Statistical inference for Gaussian Whittle–Matérn fields on metric graphs
度量图上高斯 Whittle–Matérn 随机场的统计推断
Abstract Whittle–Matérn fields are a recently introduced class of Gaussian processes on metric graphs, specified as solutions to a fractional-order stochastic differential equation. Unlike previous covariance-based methods, these fields are well-defined for any compact metric graph and can provide Gaussian processes with differentiable sample paths. We derive the main statistical properties, including the consistency and asymptotic normality of maximum likelihood estimators…