Το έργο με τίτλο Practical calculation of non-gaussian multivariate moments in spatiotemporal BME analysis από τον/τους δημιουργό/ούς George Christakos διατίθεται με την άδεια Creative Commons Αναφορά Δημιουργού 4.0 Διεθνές
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D.T. Hristopulos and G. Christakos,"
practical calculation of non-Gaussian multivariate moments in spatiotemporal BME analysis, Math. Geo.,vol. 33 ,no.5,pp. 543-568,2001.doi:10.1023/A:1011095428063
https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011095428063
During the past decade, the Bayesian maximum entropy (BME) approach has been used with considerable success in a variety of geostatistical applications, including the spatiotemporal analysis and estimation of multivariate distributions. In this work, we investigate methods for calculating the space/time moments of such distributions that occur in BME mapping applications, and we propose general expressions for non-Gaussian model densities based on Gaussian averages. Two explicit approximations for the covariance are derived, one based on leading-order perturbation analysis and the other on the diagrammatic method. The leading-order estimator is accurate only for weakly non-Gaussian densities. The diagrammatic estimator includes higher-order terms and is accurate for larger non-Gaussian deviations. We also formulate general expressions for Monte Carlo moment calculations including precision estimates. A numerical algorithm based on importance sampling is developed, which is computationally efficient for multivariate probability densities with a large number of points in space/time. We also investigate the BME moment problem, which consists in determining the general knowledge-based BME density from experimental measurements. In the case of multivariate densities, this problem requires solving a system of nonlinear integral equations. We refomulate the system of equations as an optimization problem, which we then solve numerically for a symmetric univariate pdf. Finally, we discuss theoretical and numerical issues related to multivariate BME solutions.