A self-exciting point process is a point process
such that
for
where here,
denotes the covariance of the two quantities. Intuitively,
a process is self-exciting if the occurrence of past points makes the occurrence
of future points more probable.
Schoenberg, F. P. "Introduction to Point Processes." In Wiley Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science. New York:
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