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Main Authors: Biscio, Christophe, Lavancier, Frédéric
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.09307
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author Biscio, Christophe
Lavancier, Frédéric
author_facet Biscio, Christophe
Lavancier, Frédéric
contents We propose a random forest estimator for the intensity of spatial point processes, applicable with or without covariates. It retains the well-known advantages of a random forest approach, including the ability to handle a large number of covariates, out-of-bag cross-validation, and variable importance assessment. Importantly, even in the absence of covariates, it requires no border correction and adapts naturally to irregularly shaped domains and manifolds. Consistency and convergence rates are established under various asymptotic regimes, revealing the benefit of using covariates when available. Numerical experiments illustrate the methodology and demonstrate that it performs competitively with state-of-the-art methods.
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spellingShingle Nonparametric intensity estimation of spatial point processes by random forests
Biscio, Christophe
Lavancier, Frédéric
Methodology
We propose a random forest estimator for the intensity of spatial point processes, applicable with or without covariates. It retains the well-known advantages of a random forest approach, including the ability to handle a large number of covariates, out-of-bag cross-validation, and variable importance assessment. Importantly, even in the absence of covariates, it requires no border correction and adapts naturally to irregularly shaped domains and manifolds. Consistency and convergence rates are established under various asymptotic regimes, revealing the benefit of using covariates when available. Numerical experiments illustrate the methodology and demonstrate that it performs competitively with state-of-the-art methods.
title Nonparametric intensity estimation of spatial point processes by random forests
topic Methodology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.09307