The distribution of a variable observed over a domain depends on the underlying process and also on the geographical locations at which the variable has been measured. In this paper, we fit a model to the distribution, taking explicitly into account the spatial autocorrelation among the observed data. To this end we first suppose that the observations are generated by a stationary strong-mixing random field. Then, after estimating the density of the considered variable, we construct a test statistic in order to verify the goodness of fit of the observed spatial data. The proposed class of tests is a generalization of the classical chi-square-test and of the Neyman smooth test. In the framework of increasing domain asymptotics, we analyse the large sample behaviour of the test. The limiting distribution is a linear combination of 2 1 r.v.s where the coefficients are the eigenvalues of a matrix essentially related to the spectral density of the random field. Finally some indications about the implementation are provided.

Model Testing for Spatially Correlated Data

RIBECCO, Nunziata;
2008-01-01

Abstract

The distribution of a variable observed over a domain depends on the underlying process and also on the geographical locations at which the variable has been measured. In this paper, we fit a model to the distribution, taking explicitly into account the spatial autocorrelation among the observed data. To this end we first suppose that the observations are generated by a stationary strong-mixing random field. Then, after estimating the density of the considered variable, we construct a test statistic in order to verify the goodness of fit of the observed spatial data. The proposed class of tests is a generalization of the classical chi-square-test and of the Neyman smooth test. In the framework of increasing domain asymptotics, we analyse the large sample behaviour of the test. The limiting distribution is a linear combination of 2 1 r.v.s where the coefficients are the eigenvalues of a matrix essentially related to the spectral density of the random field. Finally some indications about the implementation are provided.
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