On flexible random field models for spatial statistics: Spatial mixture models and deformed SPDE models
Doctoral thesis, 2019
regularizing interpolation of measured values or to act as an explanatory model. In this thesis, models for applications in medical imaging, spatial point pattern analysis, and maritime engineering are developed. They are constructed to be flexible yet interpretable. Since spatial data in several dimensions tend to be large, the methods considered for estimation, prediction, and approximation are focused on reducing computational complexity. The novelty of this work is based on two main ideas. First, the idea of a spatial mixture model, i.e., a stochastic partitioning of the spatial domain using a latent categorically valued random field. This makes it possible to explain discontinuities in otherwise smoothly varying random fields. It also introduces a different perspective that of a spatial classification problem. This idea is used to model the spatial distribution of tissue types in the human head; an application important in reducing cell damage due to ionizing radiation in medical imaging. The idea is also used to introduce an extension of the popular log-Gaussian Cox process. This extension adds an extra layer of a latent random partitioning of the spatial domain. Using this model,
it is possible to classify spatial domains based on observed point patterns. The second main idea of this thesis is that of spatially deforming a solution to a stochastic partial differential equation. In this way, a random field with a needed degree of non-stationarity and anisotropy can be acquired. A coupled system of two such stochastic partial differential equations is used to model the joint distribution of significant wave heights and wave periods in the north Atlantic. The model is used to assess risks in naval logistics.
Spatial statistics
Significant wave height
Spatial mixture model
Stochastic partial differential equation
Log-Gaussian Cox process
Point process
Gaussian random field
Substitute-CT
Author
Anders Hildeman
Chalmers, Mathematical Sciences, Applied Mathematics and Statistics
Hildeman, A., Bolin, D., Rychlik, I. Spatial modeling of significant wave height using stochastic partial differential equations
Hildeman, A., Bolin, D., Rychlik, I. Joint spatial modeling of significant wave height and wave period using the SPDE approach
Hildeman, A., Bolin, D. Wallin, J., Johansson, A., Nyholm, T., Asklund, T., Yu, J. Whole-brain substitute CT generation using Markov random field mixture models
Latent jump fields for spatial statistics
Swedish Research Council (VR) (2016-04187), 2017-01-01 -- 2020-12-31.
Areas of Advance
Transport
Subject Categories
Computational Mathematics
Probability Theory and Statistics
Roots
Basic sciences
ISBN
978-91-7905-134-1
Doktorsavhandlingar vid Chalmers tekniska högskola. Ny serie: 4601
Publisher
Chalmers
Euler
Opponent: Ingelin Steinsland