Moments and central limit theorems for some multivariate Poisson functionals

Abstract

This paper deals with Poisson processes on an arbitrary measurable space. Using a direct approach, we derive formulae for moments and cumulants of a vector of multiple Wiener-Itô integrals with respect to the compensated Poisson process. Also, we present a multivariate central limit theorem for a vector whose components admit a finite chaos expansion of the type of a Poisson U-statistic. The approach is based on recent results of Peccati et al. (2010), combining Malliavin calculus and Stein's method; it also yields Berry-Esseen-type bounds. As applications, we discuss moment formulae and central limit theorems for general geometric functionals of intersection processes associated with a stationary Poisson process of k-dimensional flats in Rd.

Article information

Source
Adv. in Appl. Probab., Volume 46, Number 2 (2014), 348-364.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 29 May 2014

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aap/1401369698

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1239/aap/1401369698

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR3215537

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1350.60020

Citation

Last, Günter; Penrose, Mathew D.; Schulte, Matthias; Thäle, Christoph. Moments and central limit theorems for some multivariate Poisson functionals. Adv. in Appl. Probab. 46 (2014), no. 2, 348--364. doi:10.1239/aap/1401369698. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aap/1401369698

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