the "spatstat" library for R is the best I am aware of, and under GNU Public Licence, incidentally. www.spatstat.org
hope this helps, thomas > Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 17:22:38 +0000 > From: Alexandre Souza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Software for marked point processes analyses? > > Dear Friends in Ecology: > > I am searching for a free-software that performs marked point processes > analyses. This represents an extension of the well-known (to plant > ecologists) K-function in which attributes of the points (like dbh or height, > for instance) are considered in the analyses. > > This extension was first proposed by > > Penttinen, A., D. Stoyan, et al. (1992). Marked point processes in forest > statistics. Forest Science 38(4): 806-824. > > The above article has been cited by more than 80 other articles, so I > suppose there should be a software to implement this modification somewhere. > > Thanks for any indications, > > Alexandre > > Dr. Alexandre F. Souza > Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia: Diversidade e Manejo da Vida Silvestre > Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS) > Av. UNISINOS 950 - C.P. 275, São Leopoldo 93022-000, RS - Brasil > Telefone: (051)3590-8477 ramal 1263 > Skype: alexfadigas > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.unisinos.br/laboratorios/lecopop