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Explicit expressions for the variogram of first--order intrinsic autoregressions

Statistics Theory 2009-02-20 v1 Statistics Theory

Abstract

Exact and explicit expressions for the variogram of first--order intrinsic autoregressions have not been known. Various asymptotic expansions and approximations have been used to compute the variogram. In this note, an exact and explicit expression applicable for all parameter values is derived. The expression involves Appell's hypergeometric function of the fourth kind. Various particular cases of the expression are also derived.

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@article{arxiv.0902.3306,
  title  = {Explicit expressions for the variogram of first--order intrinsic autoregressions},
  author = {Tibor K. Pogány and Saralees Nadarajah},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0902.3306},
  year   = {2009}
}

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Submitted to the Electronic Journal of Statistics (http://www.i-journals.org/ejs/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)

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