A test for separability in covariance operators of random surfaces
随机曲面协方差算子可分离性的检验
The assumption of separability is a simplifying and very popular assumption in the analysis of spatiotemporal or hypersurface data structures. It is often made in situations where the covariance structure cannot be easily estimated, for example, because of a small sample size or because of computational storage problems. In this paper we propose a new and very simple test to validate this assumption. Our approach is based on a measure of separability which is zero in the…