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Are continuous models better than areal models for spatial disease mapping with a large number of small areas?
Ismael Salcedo, Camelia Trandafir, Tomás Goicoa +2
Classical methods for analysing areal mortality data typically rely on Poisson mixed models, which account for spatial and unstructured variability through prior distributions such…
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Flexible covariance structures on metric graphs
Karina Lilleborge, Sara Martino, Geir-Arne Fuglstad
Whittle-Matérn (WM) Gaussian random fields (GRFs) are defined as solutions of stochastic partial differential equations (SPDEs) and provide a natural analog of Matérn GRFs on non-E…