Abstract:
We consider the problem of predicting integrals of a spatial stationary
process $Z$ over a unit square. We construct predictors based on a
systematic sampling of size $m^2$ by approximating the existing mean
squared derivatives of the process in the two-dimensional Euler–MacLaurin
formula by finite differences up to some appropriate order. We show that if
the spectral density satisfies $f_{Z}(\omega) =o(|\omega|^{-p})$
for any fixed positive integer $p$, the
corresponding mean squared error is of order $m^{-p}$.