[R-sig-Geo] kernel density: units of bandwidth

[Roman Luštrik]

Hi,

have you seen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_density_estimation and
the section on how to select binwidth
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_density_estimation#Practical_estimation_of_the_bandwidth>
?

lp,
Roman


On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 1:48 AM, Tadaishi Yatabe-Rodriguez <
tyatabe at ucdavis.edu> wrote:

> Hello community,
>
> I did a lovely kernel density from a point pattern, but now I'm wondering
> what was the actual bandwidth I used. The value I used was 0.2770598, but
> what does this mean? I suppose it's an area, but what is the unit? Is there
> a way to transform this into a meaningful area unit?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tada
>
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