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We study how sampling geometry contributes to uncertainty in modeling spatial geophysical observations as sampled random fields characterized by stationary, isotropic, parametric covariance functions. We incorporate the signature of…

Methodology · Statistics 2026-04-03 Olivia L. Walbert , Frederik J. Simons , Arthur P. Guillaumin , Sofia C. Olhede

We consider Gaussian fields of real symmetric, complex Hermitian or quaternionic Hermitian matrices over an electrical network, and describe how the isomorphisms between these fields and random walks give rise to topological expansions…

Probability · Mathematics 2022-08-31 Titus Lupu

In this work, we study probability functions associated with Gaussian mixture models. Our primary focus is on extending the use of spherical radial decomposition for multivariate Gaussian random vectors to the context of Gaussian mixture…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-11-06 Gonzalo Contador , Pedro Pérez-Aros , Emilio Vilches

We present a quantum algorithm for efficiently sampling transformed Gaussian random fields on $d$-dimensional domains, based on an enhanced version of the classical moving average method. Pointwise transformations enforcing boundedness are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-20 Matthias Deiml , Daniel Peterseim

We continue our work [arXiv:2403.07628] on asymptotic expansions at the soft edge for the classical $n$-dimensional Gaussian and Laguerre random matrix ensembles. By revisiting the construction of the associated skew-orthogonal polynomials…

Probability · Mathematics 2026-01-22 Folkmar Bornemann

We introduce a flexible framework for modeling dependent feature allocations. Our approach addresses limitations in traditional nonparametric methods by directly modeling the logit-probability surface of the feature paintbox, enabling the…

Methodology · Statistics 2025-12-22 Bernardo Flores , Yang Ni , Yanxun Xu , Peter Müller

Iterative methods for fitting a Gaussian Random Field (GRF) model via maximum likelihood (ML) estimation requires solving a nonconvex optimization problem. The problem is aggravated for anisotropic GRFs where the number of covariance…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2021-01-12 Sam Davanloo Tajbakhsh , Necdet Serhat Aybat , Enrique Del Castillo

We study the numerical solution of forward and inverse acoustic scattering problems by randomly shaped obstacles in three-dimensional space using a fast isogeometric boundary element method. Within the isogeometric framework, realizations…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-10-29 Jürgen Dölz , Helmut Harbrecht , Carlos Jerez-Hanckes , Michael Multerer

This paper is concerned with multimode open quantum harmonic oscillators and quadratic-exponential functionals (QEFs) as quantum risk-sensitive performance criteria. Such systems are described by linear quantum stochastic differential…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-11-06 Igor G. Vladimirov , Ian R. Petersen , Matthew R. James

Many physical and mathematical models involve random fields in their input data. Examples are ordinary differential equations, partial differential equations and integro--differential equations with uncertainties in the coefficient…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-12-07 Michael Griebel , Guanglian Li , Christian Rieger

Multipole expansion of an incident radiation field - that is, representation of the fields as sums of vector spherical wavefunctions - is essential for theoretical light scattering methods such as the T-matrix method and generalised…

Optics · Physics 2007-05-23 T. A. Nieminen , H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop , N. R. Heckenberg

This paper presents a general form of the covariance matrix structure for a vector random field that is axially symmetric and mean square continuous on the sphere and provides a series representation for a longitudinally reversible one. The…

Probability · Mathematics 2016-06-14 Chunsheng Ma

In this paper we consider a network of spatially distributed sensors which collect measurement samples of a spatial field, and aim at estimating in a distributed way (without any central coordinator) the entire field by suitably fusing all…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-05-23 Francesco Sasso , Angelo Coluccia , Giuseppe Notarstefano

Gaussian random fields (GFs) are fundamental tools in spatial modeling and can be represented flexibly and efficiently as solutions to stochastic partial differential equations (SPDEs). The SPDEs depend on specific parameters, which enforce…

Methodology · Statistics 2026-05-04 Liam Llamazares-Elias , Jonas Latz , Finn Lindgren

Covariance parameter estimation of Gaussian processes is analyzed in an asymptotic framework. The spatial sampling is a randomly perturbed regular grid and its deviation from the perfect regular grid is controlled by a single scalar…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2014-12-09 François Bachoc

Covariance functions are a fundamental tool for modeling the dependence structure of spatial processes. This work investigates novel constructions for covariance functions that enable the integration of anisotropies and hole effects in…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2023-06-08 Alfredo Alegría , Xavier Emery

In large dimension, we study the asymptotic behavior of the mean number of critical points with index k below a level u for an isotropic centered Gaussian random field defined on a family of subsets of $R^d$ depending on d. We prove the…

Probability · Mathematics 2026-02-10 Jean-Marc Azaïs , Céline Delmas

We introduce and analyze a nonlocal generalization of Whittle--Mat\'ern Gaussian fields in which the smoothness parameter varies in space through the fractional order, $s=s(x)\in[\underline{s}\,,\bar{s}]\subset(0,1)$. The model is defined…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-19 Hamza Ruzayqat , Wenyu Lei , David Bolin , George Turkiyyah , Omar Knio

Satellites mapping the spatial variations of the gravitational or magnetic fields of the Earth or other planets ideally fly on polar orbits, uniformly covering the entire globe. Thus, potential fields on the sphere are usually expressed in…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2013-06-17 Frederik J. Simons , F. A. Dahlen

This survey is devoted to recent developments in the statistical analysis of spherical data, with a view to applications in Cosmology. We will start from a brief discussion of Cosmological questions and motivations, arguing that most…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-03-28 Javier Carrón Duque , Domenico Marinucci