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[DEL17a] A test of Gaussianity based on the Euler characteristic of excursion sets
Revue Internationale avec comité de lecture : Journal Electronic Journal of Statistics, vol. 11(1), pp. 843-890, 2017
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In the present paper, we deal with a stationary isotropic random field X:Rd→R and we assume it is partially observed through some level functionals. We aim at providing a methodology for a test of Gaussianity based on this information. More precisely, the level functionals are given by the Euler characteristic of the excursion sets above a finite number of levels. On the one hand, we study the properties of these level functionals under the hypothesis that the random field X is Gaussian. In particular, we focus on the mapping that associates to any level u the expected Euler characteristic of the excursion set above level u. On the other hand, we study the same level functionals under alternative distributions of X, such as chi-square, harmonic oscillator and shot noise. In order to validate our methodology, a part of the work consists in numerical experimentations. We generate Monte-Carlo samples of Gaussian and non-Gaussian random fields and compare, from a statistical point of view, their level functionals. Goodness-of-fit p−values are displayed for both cases. Simulations are performed in one dimensional case (d=1) and in two dimensional case (d=2), using R.
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| @article { | |||
| DEL17a, | |||
| title | = | "{A test of Gaussianity based on the Euler characteristic of excursion sets}", | |
| author | = | "E. Di Bernardino and A. Estrade and J. Léon", | |
| journal | = | "Electronic Journal of Statistics", | |
| year | = | 2017, | |
| volume | = | 11, | |
| number | = | 1, | |
| pages | = | " 843-890", | |
| } | |||
