rongelap               package:geoRglm               R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     This data-set was used by Diggle, Tawn and Moyeed (1998) to
     illustrate the model-based geostatistical methodology introduced
     in the paper. discussed in the paper. The radionuclide
     concentration data set consists  of measurements of gamma-ray
     counts at 157 locations.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     data(rongelap)

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     The object is a list with the following components:

     '_c_o_o_r_d_s' the coordinates of data locations.  

     '_d_a_t_a' the data.  

     '_u_n_i_t_s._m' n-dimensional vector of observation-times for the data.  

     '_b_o_r_d_e_r_s' a matrix with the coordinates defining the coastline on
          Rongelap Island.  

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     For further details on the radionuclide concentration data, see
     Diggle, Harper and Simon (1997), Diggle {\em et al.} (1998) and
     Christensen (2004).

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     Christensen, O. F. (2004). Monte Carlo maximum likelihood in
     model-based geostatistics. Journal of computational and graphical
     statistics *13* 702-718.

     Diggle, P. J., Harper, L. and Simon, S. L. (1997). Geostatistical
     analysis of residual contamination from nuclea testing. In:
     _Statistics for the environment 3: pollution assesment and
     control_ (eds. V. Barnet and K. F. Turkmann), Wiley,  Chichester,
     89-107.

     Diggle, P. J., Tawn, J. A. and Moyeed, R. A. (1998). Model-based
     geostatistics (with Discussion). _Applied Statistics_, *47*,
     299-350.

