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A functional central limit theorem for the K-function with an estimated intensity function

Statistics Theory 2023-09-25 v1 Statistics Theory

Abstract

The KK-function is arguably the most important functional summary statistic for spatial point processes. It is used extensively for goodness-of-fit testing and in connection with minimum contrast estimation for parametric spatial point process models. It is thus pertinent to understand the asymptotic properties of estimates of the KK-function. In this paper we derive the functional asymptotic distribution for the KK-function estimator. Contrary to previous papers on functional convergence we consider the case of an inhomogeneous intensity function. We moreover handle the fact that practical KK-function estimators rely on plugging in an estimate of the intensity function. This removes two serious limitations of the existing literature.

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@article{arxiv.2309.12834,
  title  = {A functional central limit theorem for the K-function with an estimated intensity function},
  author = {Anne Marie Svane and Christophe Biscio and Rasmus Waagepetersen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.12834},
  year   = {2023}
}

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14 pages

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