Pattern
inside.owin

Test Whether Points Are Inside A Window
owin

Create a Window
dummy.ppm

Extract Dummy Points Used to Fit a Point Process Model
eem

Exponential Energy Marks
pairsat.family

Saturated Pairwise Interaction Point Process Family
rotate

Rotate
Kest.fft

K-function using FFT
pcf.fv

Pair Correlation Function obtained from K Function
rmh.ppm

Simulate from a Fitted Point Process Model
plot.splitppp

Plot a List of Point Patterns
Kmulti

Marked K-Function
markcorr

Mark Correlation Function
is.ppm

Test Whether An Object Is A Fitted Point Process Model
summary.ppp

Summary of a Point Pattern Dataset
summary.ppm

Summarizing a Fitted Point Process Model
markstat

Summarise Marks in Every Neighbourhood in a Point Pattern
plot.plotppm

Plot a plotppm Object Created by plot.ppm
letterR

Window in Shape of Letter R
plot.ppm

plot a Fitted Point Process Model
erode.owin

Erode a Window
StraussHard

The Strauss / Hard Core Point Process Model
rMatClust

Simulate Matern Cluster Process
eval.fv

Evaluate Expression Involving Functions
quad.ppm

Extract Quadrature Scheme Used to Fit a Point Process Model
ppm.object

Class of Fitted Point Process Models
rThomas

Simulate Thomas Process
rSSI

Simple Sequential Inhibition
spruces

Spruces Point Pattern
longleaf

Longleaf Pines Point Pattern
reach

Interaction Distance of a Point Process
plot.fasp

Plot a Function Array
shift

Apply Vector Translation
suffstat

Sufficient Statistic of Point Process Model
envelope

Simulation envelopes of summary function
rescue.rectangle

Convert Window Back To Rectangle
anova.ppm

ANOVA for Fitted Point Process Models
print.ppm

Print a Fitted Point Process Model
raster.x

Cartesian Coordinates for a Pixel Raster
im

Create a Pixel Image Object
redwoodfull

California Redwoods Point Pattern (Entire Dataset)
copper

Berman-Huntington points and lines data
spatstat

The Spatstat Package
fasp.object

Function Arrays for Spatial Patterns
is.marked

Test Whether Marks Are Present
summary.owin

Summary of a Spatial Window
square

Square Window
ord.family

Ord Interaction Process Family
rmh

Simulate point patterns using the Metropolis-Hastings algorithm.
km.rs

Kaplan-Meier and Reduced Sample Estimator using Histograms
pcf.ppp

Pair Correlation Function of Point Pattern
MultiStrauss

The Multitype Strauss Point Process Model
rmhstart

Determine Initial State for Metropolis-Hastings Simulation.
Iest

Estimate the I-function
betacells

Beta Ganglion Cells in Cat Retina
distmap.owin

Distance Map of Window
DiggleGratton

Diggle-Gratton model
plot.quad

plot a Spatial Quadrature Scheme
PairPiece

The Piecewise Constant Pairwise Interaction Point Process Model
ksmooth.ppp

Kernel Smoothed Intensity of Point Pattern
shift.im

Apply Vector Translation To Pixel Image
Kinhom

Inhomogeneous K-function
pcf

Pair Correlation Function
subset.fv

Extract Subset of Function Values
finpines

Pine saplings in Finland.
as.rectangle

Window Frame
Saturated

Saturated Pairwise Interaction model
print.ppp

Print Brief Details of a Point Pattern Dataset
rmpoint

Generate N Random Multitype Points
superimpose

Superimpose Several Point Patterns
rmpoispp

Generate Multitype Poisson Point Pattern
rmhcontrol

Set Control Parameters for Metropolis-Hastings Algorithm.
subset.ppp

Extract or Replace Subset of Point Pattern
bdist.pixels

Distance to Boundary of Window
diameter

Diameter of a Window Frame
simdat

Simulated Point Pattern
ripras

Estimate window from points alone
eval.im

Evaluate Expression Involving Pixel Images
runifpoint

Generate N Uniform Random Points
rmhmodel

Define Point Process Model for Metropolis-Hastings Simulation.
lansing

Lansing Woods Point Pattern
spokes

Spokes pattern of dummy points
update.ppm

Update a Fitted Point Process Model
split.ppp

Divide Point Pattern into Sub-patterns
expand.owin

Expand Window By Factor
predict.ppm

Prediction from a Fitted Point Process Model
rlabel

Random Re-Labelling of Point Pattern
setcov

Set Covariance of a Window
union.quad

Union of Data and Dummy Points
subset.im

Extract Subset of Image
swedishpines

Swedish Pines Point Pattern