EgoCor: An R Package to Facilitate the Use of Exponential Semi-Variograms for Modelling the Local Spatial Correlation Structure in Social Epidemiology
By: Julia Dyck, Jan-Ole Koslik and Odile Sauzet
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jors.517 | Journal eISSN: 2049-9647
Language: English
Submitted on: May 29, 2024
Accepted on: Mar 22, 2025
Published on: Apr 3, 2025
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