Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

Course Outlines

Fall 2017 - STAT 890 G100

Statistics: Selected Topics (4)

Spatial Statistics

Class Number: 7797

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Sep 5 – Dec 4, 2017: Tue, 2:00–3:50 p.m.
    Burnaby

    Sep 5 – Dec 4, 2017: Thu, 2:00–3:50 p.m.
    Burnaby

Description

COURSE DETAILS:

Course Title: Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Statistics

Pre-requisites: Knowledge of regression and some understanding of likelihood at MSc level. Familiarity with R (most likely you will need to have R on your laptop).

This course will be offered using remote teaching technology.

Instructors:
Peter Guttorp (guttorp at uw dot edu)
Paul D. Sampson (pds at stat dot washington dot edu)

Course Outline:

Detailed outline can be found here http://www.stat.washington.edu/peter/591/

Course runs from Sept 28th to Nov 30th (no class Nov 23rd)

Grading

  • Assignments 100%

NOTES:

Grading scheme above is subject to change.

Materials

RECOMMENDED READING:

Sudipto Banerjee, Bradley P. Carlin and Alan E. Gelfand (2014): Hierarchical Modeling and Analysis for Spatial Data, Second Edition. Chapman & Hall/CRC Press.

Noel Cressie and Christopher K. Wikle (2011): Statistics for Spatio-Temporal Data. Wiley.

Peter J. Diggle and Paulo Justiniano Ribeiro (2010): Model-based Geostatistics. Springer.

Alan E. Gelfand, Peter J. Diggle, Montserrat Fuentes and Peter Guttorp, eds. (2010): Handbook of Spatial Statistics. Section 2, Continuous Spatial Variation. Chapman & Hall/CRC Press.

Nhu D.Le, and James V. Zidek (2006): Statistical Analysis of Environmental Space-Time Processes. Springer


Graduate Studies Notes:

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Registrar Notes:

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