Method for measuring a degree of association for dimensionally referenced data
First Claim
1. A method for measuring a degree of association between physical events, comprising the steps of:
- establishing a set of occurrences of the physical events;
establishing at least one possible location of the physical events; and
, determining a degree of association between the physical events as a function of the set of occurrences and the at least one possible location.
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Abstract
A method for measuring a degree of association (58) between, and for selectively creating a grouping (40) of, n plurality of spatially referenced physical events (22) of a predetermined physical characteristic. The method includes the steps of assembling n plurality of physical events (26), assembling a universe of possible sample locations (36), determining a reference distribution (54), determining a restricted distribution (56), and determining the degree of association (58) between the n plurality of physical events. Specifically, the physical events each have an indicia of location and a physical characteristic above a threshold. The step (54) of determining a reference distribution is conducted by calculating a test statistic (78) for each of n′ plurality of random allocations (74) of the n plurality of physical events over the selected n plurality of sample locations. Further, the step (58) of determining a restricted distribution includes calculating the test statistic (82) for each of n″ plurality of restricted random allocations (80) of the n plurality of physical events over the n plurality of sample locations (62).
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1. A method for measuring a degree of association between physical events, comprising the steps of:
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establishing a set of occurrences of the physical events;
establishing at least one possible location of the physical events; and
,determining a degree of association between the physical events as a function of the set of occurrences and the at least one possible location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer based method for measuring a degree of association between physical events, comprising the steps of:
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establishing a first data structure, the first data structure containing a set of occurrences of the physical events;
establishing a second data structure, the second data structure containing at least one possible location of the physical events; and
,determining a degree of association between the physical events as a function of the first and second data structures. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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