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New models for Markov random fields

Part of: Stochastic processes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Noel Cressie  and
Subhash Lele
Noel Cressie*
Affiliation:
Iowa State University
Subhash Lele*
Affiliation:
The Johns Hopkins University
*
∗ Postal address: Department of Statistics, Iowa State University, Snedecor Hall, Ames, IA 50011–1210, USA.
∗∗ Postal address: Department of Biostatistics, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA.
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Abstract

The Hammersley–Clifford theorem gives the form that the joint probability density (or mass) function of a Markov random field must take. Its exponent must be a sum of functions of variables, where each function in the summand involves only those variables whose sites form a clique. From a statistical modeling point of view, it is important to establish the converse result, namely, to give the conditional probability specifications that yield a Markov random field. Besag (1974) addressed this question by developing a one-parameter exponential family of conditional probability models. In this article, we develop new models for Markov random fields by establishing sufficient conditions for the conditional probability specifications to yield a Markov random field.

Keywords

AUTO-MODELSCONDITIONAL DISTRIBUTIONSEXPONENTIAL FAMILIESHAMMERSLEY-CLIFFORD THEOREMNEIGHBORHOODS

MSC classification

Primary: 60G60: Random fields

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Type
Research Papers
Information
Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 29 , Issue 4 , December 1992 , pp. 877 - 884
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1992 

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Footnotes

Research partially supported by the NSF under Grants DMS8902812 and DMS9001862.

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