Goodness-of-fit tests for complete spatial randomness based on Minkowski functionals of binary images

DOI10.1214/18-EJS1467zbMATH Open1404.62045arXiv1710.02333OpenAlexW2963558585WikidataQ129221943 ScholiaQ129221943MaRDI QIDQ1786579FDOQ1786579

Authors: Bruno Ebner, Norbert Henze, Michael Andreas Klatt, Klaus Mecke 

Publication date: 24 September 2018

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

Abstract: We propose a class of goodness-of-fit tests for complete spatial randomness (CSR). In contrast to standard tests, our procedure utilizes a transformation of the data to a binary image, which is then characterized by geometric functionals. Under a suitable limiting regime, we derive the asymptotic distribution of the test statistics under the null hypothesis and almost sure limits under certain alternatives. The new tests are computationally efficient, and simulations show that they are strong competitors to other tests of CSR. The tests are applied to a real data set in gamma-ray astronomy, and immediate extensions are presented to encourage further work.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.02333

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zbMATH Keywords

nonparametric methodsPoisson point processgeometric functionalsastroparticle physicscomplete spatial randomness (CSR)threshold procedure

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonparametric hypothesis testing (62G10) Inference from spatial processes (62M30) Point processes (e.g., Poisson, Cox, Hawkes processes) (60G55) Applications of statistics to physics (62P35) Radiative transfer in astronomy and astrophysics (85A25)

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