Point Process Theory and Applications

Point Process Theory and Applications
Author: Martin Jacobsen
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 325
Release: 2006-07-27
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0817644636

Mathematically rigorous exposition of the basic theory of marked point processes and piecewise deterministic stochastic processes Point processes are constructed from scratch with detailed proofs Includes applications with examples and exercises in survival analysis, branching processes, ruin probabilities, sports (soccer), finance and risk management, and queueing theory Accessible to a wider cross-disciplinary audience

A Course on Point Processes

A Course on Point Processes
Author: R.-D. Reiss
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1461393086

This graduate-level textbook provides a straight-forward and mathematically rigorous introduction to the standard theory of point processes. The author's aim is to present an account which concentrates on the essentials and which places an emphasis on conveying an intuitive understanding of the subject. As a result, it provides a clear presentation of how statistical ideas can be viewed from this perspective and particular topics covered include the theory of extreme values and sampling from finite populations. Prerequisites are that the reader has a basic grounding in the mathematical theory of probability and statistics, but otherwise the book is self-contained. It arises from courses given by the author over a number of years and includes numerous exercises ranging from simple computations to more challenging explorations of ideas from the text.

An Introduction to the Theory of Point Processes

An Introduction to the Theory of Point Processes
Author: D.J. Daley
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 487
Release: 2006-04-10
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0387215646

Point processes and random measures find wide applicability in telecommunications, earthquakes, image analysis, spatial point patterns, and stereology, to name but a few areas. The authors have made a major reshaping of their work in their first edition of 1988 and now present their Introduction to the Theory of Point Processes in two volumes with sub-titles Elementary Theory and Models and General Theory and Structure. Volume One contains the introductory chapters from the first edition, together with an informal treatment of some of the later material intended to make it more accessible to readers primarily interested in models and applications. The main new material in this volume relates to marked point processes and to processes evolving in time, where the conditional intensity methodology provides a basis for model building, inference, and prediction. There are abundant examples whose purpose is both didactic and to illustrate further applications of the ideas and models that are the main substance of the text.

Point Processes

Point Processes
Author: D.R. Cox
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2018-12-19
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 135142386X

There has been much recent research on the theory of point processes, i.e., on random systems consisting of point events occurring in space or time. Applications range from emissions from a radioactive source, occurrences of accidents or machine breakdowns, or of electrical impluses along nerve fibres, to repetitive point events in an individual's medical or social history. Sometimes the point events occur in space rather than time and the application here raneg from statistical physics to geography. The object of this book is to develop the applied mathemathics of point processes at a level which will make the ideas accessible both to the research worker and the postgraduate student in probability and statistics and also to the mathemathically inclined individual in another field interested in using ideas and results. A thorough knowledge of the key notions of elementary probability theory is required to understand the book, but specialised "pure mathematical" coniderations have been avoided.

Extreme Values, Regular Variation and Point Processes

Extreme Values, Regular Variation and Point Processes
Author: Sidney I. Resnick
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2013-12-20
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0387759530

This book examines the fundamental mathematical and stochastic process techniques needed to study the behavior of extreme values of phenomena based on independent and identically distributed random variables and vectors. It emphasizes the core primacy of three topics necessary for understanding extremes: the analytical theory of regularly varying functions; the probabilistic theory of point processes and random measures; and the link to asymptotic distribution approximations provided by the theory of weak convergence of probability measures in metric spaces.

Zeros of Gaussian Analytic Functions and Determinantal Point Processes

Zeros of Gaussian Analytic Functions and Determinantal Point Processes
Author: John Ben Hough
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2009
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0821843737

Examines in some depth two important classes of point processes, determinantal processes and 'Gaussian zeros', i.e., zeros of random analytic functions with Gaussian coefficients. This title presents a primer on modern techniques on the interface of probability and analysis.

Lectures on the Poisson Process

Lectures on the Poisson Process
Author: Günter Last
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 315
Release: 2017-10-26
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1107088011

A modern introduction to the Poisson process, with general point processes and random measures, and applications to stochastic geometry.

Statistical Inference and Simulation for Spatial Point Processes

Statistical Inference and Simulation for Spatial Point Processes
Author: Jesper Moller
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2003-09-25
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780203496930

Spatial point processes play a fundamental role in spatial statistics and today they are an active area of research with many new applications. Although other published works address different aspects of spatial point processes, most of the classical literature deals only with nonparametric methods, and a thorough treatment of the theory and applications of simulation-based inference is difficult to find. Written by researchers at the top of the field, this book collects and unifies recent theoretical advances and examples of applications. The authors examine Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithms and explore one of the most important recent developments in MCMC: perfect simulation procedures.

Adventures in Stochastic Processes

Adventures in Stochastic Processes
Author: Sidney I. Resnick
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 640
Release: 2013-12-11
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1461203872

Stochastic processes are necessary ingredients for building models of a wide variety of phenomena exhibiting time varying randomness. This text offers easy access to this fundamental topic for many students of applied sciences at many levels. It includes examples, exercises, applications, and computational procedures. It is uniquely useful for beginners and non-beginners in the field. No knowledge of measure theory is presumed.

Survival and Event History Analysis

Survival and Event History Analysis
Author: Odd Aalen
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 550
Release: 2008-09-16
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 038768560X

The aim of this book is to bridge the gap between standard textbook models and a range of models where the dynamic structure of the data manifests itself fully. The common denominator of such models is stochastic processes. The authors show how counting processes, martingales, and stochastic integrals fit very nicely with censored data. Beginning with standard analyses such as Kaplan-Meier plots and Cox regression, the presentation progresses to the additive hazard model and recurrent event data. Stochastic processes are also used as natural models for individual frailty; they allow sensible interpretations of a number of surprising artifacts seen in population data. The stochastic process framework is naturally connected to causality. The authors show how dynamic path analyses can incorporate many modern causality ideas in a framework that takes the time aspect seriously. To make the material accessible to the reader, a large number of practical examples, mainly from medicine, are developed in detail. Stochastic processes are introduced in an intuitive and non-technical manner. The book is aimed at investigators who use event history methods and want a better understanding of the statistical concepts. It is suitable as a textbook for graduate courses in statistics and biostatistics.