Variance-covariance matrix of the experimental variogram: Assessing variogram uncertainty

Mathematical Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 397-419

  Pardo Igúzquiza, Eulogio ^a   Dowd, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bias; Confidence interval; Sampling variance; Uncertainty; Variance covariance matrix; Variogram

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005030791     PISSN: 08828121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011097228254     Document Type: Article

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