We begin with isotropic Gaussian random fields, and show how the Bochner–Godement theorem gives a natural way to describe their covariance structure. We continue with a study of Matérn processes on Euclidean space, spheres, manifolds and graphs, using Bessel potentials and stochastic partial differential equations (SPDEs). We then turn from this continuous setting to approximating discrete settings, Gaussian Markov random fields (GMRFs), and the computational advantages they bring in handling large data sets, by exploiting the sparseness properties of the relevant precision (concentration) matrices.
{"title":"Gaussian random fields: with and without covariances","authors":"N. Bingham, T. Symons","doi":"10.1090/tpms/1163","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1090/tpms/1163","url":null,"abstract":"We begin with isotropic Gaussian random fields, and show how the Bochner–Godement theorem gives a natural way to describe their covariance structure. We continue with a study of Matérn processes on Euclidean space, spheres, manifolds and graphs, using Bessel potentials and stochastic partial differential equations (SPDEs). We then turn from this continuous setting to approximating discrete settings, Gaussian Markov random fields (GMRFs), and the computational advantages they bring in handling large data sets, by exploiting the sparseness properties of the relevant precision (concentration) matrices.","PeriodicalId":42776,"journal":{"name":"Theory of Probability and Mathematical Statistics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45547546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
We study the connectivity of the excursion sets of additive Gaussian fields, i.e. stationary centred Gaussian fields whose covariance function decomposes into a sum of terms that depend separately on the coordinates. Our main result is that, under mild smoothness and correlation decay assumptions, the excursion sets { f ≤ ℓ } {f le ell } of additive planar Gaussian fields are bounded almost surely at the critical level ℓ c = 0 ell _c = 0 . Since we do not assume positive correlations, this provides the first examples of continuous non-positively-correlated stationary planar Gaussian fields for which the boundedness of the nodal domains has been confirmed. By contrast, in dimension d ≥ 3 d ge 3 the excursion sets have unbounded components at all levels.
本文研究了加性高斯场偏移集的连通性,即其协方差函数分解为分别依赖于坐标的项和的平稳中心高斯场。我们的主要结果是,在温和平滑和相关衰减假设下,加性平面高斯场的偏移集{f≤}α {f leell}在临界能级α c = 0 ell _c = 0几乎肯定有界。由于我们不假设正相关,这提供了连续非正相关的平稳平面高斯场的第一个例子,其中节点域的有界性已经得到证实。相反,在维度d≥3d ge 3中,偏移集在所有级别上都具有无界分量。
{"title":"Boundedness of the nodal domains of additive Gaussian fields","authors":"S. Muirhead","doi":"10.1090/tpms/1169","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1090/tpms/1169","url":null,"abstract":"We study the connectivity of the excursion sets of additive Gaussian fields, i.e. stationary centred Gaussian fields whose covariance function decomposes into a sum of terms that depend separately on the coordinates. Our main result is that, under mild smoothness and correlation decay assumptions, the excursion sets \u0000\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 {\u0000 f\u0000 ≤\u0000 ℓ\u0000 }\u0000 \u0000 {f le ell }\u0000 \u0000\u0000 of additive planar Gaussian fields are bounded almost surely at the critical level \u0000\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 ℓ\u0000 c\u0000 \u0000 =\u0000 0\u0000 \u0000 ell _c = 0\u0000 \u0000\u0000. Since we do not assume positive correlations, this provides the first examples of continuous non-positively-correlated stationary planar Gaussian fields for which the boundedness of the nodal domains has been confirmed. By contrast, in dimension \u0000\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 d\u0000 ≥\u0000 3\u0000 \u0000 d ge 3\u0000 \u0000\u0000 the excursion sets have unbounded components at all levels.","PeriodicalId":42776,"journal":{"name":"Theory of Probability and Mathematical Statistics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47197545","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
In this article, we show that the standard vector-valued generalization of a generalized grey Brownian motion (ggBm) has independent components if and only if it is a fractional Brownian motion. In order to extend ggBm with independent components, we introduce a vector-valued generalized grey Brownian motion (vggBm). The characteristic function of the corresponding measure is introduced as the product of the characteristic functions of the one-dimensional case. We show that for this measure, the Appell system and a calculus of generalized functions or distributions are accessible. We characterize these distributions with suitable transformations and give a d d -dimensional Donsker’s delta function as an example for such distributions. From there, we show the existence of local times and self-intersection local times of vggBm as distributions under some constraints, and compute their corresponding generalized expectations. At the end, we solve a system of linear SDEs driven by a vggBm noise in d d dimensions.
{"title":"Stochastic analysis for vector-valued generalized grey Brownian motion","authors":"W. Bock, M. Grothaus, Karlo S. Orge","doi":"10.1090/tpms/1184","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1090/tpms/1184","url":null,"abstract":"In this article, we show that the standard vector-valued generalization of a generalized grey Brownian motion (ggBm) has independent components if and only if it is a fractional Brownian motion. In order to extend ggBm with independent components, we introduce a vector-valued generalized grey Brownian motion (vggBm). The characteristic function of the corresponding measure is introduced as the product of the characteristic functions of the one-dimensional case. We show that for this measure, the Appell system and a calculus of generalized functions or distributions are accessible. We characterize these distributions with suitable transformations and give a \u0000\u0000 \u0000 d\u0000 d\u0000 \u0000\u0000-dimensional Donsker’s delta function as an example for such distributions. From there, we show the existence of local times and self-intersection local times of vggBm as distributions under some constraints, and compute their corresponding generalized expectations. At the end, we solve a system of linear SDEs driven by a vggBm noise in \u0000\u0000 \u0000 d\u0000 d\u0000 \u0000\u0000 dimensions.","PeriodicalId":42776,"journal":{"name":"Theory of Probability and Mathematical Statistics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49499380","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
We consider suitable weak solutions of 2-dimensional Euler equations on bounded domains, and show that the class of completely random measures is infinitesimally invariant for the dynamics. Space regularity of samples of these random fields falls outside of the well-posedness regime of the PDE under consideration, so it is necessary to resort to stochastic integrals with respect to the candidate invariant measure in order to give a definition of the dynamics. Our findings generalize and unify previous results on Gaussian stationary solutions of Euler equations and point vortices dynamics. We also discuss difficulties arising when attempting to produce a solution flow for Euler’s equations preserving independently scattered random measures.
{"title":"Infinitesimal invariance of completely Random Measures for 2D Euler Equations","authors":"Francesco Grotto, G. Peccati","doi":"10.1090/tpms/1178","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1090/tpms/1178","url":null,"abstract":"We consider suitable weak solutions of 2-dimensional Euler equations on bounded domains, and show that the class of completely random measures is infinitesimally invariant for the dynamics. Space regularity of samples of these random fields falls outside of the well-posedness regime of the PDE under consideration, so it is necessary to resort to stochastic integrals with respect to the candidate invariant measure in order to give a definition of the dynamics. Our findings generalize and unify previous results on Gaussian stationary solutions of Euler equations and point vortices dynamics. We also discuss difficulties arising when attempting to produce a solution flow for Euler’s equations preserving independently scattered random measures.","PeriodicalId":42776,"journal":{"name":"Theory of Probability and Mathematical Statistics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46256299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Stochastic heat equation with piecewise constant coefficients and generalized fractional type noise","authors":"M. Zili, Eya Zougar","doi":"10.1090/tpms/1150","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1090/tpms/1150","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42776,"journal":{"name":"Theory of Probability and Mathematical Statistics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41923995","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A bound in the stable ($alpha $), $1 < alpha le 2$, limit theorem for associated random variables with infinite variance","authors":"M. Sreehari","doi":"10.1090/tpms/1151","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1090/tpms/1151","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42776,"journal":{"name":"Theory of Probability and Mathematical Statistics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48403756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Estimation of the Hurst and diffusion parameters in fractional stochastic heat equation","authors":"D. A. Avetisian, K. Ralchenko","doi":"10.1090/tpms/1145","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1090/tpms/1145","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42776,"journal":{"name":"Theory of Probability and Mathematical Statistics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45976927","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On martingale solutions of stochastic partial differential equations with Lévy noise","authors":"V. Mandrekar, U. Naik-Nimbalkar","doi":"10.1090/tpms/1147","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1090/tpms/1147","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42776,"journal":{"name":"Theory of Probability and Mathematical Statistics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48040928","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On existence and uniqueness of the solution for stochastic partial differential equations","authors":"B. Avelin, L. Viitasaari","doi":"10.1090/tpms/1144","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1090/tpms/1144","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42776,"journal":{"name":"Theory of Probability and Mathematical Statistics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43406816","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
In this paper, we use the concept of excursion sets for the extrapolation of stationary random fields. Doing so, we define excursion sets for the field and its linear predictor, and then minimize the expected volume of the symmetric difference of these sets under the condition that the univariate distributions of the predictor and of the field itself coincide. We illustrate the new approach on Gaussian random fields.
{"title":"Extrapolation of stationary random fields via level sets","authors":"Abhinav B. Das, Vitalii Makogin, E. Spodarev","doi":"10.1090/tpms/1166","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1090/tpms/1166","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we use the concept of excursion sets for the extrapolation of stationary random fields. Doing so, we define excursion sets for the field and its linear predictor, and then minimize the expected volume of the symmetric difference of these sets under the condition that the univariate distributions of the predictor and of the field itself coincide. We illustrate the new approach on Gaussian random fields.","PeriodicalId":42776,"journal":{"name":"Theory of Probability and Mathematical Statistics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41274860","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}