Spatial Nonparametric Regression Estimation: Non-isotropic Case

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2002-04-14
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Datacollectedonthesurfaceoftheearthoftenhasspatialinteraction.Inthispaper,anon-isotropicmixingspatialdataprocessisintroduced,andundersuchaspatialstructureanonparametrickernelmethodissuggestedtoestimateaspatialconditionalregression.Undermildregularities,sufficientconditionsarederivedtoensuretheweakconsistencyaswellastheconvergenceratesforthekernelestimator.Ofinterestarethefollowing:(1)Alltheconditionsimposedonthemixingcoefficientandthebandwidtharesimple;(2)Differentlyfromthetimeseriessetting,thebandwidthisfoundtobedependentonthedimensionofthesiteinspaceaswell;(3)Forweakconsistency,themixingcoefficientisallowedtobeunsummableandthetendencyofsamplesizetoinfinitymaybeindifferentmannersalongdifferentdirectioninspace;(4)However,tohaveanoptimalconvergencerate,fasterdecreasingratesofmixingcoefficientandthetendencyofsamplesizetoinfinityalongeachdirectiona