[R-sig-Geo] CAR spatial model functions?

[Brian Aukema]

At 15 Aug 2004 14:43:35 +0200 (CEST), Roger Bivand <Roger.Bivand at nhh.no> wrote:

 > There was a question (as the original questioner noted) on the list some 
months ago
 > about CAR by ML (essentially doing what S-Plus SpatialStats does)? Is 
this a general
 > need? Should spdep do it (I've kept away from it because spdep was not 
intended to
 > duplicate things already available in some implementation of S, rather 
to complement)?
 > Has anybody any code that could be polished?

Thanks to the list for the suggestions to implement CAR models with 
WinBUGS.  I would
love to see spdep include implementations of CAR via ML in the future, even 
though S-Plus
has similar capabilities.  R has a much better price, especially when being 
used as a
teaching tool.

Brian Aukema


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