Spatial breakdown point of variogram estimators

Mathematical Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 853-871

  Genton, Marc G ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classical breakdown point; Robustness; Scale estimation; Spatial statistics

Indexed keywords

GEOSTATISTICS; VARIOGRAM;

EID: 0032456976     PISSN: 08828121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021778626251     Document Type: Article

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