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Stochastic Simulation And Spatial Statistics Of Large Datasets Using Parallel Computing, Jonathan Sw Lee

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Lattice models are a way of representing spatial locations in a grid where each cell is in a certain state and evolves according to transition rules and rates dependent on a surrounding neighbourhood. These models are capable of describing many phenomena such as the simulation and growth of a forest fire front. These spatial simulation models as well as spatial descriptive statistics such as Ripley's K-function have wide applicability in spatial statistics but in general do not scale well for large datasets. Parallel computing (high performance computing) is one solution that can provide limited scalability to these applications. This is …