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Characterization Theorems for Pseudo-Variograms

Statistics Theory 2021-12-07 v1 Methodology Statistics Theory

Abstract

Pseudo-variograms appear naturally in the context of multivariate Brown-Resnick processes, and are a useful tool for analysis and prediction of multivariate random fields. We give a necessary and sufficient criterion for a matrix-valued function to be a pseudo-variogram, and further provide a Schoenberg-type result connecting pseudo-variograms and multivariate correlation functions. By means of these characterizations, we provide extensions of the popular univariate space-time covariance model of Gneiting to the multivariate case.

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@article{arxiv.2112.02595,
  title  = {Characterization Theorems for Pseudo-Variograms},
  author = {Christopher Dörr and Martin Schlather},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2112.02595},
  year   = {2021}
}