Journal article
Testing for directional symmetry in spatial dependence using the periodogram
Journal of statistical planning and inference, Vol.129(1), pp.369-385
2005
DOI: 10.1016/j.jspi.2004.06.058
Abstract
The characterization of spatial dependence is an important component of a spatial modeling exercise. For reasons of convenience, model parsimony, or computational efficiency, the spatial covariance structure is often assumed to have directional invariance properties such as reflection symmetry or completely symmetry. We propose some diagnostic tests of reflection symmetry and complete symmetry that are based on the two-dimensional periodogram. An advantage of basing tests on the periodogram rather than the sample semivariogram or covariance function is that the periodogram ordinates corresponding to different frequencies are asymptotically independent, leading to simpler distribution theory. A simulation study and two examples illustrate the usefulness and limitations of the proposed tests.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Testing for directional symmetry in spatial dependence using the periodogram
- Creators
- Nelson Lu - Wyeth Research, Pearl River, NY 10965, USADale L Zimmerman - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of statistical planning and inference, Vol.129(1), pp.369-385
- Publisher
- Elsevier B.V
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jspi.2004.06.058
- ISSN
- 0378-3758
- eISSN
- 1873-1171
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2005
- Academic Unit
- Statistics and Actuarial Science; Biostatistics
- Record Identifier
- 9984257744902771
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