On asymptotic properties of the mark variogram estimator of a marked point process |
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Authors: | Yongtao Guan Michael Sherman James A. Calvin |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Management Science, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124, USA;2. Department of Statistics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA;3. Department of Statistics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA |
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Abstract: | The mark variogram [Cressie, 1993. Statistics for Spatial Data. Wiley, New York] is a useful tool to analyze data from marked point processes. In this paper, we investigate the asymptotic properties of its estimator. Our main findings are that the sample mark variogram is a consistent estimator for the true mark variogram and is asymptotically normal under some mild conditions. These results hold for both the geostatistical marking case (i.e., the case where the marks and points are independent) and the non-geostatistical marking case (i.e., the case where the marks and points are dependent). As an application we develop a general test for spatial isotropy and study our methodology through a simulation study and an application to a data set on long leaf pine trees. |
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Keywords: | Marked point process Mark variogram |
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