
15
Higher-Dimensional Spaces and Marks
Part IV covers point p atterns with additional ‘structure’, starting in this chapter with point patterns
in higher-dimensional space and space-time, and multivariate ma rks.
15.1 Introduction
This book has explained the principles and techniques o f spatial statistics in the simplest case of a
point pattern in two-dimensional space, with no marks or with relatively simple marks. The same
principles and techniques can be extended, with some modification, to higher dimension al space
and to more c omplicated kinds of marks.
Point patterns in three-dimensional space, and point patterns in space-time, are becoming