3 papers
stat.ME2025
On prior smoothing with discrete spatial data in the context of disease mapping
Garazi Retegui, Alan E. Gelfand, Jaione Etxeberria +1
Disease mapping attempts to explain observed health event counts across areal units, typically using Markov random field models. These models rely on spatial priors to account for…
stat.AP2024
Joint Spatiotemporal Modeling of Zooplankton and Whale Abundance in a Dynamic Marine Environment
Bokgyeong Kang, Erin M. Schliep, Alan E. Gelfand +6
North Atlantic right whales are an endangered species; their entire population numbers approximately 372 individuals, and they are subject to major anthropogenic threats. They feed…
stat.AP2024
Analyzing whale calling through Hawkes process modeling
Bokgyeong Kang, Erin M. Schliep, Alan E. Gelfand +3
Sound is assumed to be the primary modality of communication among marine mammal species. Analyzing acoustic recordings helps to understand the function of the acoustic signals as…