How to model a spatial point process with INLA?
- Model the intensity of the spatial point process over the whole study region. So consider the intensity as the response variable.
- The linear predictor for the intensity is modelled as a local intercept plus a GMRF with zero mean and a Matérn correlation (spatial random effect).
- To do that, an SPDE (stochastic partial differential equation) is fitted on the vertices of a triangulated mesh.