[R-sig-Geo] Empirical Bayes smoothing (DCluster)

[Virgilio Gómez-Rubio]

Dear Dorothea,


> I have used both of the empirical Bayes smoothing models (Poisson-Gamma and
> Log-normal) implemented in the package DCLuster for smoothing disease risk
> in
> a study region.
> But I wonder if there is a function where the local mean can be used
> instead of
> the global mean in order to smooth the estimates.

You can use EBlocal() in spdep to achieve local smoothing.

Best wishes,

Virgilio