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The limit distribution for maxima of ‘weighted' rth-nearest-neighbour distances

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Norbert Henze
Norbert Henze*
Affiliation:
University of Hannover
*
∗ Postal address: Lehrgebiet Mathematische Stochastik, Universität Hannover, Welfengarten 1, D-3000 Hannover 1, W. Germany.
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Abstract

Let X1, X2, · ··, Xn be independent identically distributed random points with common density f(x), taking values in a bounded region (p ≧ 1). We obtain the limit distribution, as n → ∞, for the maximum value of the suitably ‘weighted' (according to f(x)) rth-nearest-neighbour distances of Χ1, · ··, Χ n (r ≧ 1 fixed) provided that f(x) is bounded from below by a positive constant and a weak continuity condition holds. This is achieved by refining an argument used by the author (Henze (1981)) to derive the limit distribution in the special case r = 1. Edge-effects are eliminated by defining, for each Xi, the distance to the boundary of G to be the ‘rth-nearest-neighbour distance' if it is smaller than the distance to the rth nearest neighbour among the remaining points. Applications to a multivariate test of goodness of fit are given.

Keywords

MAXIMA OF rth-NEAREST-NEIGHBOUR DISTANCESMULTIVARIATE TEST OF GOODNESS OF FITEXTREME-VALUE DISTRIBUTION
Type
Research Papers
Information
Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 19 , Issue 2 , June 1982 , pp. 344 - 354
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1982 

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