Methods for the parameter estimation for a spatio-temporal marked point process model, the so-called growth-interaction model, are investigated. Least squares estimation methods for this model found in the literature are only concerned with fitting the mark distribution observed in the data....

Three edge correction methods for (marked) spatio-temporal point processes are proposed. They are all based on the idea of placing an approximated expected behaviour of the process at hand (simulated realisations) outside the study region which interacts with the data during the estimation....