Erika Mudrak <mud...@wisc.edu> writes:

! Hi everyone-  I am trying to fit an inhomogenous K function based to 
! a large(ish) dataset.  I have successfully executed this code on data sets 
! with a smaller n. 

! > SPECIES.ppp
! planar point pattern: 1598 points 
! window: rectangle = [564320, 564320] x [228490, 228500] units 
! > lambda=density(SPECIES.ppp)
! > Lin=envelope(SPECIES.ppp,Linhom,nsim=5,simulate=expression(rpoispp(lambda)),
! + correction="border")
! Error: cannot allocate vector of size 244.5 Mb

Memory allocation problems in a point process simulation typically happen when 
the system is trying to generate a huge number of points.

In this simulation, the expected number of random points in each randomised 
pattern is equal to the integral of the pixel image 'lambda', which you can 
evaluate by
     summary(lambda)$integral 
and of course you can also plot(lambda) to see if there is anything strange 
happening.

Normally the code you have typed above should be OK. If X is a point pattern 
with 1600 points then the intensity estimate computed by lambda <- density(X) 
should have an integral approximately equal to 1600 except for edge effects. So 
the expected number of points in each simulation should be about 1600.

However, there could be a problem here with the shape of the window and/or the 
configuration of the data points. The printout above says the window is 

! window: rectangle = [564320, 564320] x [228490, 228500] units 

The width of the rectangle appears to be 0; but these coordinates have been 
rounded to the nearest multiple of 10. Please tell me the window width is not 
exactly zero!!! 
I would guess that you have a very thin window, with some points that are very 
close to the boundary. Because of edge effects and various numerical artifacts, 
this could result in an erroneously large intensity estimate. 

My advice is to make sure that the density estimate 'lambda' is reasonable. Try 
controlling the smoothing parameter 'sigma' and the pixel size 'eps' until the 
estimated intensity looks reasonable and the integral summary(lambda)$integral 
is tolerably close to 1600.

regards 
Adrian Baddeley 
CSIRO Mathematics, Informatics & Statistics
Leeuwin Centre, 65 Brockway Road, Floreat WA 6014, Australia
Tel: 08 9333 6177 | Fax: 08 9333 6121 | Mob: 0410 447 821

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