Characterization theorems for some classes of covariance functions associated to vector valued random fields

Journal of Multivariate Analysis

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1293-1301

  Porcu, Emilio ^a   Zastavnyi, Viktor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b DONETSK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Cross covariance functions; Exponentially convex functions; Latent dimensions; Multivariate laplace transforms; Quasi arithmetic operators; Vector valued random fields

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958015033     PISSN: 0047259X     EISSN: 10957243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmva.2011.04.013     Document Type: Article

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