Asymptotic properties of the maximum likelihood estimator for spatio-temporal point processes

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-74

  Rathbun, Stephen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic normality; Consistency; Seismology; Self correcting point process; Self exciting point process

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030119979     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-3758(95)00070-4     Document Type: Article

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