On Estimating the Dependence Between Two Point Processes

Abstract

To assess the dependence structure in a stationary bivariate point process the second-order distribution can be very useful. We prove that the natural estimates of this distribution, based on a realization $A_1 < A_2 < \cdots < A_{n_A}, B_1 < B_2 < \cdots < B_{n_B}$ are asymptotically normal and we present a method for constructing approximate confidence intervals for this distribution.