Random Fields
Last update: 21 Apr 2025 21:17
First version:
Stochastic processes where the index
variable is space, or something space-like. (Formally, one-dimensional space
works a lot like time; and space-time works a lot like a higher-dimensional
space, though not always.) This is of course important for modeling
spatial
and spatio-temporal data, but
also data on networks,
and statistical mechanics.
Recommended, general:
- Pierre Brémaud, Markov Chains: Gibbs Fields, Monte
Carlo Simulation, and Queues
- Carlo Gaetan and Xavier Guyon, Spatial Statistics and Modeling
- Geoffrey Grimmett, Probability on Graphs: Random Processes on Graphs and Lattices
- Xavier Guyon, Random Fields on a Network
- Peter Guttorp, Stochastic Modeling of Scientific Data
- Brian D. Ripley, Statistical Inference for Spatial
Processes
- Rinaldo B. Schinazi, Classical and Spatial Stochastic
Processes
Recommended, of more specialized interest:
- Ole E. Barndorff-Nielsen, Fred Espen Benth and Almut E. D. Veraart, Ambit Stochastics
- J.-R. Chazottes, P. Collet, C. Kuelske and F. Redig, "Deviation
inequalities via coupling for stochastic processes and random fields", math.PR/0503483
- Jérôme Dedecker, Paul Doukhan, Gabriel Lang,
José Rafael León R., Sana Louhichi and Clémentine Prieur, Weak Dependence: With Examples and Applications
- David Griffeath, "Introduction to Markov Random Fields", ch. 12 in
Kemeny, Knapp and Snell, Denumerable Markov Chains [One of the
proofs of the equivalence between the Markov property and having a Gibbs
distribution, conventionally but misleadingly called the Hammersley-Clifford
Theorem. Pollard, below, provides an on-line summary.]
- Mark Kaiser, "Statistical Dependence in Markov Random Field Models"
[abstract, preprint]
- Andee Kaplan, Mark S. Kaiser, Soumendra N. Lahiri, Daniel J. Nordman, "Simulating Markov random fields with a conclique-based Gibbs sampler",
arxiv:1808.04739 [Presentation by Dr. Kaplan]
- David Pollard, "Markov random fields and Gibbs distributions"
[Online
PDF. A proof of the theorem linking Markov random fields to Gibbs
distributions, following the approach of David Griffeath.]
- Jeffrey E. Steif, "Consistent estimation of joint distributions for sufficiently mixing random fields", Annals of
Statistics 25 (1997): 293--304
To read:
- Jan Ambjorn et al., Quantum Geometry: A Statistical Field
Theory Approach [I am interested in the stuff about random surfaces.]
- K. Bahlali, M. Eddahbi and M. Mellouk, "Stability and genericity
for SPDEs driven by spatially correlated
noise", math.PR/0610174
- Raluca M. Balan, "A strong invariance principle for associated
random fields", Annals of
Probability 33 (2005): 823--840 = math.OR/0503661
- M. S. Bartlett, "Physical Nearest-Neighbour Models and Non-Linear
Time Series", Journal of Applied Probability 8
(1971): 222--232
- Michel Bauer, Denis Bernard, "2D growth processes: SLE and Loewner
chains", math-ph/0602049
- Denis Belomestny, Vladimir Spokoiny, "Concentration inequalities for smooth random fields", arxiv:1307.1565
- Anton Bovier, Statistical Mechanics of Disordered
Systems
- Alexander Bulinski and Alexey Shashkin, "Strong invariance
principle for dependent random
fields", math.PR/0608237
- M. Cassandro, A. Galves and E. Löcherbach, "Partially Observed Markov Random Fields Are Variable Neighborhood Random Fields", Journal of Statistical Physics
147 (2012): 795--807, arxiv:1111.1177
- Ruslan K. Chornei, Hans Daduna, and Pavel S. Knopov
- Giuseppe Da Prato, Arnaud Debussche and Luciano Tubaro, "Coupling
for some partial differential equations driven by white noise", math.AP/0410441
- Jean-Dominique Deuschel and Andreas Greven (eds.), Interacting
Stochastic Systems [This looks deeply cool]
- Rick Durrett, Stochastic
Spatial Models: A Hyper-Tutorial
- Vlad Elgart and Alex Kamenev, "Rare Events Statistics in
Reaction--Diffusion Systems", cond-mat/0404241
- Mohamed El Machkouri, Dalibor Volny, Wei Biao Wu,
"A central limit theorem for stationary random fields", arxiv:1109.0838
- H. Follmer, "On entropy and information gain
in random fields", Z. Wahrsh. verw. Geb. 26
(1973): 207--217
- T. Funaki, D. Surgailis and W. A. Woyczynski, "Gibbs-Cox
Random Fields and Burgers Turbulence", Annals of Applied
Probability 5 (1995): 461--492
- L. Garcia-Ojalvo and J. Sancho, Noise in Spatially Extended
Systems
- B. M. Gurevich and A. A. Tempelman, "Markov approximation of
homogeneous lattice random fields", Probability Theory and
Related Fields 131 (2005): 519--527
- Allan Gut and Ulrich Stadtmuller, "Cesaro Summation for
Random Fields", Journal of Theoretical
Probability 23 (2010): 715--728
- Peter Hall, Introduction to the Theory of Coverage Processes [= point process with a random shape attached to each point]
- Reza Hosseini, "Conditional information and definition of neighbor in categorical random fields", arxiv:1101.0255 ["Who then is my neighbor?" (Not an actual quote from the paper.)]
- Xiangping Hu, Daniel Simpson, Finn Lindgren, Havard Rue, "Multivariate Gaussian Random Fields Using Systems of Stochastic Partial Differential Equations", arxiv:1307.1379
- Niels Jacob and Alexander Potrykus, "Some thoughts on
multiparameter stochastic
processes", math.PR/0607744
- Wolfgang Karcher, Elena Shmileva, Evgeny Spodarev, "Extrapolation of stable random fields", arxiv:1107.1654
- M. Kerscher, "Constructing, characterizing, and simulating
Gaussian and higher-order point distributions," astro-ph/0102153
- Ross Kindermann and J. Laurie Snell, Markov Random Fields and
Their Applications [Free
online!]
- P. Kotelenez, Stochastic Space-Time Models and Limit Theorems
- Michael A. Kouritzin and Hongwei Long, "Convergence of Markov chain approximations to stochastic reaction-diffusion equations", Annals of Applied Probability 12 (2002): 1039--1070
- Jean-Francois Le Gall, Spatial Branching Processes, Random
Snakes and Partial Differential Equations
- Atul Mallik, Michael Woodroofe, "A Central Limit Theorem For Linear Random Fields", arxiv:1007.1490
- Jonathan C. Mattingly, "On Recent Progress for the Stochastic
Navier Stokes Equations", math.PR/0409194
- A. I. Olemskoi, D. O. Kahrchenko and I. A. Knyaz', "Phase
transitions induced by noise cross-correlations", cond-mat/0403583
- Rupert Paget, "Strong Markov Random Field Model", IEEE
Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine
Intelligence 26 (2004): 408--413
- Marcelo Pereyra, Nicolas Dobigeon, Hadj Batatia, Jean-Yves Tourneret, "Computing the Cramer-Rao bound of Markov random field parameters: Application to the Ising and the Potts models", arxiv:1206.3985
- Liang Qiao, Radek Erban, C. T. Kelley and Ioannis G. Kevrekidis,
"Spatially Distributed Stochastic Systems: equation-free and equation-assisted
preconditioned computation", q-bio.QM/0606006
- Havard Rue and Leonhard Held, Gaussian Markov
Random Fields: Theory and Applications
- Andre Toom, "Law of Large Numbers for Non-Local
Functions of Probabilistic Cellular Automata", Journal of Statistical Physics 133 (2008): 883--897
- M. N. M. van Lieshout, "Markovianity in space and time",
math.PR/0608242
- Divyanshu Vats and Jose M. F. Moura, "Telescoping Recursive Representations and Estimation of Gauss-Markov Random Fields", arxiv:0907.5397
- Benjamin Yakir, Extremes in Random Fields: A Theory and its Applications
- Eunho Yang, Pradeep K. Ravikumar, Genevera I. Allen, Zhandong Liu,
"Conditional Random Fields via Univariate Exponential Families",
NIPS 2013