http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781584884101<br /><br />Watch Alan Gelfand, co-author of Hierarchical Modeling and Analysis for Spatial Data speak at the JSM2011.<br /><br />Features<br /><br />Presents an up-to-date, fully Bayesian treatment of modeling for spatial and spatio-temporal data sets <br />Focuses on more practical matters--modeling, computing, applications-- rather than formal mathematics <br />Provides overviews of spatial data and the hierarchical Bayesian approach that make strong previous exposure to Bayesian methods unnecessary <br />Contains exercises in each chapter, with related computer code and data on a supporting Web page <br />Includes brief tutorials on using S+SpatialStats, geoR, and WinBUGS software for Bayesian modeling
