## Advances in Applied Probability

### Second-order properties and central limit theory for the vertex process of iteration infinitely divisible and iteration stable random tessellations in the plane

#### Abstract

The point process of vertices of an iteration infinitely divisible or, more specifically, of an iteration stable random tessellation in the Euclidean plane is considered. We explicitly determine its covariance measure and its pair-correlation function, as well as the cross-covariance measure and the cross-correlation function of the vertex point process and the random length measure in the general nonstationary regime. We also give special formulae in the stationary and isotropic setting. Exact formulae are given for vertex count variances in compact and convex sampling windows, and asymptotic relations are derived. Our results are then compared with those for a Poisson line tessellation having the same length density parameter. Moreover, a functional central limit theorem for the joint process of suitably rescaled total edge counts and edge lengths is established with the process (ξ, tξ), t > 0, arising in the limit, where ξ is a centered Gaussian variable with explicitly known variance.

#### Article information

Source
Adv. in Appl. Probab. Volume 42, Number 4 (2010), 913-935.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 23 December 2010

Permanent link to this document
https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aap/1293113144

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1239/aap/1293113144

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2796670

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1221.60008

#### Citation

Schreiber, Tomasz; Thäle, Christoph. Second-order properties and central limit theory for the vertex process of iteration infinitely divisible and iteration stable random tessellations in the plane. Adv. in Appl. Probab. 42 (2010), no. 4, 913--935. doi:10.1239/aap/1293113144. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aap/1293113144.

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