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Estimation of spatial processes using local scoring rules: spatial special issue. (English) Zbl 1443.62307

Summary: We display pseudo-likelihood as a special case of a general estimation technique based on proper scoring rules. Such a rule supplies an unbiased estimating equation for any statistical model, and this can be extended to allow for missing data. When the scoring rule has a simple local structure, as in many spatial models, the need to compute problematic normalising constants is avoided. We illustrate the approach through an analysis of data on disease in bell pepper plants.

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62M30 Inference from spatial processes
62P10 Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis

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