Summary: Biometrics 59, 186­188
March 2003
READER REACTION
Comment on Cowling's "Spatial Methods for Line Transect Surveys"
Magne Aldrin,1,
Marit Holden,1,
and Tore Schweder1,2,
1
Norwegian Computing Center, P.O. Box 114 Blindern, N-0314 Oslo, Norway
2
Department of Economics, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1095 Blindern, N-0317 Oslo, Norway

email: magne.aldrin@nr.no

email: marit.holden@nr.no

email: tore.schweder@econ.uio.no
Summary. We consider the problem of estimating the parameters of a two-dimensional Neyman-Scott
process, from data collected through a line transect survey. Cowling (1998, Biometrics 54, 828­839) suggested
an estimation method based on a one-dimensional K-function along the transect line. However, her expression

Source: Aldrin, Magne - Norsk Regnesentral

Collections: Biology and Medicine; Mathematics