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Il 02/05/2013 11:28, Victor Gonzalez ha scritto:

> We already started analyzing the task and we have some questions. First, we 
> are going
> to made a fork of the current animove plugin repository [1] and when we 
> finish we'll
> do a pull request. Is that ok with you? Anyone has a better idea?

I think you could take the lead, no need for the pull. Francesco?

> Regarding the kernel analysis algorithm, we found that the gaussian_kde class 
> in
> scipy [2] has a set_bandwidth method in order to set the bandwidth of the 
> method as a
> simple scalar. But this is only available from 0.11.0 version. Which version 
> of scipy
> we assume will be installed in the distribution?

Please check the one available in osgeo4w. In Debian we have 0.10.1+dfsg2-1.
Maybe you can implement it conditionally, so that it will be available when 
scipy
will be upgraded.

> Also, that gaussian_kde class allows 'scotts' and 'silverman' method to 
> calculate the
> bandwidth, but no LSCV or is available. The only way to have it working is to 
> set the
> bw_method as a callable and implement the LSCV bandwidth ourselves. The 
> problem is
> that we are not experts in statistics and we don't know how to implement it. 
> We
> searched for the formula but it's quite hard to understand and implement at 
> first. Do
> you know of any python implementation?

I would avoid implementing stuff locally, unless it's a relatively simple 
extension
to numpy/scipy. Always better to try to find another py library, or cooperate
upstream with scipy devs.

> Finally, the kernel analysis is supposed to create several probability 
> rasters (one
> for each animal), right? The problem is that we don't know the number of 
> outputs
> beforehand, so we cannot specify them in the SEXTANTE algorithm. A solution 
> is to
> create the rasters in a folder (specified by the user) and then add it to 
> QGIS by
> hand. Is that ok?

Partly: I think there should be a way to add them all. Please check with Victor
Olaya, it would be better to add the function to Sextante core if necessary.

All the best.
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Paolo Cavallini - Faunalia
www.faunalia.eu
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