R: Overall density for a point pattern

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## Overall density for a point pattern

### Description

Calculate overall density for a point pattern.

### Usage

    pdense(pts,poly)

### Arguments

`pts` | A points data set
`poly` | A polygon data set

### Value

The density of the points in the polygon. i.e. the number of points per unit area.

### References

Rowlingson, B. and Diggle, P. 1993 Splancs: spatial point pattern analysis code in S-Plus. Computers and Geosciences, 19, 627-655; the original sources can be accessed at: https://www.maths.lancs.ac.uk/~rowlings/Splancs/. See also Bivand, R. and Gebhardt, A. 2000 Implementing functions for spatial statistical analysis using the R language. Journal of Geographical Systems, 2, 307-317.

### See Also

`Fzero`

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