Some Remarks on the Statistical Analysis of Grids Especially with Respect to Ecology

This study is concerned with statistical inference for counts in a m × n grid, conditional on the observed counts. It is restricted to the isotropic case. Some properties are examined of the so-called joint count statistic and the Moran statistic maximized as a function of the weight-coefficients, under appropriate constraints.

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