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ArticleSpatial statistics2015

Measuring Aggregation of Events about a Mass Using Spatial Point Pattern Methods.

Michael O Smith, Jackson Ball, Benjamin B Holloway, Ferenc Erdelyi, Gabor Szabo, Emily Stone, Jonathan Graham, J Josh Lawrence

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Article in Spatial statistics, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Michael O SmithDepartment of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812.
Jackson BallCenter for Structural and Functional Neuroscience, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812.
Benjamin B HollowayCenter for Structural and Functional Neuroscience, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812.
Ferenc ErdelyiLaboratory of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1450 Budapest, Hungary.
Gabor SzaboLaboratory of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1450 Budapest, Hungary.
Emily StoneDepartment of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812.
Jonathan GrahamDepartment of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812.
J Josh LawrenceCenter for Structural and Functional Neuroscience, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812.

Funding

THE ROLE OF PULMONARY SUBPOPULATIONS AND TH2 IMMUNITY IN BALB/C SILICOSIS MODELP20RR017670 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA · PI WETZEL, SCOTT A · 2002 to 2011
$22.0M
Surveillance genome sequencing to detect SARS-CoV-2 virus variants in MontanaP20GM103546 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA · PI BOWLER, BRUCE E · 2012 to 2021
$19.2M
Understanding the molecular mechanism of pathogenesis of prion diseasesP20RR015583 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA · PI KAVANAUGH, MICHAEL PATRICK · 2000 to 2009
$17.6M
Molecular Histology and Fluorescent ImagingP30GM103338 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA · PI HOLIAN, ANDRIJ · 2013 to 2017
$5.6M
Differential modes of cholinergic transmission onto cellular hippocampal targetsR01NS069689 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA · PI LAWRENCE, JOHN JOSHUA · 2010 to 2014
$1.5M
NCRR NIH HHS P20 RR015583NCRR NIH HHS P20 RR017670NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM103546NIGMS NIH HHS P30 GM103338NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS069689
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present a methodology that detects event aggregation about a mass surface using 3-dimensional study regions with a point pattern and a mass present. The Aggregation about a Mass function determines aggregation, randomness, or repulsion of events with respect to the mass surface. Our method closely resembles Ripley's K function but is modified to discern the pattern about the mass surface. We briefly state the definition and derivation of Ripley's K function and explain how the Aggregation about a Mass function is different. We develop the novel function according to the definition: the Aggregation about a Mass function times the intensity is the expected number of events within a distance h of a mass. Special consideration of edge effects is taken in order to make the function invariant to the location of the mass within the study region. Significance of aggregation or repulsion is determined using simulation envelopes. A simulation study is performed to inform researchers how the Aggregation about a Mass function performs under different types of aggregation. Finally, we apply the Aggregation about a Mass function to neuroscience as a novel analysis tool by examining the spatial pattern of neurotransmitter release sites as events about a neuron.

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3-DimensionsClusteringPoint ProcessSpatial PatternsSpatial Statistics

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PMID29046865
PMCPMC5642986

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