Determinantal point process models and statistical inference

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Lavancier, Frederic; Moller, Jesper; Rubak, Ege
• 署名单位: Nantes Universite; Aalborg University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY SERIES B-STATISTICAL METHODOLOGY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1369-7412
• DOI: 10.1111/rssb.12096
• 发表日期: 2015
• 页码: 853-877
• 关键词: FIELDS

摘要

Statistical models and methods for determinantal point processes (DPPs) seem largely unexplored. We demonstrate that DPPs provide useful models for the description of spatial point pattern data sets where nearby points repel each other. Such data are usually modelled by Gibbs point processes, where the likelihood and moment expressions are intractable and simulations are time consuming. We exploit the appealing probabilistic properties of DPPs to develop parametric models, where the likelihood and moment expressions can be easily evaluated and realizations can be quickly simulated. We discuss how statistical inference is conducted by using the likelihood or moment properties of DPP models, and we provide freely available software for simulation and statistical inference.