On fixed-domain asymptotics and covariance tapering in Gaussian random field models

DOI10.1214/11-EJS607zbMath1274.62643OpenAlexW2066029410MaRDI QIDQ1952185

Wei-Liem Loh, Daqing Wang

Publication date: 28 May 2013

Published in: Electronic Journal of Statistics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ejs/1302784855

zbMATH Keywords

asymptotic normalitymaximum likelihood estimationspatial statisticsstrong consistencyGaussian random fieldcovariance taperingfixed-domain asymptoticsMatérn covariance

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Random fields; image analysis (62M40) Asymptotic distribution theory in statistics (62E20) Nonparametric tolerance and confidence regions (62G15)

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Uses Software

• CSparse

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