A functional central limit theorem for the empirical Ripley's \(K\)-function (Q2154942)

The authors establish a functional central limit theorem for the empirical Ripley's \(K\)-function of Gibbs point processes and point processes with fast decay of correlations. The proposed theorem greatly extends past results that were restricted to the Poisson case and allows to determine the asymptotic behaviour of statistics based on the \(K\)-function which may be used, for example, to develop goodness-of-fit tests illustrated in a simulation study.