Mathematical Genesis of the Spatio-Temporal Covariance Functions
Abstract
Problem statement: Obtaining new and flexible classes of nonseparable spatio-temporal covariances have resulted in a key point of research in the last years within the context of spatiotemporal Geostatistics. Approach: In general, the literature has focused on the problem of full symmetry and the problem of anisotropy has been overcome. Results: By exploring mathematical properties of positive definite functions and their close connection to covariance functions we are able to develop new spatio-temporal covariance models taking into account the problem of spatial anisotropy. Conclusion/Recommendations: The resulting structures are proved to have certain interesting mathematical properties, together with a considerable applicability.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/jmssp.2011.37.44
Copyright: © 2011 Gema Fernández-Avilés, Jose-María Montero and Jorge Mateu. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the
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Keywords
- Spatial anisotropy
- bernstein and complete monotone functions
- spatio-temporal Geostatistics
- positive definite functions
- space-time modeling
- spatio-temporal data