Statistical models and methods for determinantal point processes (DPPs) seem largely unexplored. We demonstrate that DPPs provide useful models for the description of spatial point pattern data sets where nearby points repel each other. Such data are usually modelled by Gibbs point processes, where the likelihood and moment expressions are intractable and simulations are time consuming. We exploit the appealing probabilistic properties of DPPs to develop parametric models, where the likelihood and moment expressions can be easily evaluated and realizations can be quickly simulated. We discuss how statistical inference is conducted by using the likelihood or moment properties of DPP models, and we provide freely available software for simulation and statistical inference.
We propose a computationally efficient technique, based on logistic regression, for fitting Gibbs point process models to spatial point pattern data. The score of the logistic regression is an unbiased estimating function and is closely related to the pseudolikelihood score. Implementation of our technique does not require numerical quadrature, and thus avoids a source of bias inherent in other methods. For stationary processes, we prove that the parameter estimator is strongly consistent and asymptotically normal, and propose a variance estimator. We demonstrate the efficiency and practicability of the method on a real dataset and in a simulation study.
We consider determinantal point processes on the d-dimensional unit sphere S d . These are finite point processes exhibiting repulsiveness and with moment properties determined by a certain determinant whose entries are specified by a so-called kernel which we assume is a complex covariance function defined on S d × S d . We review the appealing properties of such processes, including their specific moment properties, density expressions and simulation procedures. Particularly, we characterize and construct isotropic DPPs models on S d , where it becomes essential to specify the eigenvalues and eigenfunctions in a spectral representation for the kernel, and we figure out how repulsive isotropic DPPs can be. Moreover, we discuss the shortcomings of adapting existing models for isotropic covariance functions and consider strategies for developing new models, including a useful spectral approach.
We study point processes on S d , the d-dimensional unit sphere S d , considering both the isotropic and the anisotropic case, and focusing mostly on the spherical case d = 2. The first part studies reduced Palm distributions and functional summary statistics, including nearest neighbour functions, empty space functions, and Ripley's and inhomogeneous K-functions. The second part partly discusses the appealing properties of determinantal point process (DPP) models on the sphere and partly considers the application of functional summary statistics to DPPs. In fact DPPs exhibit repulsiveness, but we also use them together with certain dependent thinnings when constructing point process models on the sphere with aggregation on the large scale and regularity on the small scale. We conclude with a discussion on future work on statistics for spatial point processes on the sphere.
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