The code in this repository fits multivariate models to marked point patterns from case-control data. In addition, exposure to pollution soures can be assessed by including different terms on the distance to the putative source.
The methodology is described in this arXiv paper:
Title: Approximate Bayesian inference for multivariate point pattern analysis in disease mapping.
Authors: Francisco Palmi-Perales, Virgilio Gomez-Rubio, Gonzalo Lopez-Abente, Rebeca Ramis-Prieto, Jose Miguel Sanz-Anquela, Pablo Fernandez-Navarro.
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case_study: Includes the files to reproduce the case study developed in the paper. Note that a simulated dataset (from the original data) is provided as the real dataset cannot be distributed due to confidentiality issues. -
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simulation: Simulated datasets and R code to run the simulation study described in the paper.