Non-homogeneous polygonal Markov fields in the plane: graphical representations and geometry of higher order correlations

TL;DR

This paper introduces non-homogeneous polygonal Markov fields with new graphical representations and dynamics, providing insights into their higher order correlations and geometric properties in anisotropic environments.

Contribution

It develops a class of new graphical constructions and dynamics for non-homogeneous polygonal fields, advancing understanding of their correlation structure and geometry.

Findings

New graphical representations and dynamics for non-homogeneous polygonal fields

Exact results on higher order correlation geometry

Extensions to anisotropic environments

Abstract

We consider polygonal Markov fields originally introduced by Arak and Surgailis (1989). Our attention is focused on fields with nodes of order two, which can be regarded as continuum ensembles of non-intersecting contours in the plane, sharing a number of features with the two-dimensional Ising model. We introduce non-homogeneous version of polygonal fields in anisotropic enviroment. For these fields we provide a class of new graphical constructions and random dynamics. These include a generalised dynamic representation, generalised and defective disagreement loop dynamics as well as a generalised contour birth and death dynamics. Next, we use these constructions as tools to obtain new exact results on the geometry of higher order correlations of polygonal Markov fields in their consistent regime.