Spatial Point Processes Applied to the Study of Forest Fires in Portugal

摘要

The aim of this work is to analyse the behaviour of forest fires in Portugal using statistical techniques applied to spatial point processes. We present a short overview on the most commonly used summary statistics for spatial point processes under homogeneity and inhomogeneity assumptions. The data set consist of records of 6295 forest fires larger than 100 hectares, observed in Portugal during the years 1975 through 2005.