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Gaussian process (Definition)

A stochastic process $\lbrace X(t)\mid t\in T\rbrace$ is said to be a Gaussian process if all of the members of its f.f.d. (family of finite dimensional distributions) are joint normal distributions. In other words, for any positive integer $n<\infty$ and any $t_1,\ldots,t_n\in T$ the joint distribution of random variables $X(t_1),\ldots,X(t_n)$ is jointly normal.

As an example, any Wiener process is Gaussian.

Remark. Sometimes, a Gaussian process is known as a Gaussian random field if $T$ is a subset, usually an embedded manifold, of $\mathbb{R}^m$ with $m>1$




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Other names:  Gaussian random field
Also defines:  normal process
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Cross-references: manifold, subset, Wiener process, jointly normal, random variables, joint distribution, integer, positive, joint normal distributions, finite dimensional distributions, stochastic process

This is version 2 of Gaussian process, born on 2005-07-07, modified 2006-02-24.
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AMS MSC60G15 (Probability theory and stochastic processes :: Stochastic processes :: Gaussian processes)
 60G60 (Probability theory and stochastic processes :: Stochastic processes :: Random fields)

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